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The bulk of the funds allocated for transitioning the Kazakh alphabet to the Latin script was returned to the budget due to changes in work plans. The full switch to the Latin alphabet will only begin after the new alphabet and spelling rules are approved.

In Kazakhstan, it has been proposed to fully exempt from individual income tax (IIT) citizens whose bad loans have been written off by banks due to fraud or difficult life circumstances. The initiative was discussed at a meeting of the Project Office for the implementation of the Tax Code, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of National Economy Serik Zhumangarin.

Kazakhstan's largest cinema chain, Kinopark, has stopped charging mandatory fees for film promotional advertising following intervention by the Agency for the Protection and Development of Competition (APDC). The cost of promotion ranged from 20 to 60 million tenge.

Since the beginning of the year, eight people have been hospitalised in the Turkestan region with a diagnosis of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever. Among those affected were citizens of Uzbekistan.

A teacher at a state school in Atyrau has said that she was forced to carry out repairs to her classroom, do cleaning, and perform other maintenance work. According to the teacher, she completed some of these tasks herself because she wanted to get the classroom in order for her pupils.

A resident of Astana organised a financial pyramid that operated from 2023 to 2025. More than 6,200 people were involved in it, and the organiser's income amounted to 337 million tenge.

A court in China will hear the case of Kazakh writer and satirist Zhenis Yryskanuly behind closed doors. According to his son, the writer has been charged with “undermining ethnic unity,” but the family has not seen the indictment or other court documents.

«KazMunayGas» (KMG) acquired bonds of its main shareholder, the Samruk-Kazyna fund, worth KZT 951.6 billion, or about $2 billion, in the first half of 2026. Against the backdrop of the deal, the volume of loans and other debt owed to KMG by related parties grew from KZT 59.6 billion to KZT 998.2 billion.

11 August 2026, a fatal road accident occurred in the Enbekshikazakh district of the Almaty region involving an employee of the "Government for Citizens" branch, who was behind the wheel of a service vehicle. A pedestrian, a 77-year-old woman, died after being struck.

The Ministry for Emergency Situations (MES) of Kazakhstan has filed a lawsuit demanding compensation from the insurance company 'Eurasia' for a crashed MI-8 helicopter. The claim amount is approximately 8 billion tenge and has become a point of dispute between the parties.