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A resident of Astana has said that the warranty repair of her Chinese car, bought in 2024, took around six months due to a lack of a gearbox. In December 2025, the car stopped running properly, after which it was taken to a service centre.

In July, operational search measures were carried out in Almaty, Shymkent and 8 regions of Kazakhstan to suppress the illegal circulation of weapons. As a result of the operation, 31 units of weapons, as well as 2 grenades and 278 rounds of ammunition, were seized.

Financial organisations in Kazakhstan will be required to disclose in their advertising not only the advantages of their products, but also the risks associated with them. Such requirements are set out in a new package of subordinate regulatory legal acts approved on 27 July 2026 by the Agency for Regulation and Development of the Financial Market (ARDFM).

Illegal gold mining was stopped in the East Kazakhstan Region (EKR). According to the investigation, a group of individuals was carrying out operations without the relevant permits in the Markakol District near the village of Akbulak.

Police have identified widespread violations of traffic rules by participants in a wedding cortege in the Ulytau region. Following the inspection, eight vehicles were sent to the impound lot, and 22 administrative reports were filed against those involved.

In the forest park zone of Khanskaya Roshcha in the West Kazakhstan Region, firefighting operations continue. To extinguish the blaze from the air, 2 helicopters have been deployed, and units of the forestry service and emergency services have been involved in the work.

In the first quarter of 2026, the number of employed women in Kazakhstan reached 4.53 million, which is 42,600 more compared to the same period in 2025. The majority of working women are in paid employment, and the largest sectors of employment remain education, trade, and healthcare.

During a rural sports Spartakiad in the Zhanaarka district of the Karaganda region, a fight broke out involving a group of young people. According to local residents, the opening ceremony of the event was conducted by the district akim, Kanat Kozhykanov, but eyewitnesses say that at the time of the conflict, no representatives of local executive bodies or authorised services were nearby.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) has reported the results of its anti-corruption work for the first half of 2026. According to the department, 234 internal affairs officers failed the integrity check, and 302 employees were dismissed over the six-month period. At the same time, the MVD stated that a number of disciplinary offences had decreased, while the number of reports of attempted bribery had increased.

The cassation court overturned the application of amnesty for the convicted person in the case of embezzlement of budget funds in the Atyrau region and reinstated the original sentence of 7 years' imprisonment. Previously, the court of first instance had reduced the sentence after applying amnesty.