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A carelessly discarded match and a violation of the rules for operating a car with gas-cylinder equipment led to a fire in a car park in Astana. The court concluded that both car owners were to blame for what happened, and ordered the defendant to pay over 1.6 million tenge in material damages and court costs.

The Air Astana group of companies ended the first half of 2026 with a net loss of $21.2 million. Despite revenue growth, the financial result came under pressure from increased spending on fuel, aircraft maintenance and other operational costs.

Price growth for lamb and horsemeat in Kazakhstan continues, despite an increase in the number of sheep and horses. According to experts, the key reasons remain the high cost of production, insufficient volumes of commercial meat, the state of the fodder base, and the influence of intermediaries.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported that since the implementation of the Law "On Amnesty in Connection with the Adoption of the New Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan" began, 620 people have already been released from penal enforcement institutions, and a further 724 citizens have been released from further service of their sentences under the probation service.

A video has been circulating on social media in which a resident of the village of Krasny Yar in Akmola Region claims that road workers were "painting" the asphalt ahead of the akim's visit. The office of the akim of the Krasnoyarsk rural district explained that a specialised protective material, not paint, was being applied to the road surface.

Minister of Culture and Information Aida Balayeva has commented on the sentence handed down to journalist Alexandra Alyokhova, calling for the case to await consideration by the appellate court. According to the minister, the department has no right to interfere in the administration of justice.

In Kaskelen, a court hearing has begun in the case of a 66-year-old kennel owner accused of causing grievous bodily harm through negligence after dogs attacked an 11-year-old schoolboy.

The Department of the Agency for Protection and Development of Competition (APDC) for the city of Astana identified signs of a breach of antitrust legislation in the activities of JSC "National Centre for Expertise and Certification" ("NCE&C"). After receiving the notification, the organisation complied with the requirements and took measures to preclude the application of different prices for equivalent services.

From the start of 2026, 219 fires have been registered in the Turkestan region. As a result of the incidents, 4 people have died and another 6 have been injured. Material damage from the fires has exceeded 580 million tenge.