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The Ministry of Health is conducting additional unscheduled inspections of medical organisations providing services in the field of plastic surgery. The inspections have been coordinated with the General Prosecutor’s Office and are aimed at strengthening state control over the activities of such clinics.

The number of deaths during the abnormal heatwave in Europe has exceeded 1,300 people. Temperature records have been set in several countries at once, and the wave of extreme heat is shifting towards the Balkans and Ukraine.

The Petropavlovsk court found 33-year-old Pavel Stravinskas guilty of stealing jewellery and intentionally destroying another person's property by arson. The man was sentenced to 5 years in prison.

Messages have spread on social media claiming that Family Park may be closed and a residential complex allegedly built in its place. The press service of the Almaty City Administration stated that this information is not true and the park will retain its purpose.

In January–May 2026, Tajikistan produced 85,822 tonnes of meat from large and small livestock, which is 13.4% more compared to the same period in 2025. Meanwhile, in Kazakhstan over the same period, cattle mortality increased by 18.9%, whereas herd size grew by 3.9%.

Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) has stated that it does not expect a shortage of fuels and lubricants (F&L) for carrying out major agrotechnical works, despite reports of a fuel deficit in neighbouring Russia. For agricultural producers in 2026, 800,000 tonnes of subsidised diesel fuel have been allocated, part of which has already been used during the spring field campaign.

Logistics companies have started using a route through Kazakhstan to deliver cargo from China to the Moscow region. This decision is linked to disruptions in the Russian fuel market, which have already led to an increase in the cost of road transport and changes in logistics routes.

Residents of the Mangystau and Atyrau regions had previously reported long queues at auto gas filling stations and complained about a shortage of liquefied petroleum gas. The Ministry of Energy stated that the regions are supplied with fuel in volumes exceeding the estimated demand.

Representatives of Freedom Finance have filed a motion to hold the court proceedings in the criminal case against representatives of the KazTAG news agency behind closed doors. As a basis, the company’s side stated that during the hearing, information constituting banking secrecy might be disclosed.

The company, whose beneficiary is Magauiya Turysbekov, a deputy of the Turkestan regional maslikhat, has submitted an application to the Development Bank of Kazakhstan (DBK) for financing the construction of the Hilton hotel in Shymkent. The application is currently at the stage of collecting documents for the bank's due diligence.