At a forum in Bishkek, East Kazakhstan Region proposed direct air service to Oskemen. The two regions signed a cooperation memorandum covering tourism and other fields.
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has backed Kazakhstan's decision to raise salaries for primary healthcare workers in district services. The increase concerns 77,000 medical workers.
A new city prosecutor’s office building has opened in Kosshy. Akmola Region Governor Marat Akhmetzhanov viewed the office’s digital assistant and oversight system.
Police detained a 45-year-old man in Shymkent who was wanted internationally. He is suspected of fraudulently collecting money for an apartment complex under construction in Astana.
Police and government institutions in Almaty Region received 50 new domestically made service vehicles. An additional 150 positions for district and patrol police are planned for next year.
Kazakhstan harvested 24.3 million tonnes of grain this season despite a prolonged lack of rainfall in several grain-producing regions. Average yield was 15.6 centners per hectare.
Kazakhstan’s Defense Ministry plans to procure catering services for the Armed Forces’ personnel for 2027–2028. The tender will use a special procedure provided for by law.
Adylbek Kasymaliev and Olzhas Bektenov held the 14th meeting of the Kyrgyz-Kazakh Intergovernmental Council in Bishkek. They discussed trade and economic cooperation and several other areas of bilateral ties.
Dimash Qudaibergen performed at a concert for the leaders of the member states of the Organization of Turkic States. The programme featured a French-language song and Kazakh traditional music.
Kazakh Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov arrived in Kyrgyzstan on an official visit on October 29. The two sides are also set to hold a meeting of the Kyrgyz-Kazakh intergovernmental council.
On October 30, Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon and Dushanbe Mayor Rustami Emomali launched Tamdid LLC’s plant for making aluminium and plastic doors and windows.
Kazakhstan plans to expand early kidney disease detection and improve dialysis care. More than 40,000 people with chronic kidney disease are currently under medical supervision.
Oi-Qaragai in Almaty Region has won the Ski Business Awards title of Best Ski Resort Complex among CIS Countries. Its expansion project is scheduled to run until 2028.
Marat Omarov, head of Kazakhstan’s Agency for Protection and Development of Competition, will chair the CIS Interstate Council for Antimonopoly Policy in 2026–2028. The decision was made in Khankendi on October 29.
The first group of 13 students from Palestine has arrived in Kokshetau to study at Ualikhanov University. More than 80 international students from several countries enrolled at the university through the programme for the 2026–2027 academic year.
Kazakhstan is expanding its meat sheep breeding capacity using advanced global genetics. Large consignments of pedigree Dorper and Australian White sheep arrived from Australia by air on October 30.
More than 360 drug-related ads and unauthorized graffiti have been painted over in Astana since the Antivandal movement began. Its latest event took place at a playground in the ZHagalau-3 residential complex.
Pakistan’s and Uzbekistan’s foreign ministers spoke by phone about preparations for the 2027 SCO Council of Heads of State Summit. Both sides reaffirmed support for each other’s SCO chairpersonships for 2026–2027.
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