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The Government of Kazakhstan has approved a Development Plan for the hydropower sector until 2035. The corresponding resolution was signed by Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov. The document defines a long-term approach to harnessing the country's hydropower potential and provides for the development of new generating capacities.

Since the beginning of 2026, almost 9,800 people have died in Germany as a result of the effects of high air temperatures. As of 19 July, this figure has already exceeded the number of fatalities recorded for any full year since 2016.

The Minister of Energy of Kazakhstan, Yerlan Akkenzhenov, held a meeting with the United States of America's (USA) Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Kazakhstan, Julie Stufft. The talks took place against the backdrop of news about new attacks on tankers near the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC).

The founder of Telegram, Pavel Durov, has been added to the list of terrorists and extremists maintained by the Federal Financial Monitoring Service. Inclusion in this list entails a number of legal restrictions for those on the register.

Kazakhstan, alongside the development of the transport infrastructure of the Middle Corridor, is paying attention to the formation of the route’s financial architecture. One element of this process is the attraction of international capital for the implementation of infrastructure projects.

The National Security Committee (NSC) has detained 14 citizens of the Republic of Korea in Kazakhstan. Law enforcement authorities are investigating a criminal case against the detainees concerning alleged fraudulent activities.

The next meeting of the Working Group on the construction of a waste incineration plant in Almaty will take place on 5 August. The meeting will consider two official statements published in the CNINFO state information disclosure system for public companies of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which relate to the implementation of the project.

In the Zhetysu region, 200 hectares of unused agricultural land have been returned to the state. The cadastral value of the plots exceeds 229 million tenge.

Relog has published an official response to statements made by former CEO Mukhtar Leker, who previously commented on the legal dispute surrounding the Census software product. The company stated that a number of his claims do not correspond to the actual procedural status of the case.

The tanker NIFFOS SIFNOS, which was loading oil at the offshore mooring facility of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), was attacked using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). As a result of the ensuing fire, there were no casualties and no oil spill occurred.