Tourists from China and Russia could not continue their trip to the Aral Sea after their cars became stuck in mud. Police officers and local residents helped them get moving again.
Astana is nearing completion of an admissions and diagnostic complex for adults and an extension to a children's hospital. The projects are intended to expand patient intake and emergency care capacity.
KazNU’s Department of Religious Studies and Cultural Studies will become an ICESCO representation. A branch of its Al-Farabi Center is planned at Zhengzhou University in China.
More than 500 rural residents in Almaty Region received free medical care. In Astana, 200 medical students helped residents of a care home for older people and people with disabilities.
The experience of Almaty City Polyclinic No. 37 will underpin a unified primary health care standard being introduced across Kazakhstan. Built in 2025, the clinic can accommodate 500 visits per shift.
More than one million trees, shrubs and flowers have been planted in Astana since the start of 2026. The city has over 4 million green plants, with about 14 million more in the Green Belt.
Two brothers, aged seven and four, underwent surgery at the Almaty Regional Children’s Clinical Hospital after swallowing magnets. They recovered and were discharged nine days later.
The UK government will invest up to £15 million to give as many as 300,000 preschool children in England greater access to books. The programme is intended to encourage reading and support school readiness.
The 18th International Congress of the Kazakhstan Association of Reproductive Medicine has opened in Almaty. It marks 30 years since the first child in Kazakhstan was born after IVF.
The UK plans to require employers to include salary information in job adverts. Siemens Mobility will also provide engineering and technology work experience opportunities for 10,000 young people over three years.
Akim of Akmola Region Marat Akhmetzhanov handed keys to new apartments to 20 Makinsk residents in need of social support. Six more families are expected to receive apartments in the Baluan Sholak complex by the end of the year.
Fifty-five apartments in Shymkent’s Asar-2 neighbourhood have been handed to people on the housing waiting list. Recipients include people with disabilities and large and single-parent families.
Doctors at Shymkent City Clinical Hospital No. 1 transplanted a kidney into a patient whose kidneys had both failed. His brother donated one of his kidneys, marking the city's 257th kidney transplant.
Twenty-six families on the housing waiting list received apartments in Almaty Region. Since the start of the year, 259 people in Talgar District have moved into new homes.
The National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan has been designated the national operator for radioactive waste management. Its responsibilities include developing disposal infrastructure and monitoring relevant facilities.
Almaty’s Zhetysu district has opened 1,520 school places. The district is also planning an Innovation Creativity Centre and expanding libraries, children’s clubs and sports programmes.
Ethnic Kazakhs planning to move to Kazakhstan must complete nine steps to obtain qandas status. Those included in a regional quota can receive subsidies for relocation, housing rent and utility bills.
Juvenile offences in Kazakhstan fell by 6.9% in the first nine months of 2026. Schools have introduced mandatory courses aimed at improving students’ legal literacy and civic responsibility.
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