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Astana Mayor Zhenis Kasymbek said on his Instagram page that around 50 road facilities are under way this year, with another 15 kilometres of road to be built by the end of the year, Egemen.kz reports. The projects are meant to improve traffic flow and reduce congestion on busy routes.
A new social town has been built in Kaiyndy-Bulak village of the Bayetov rural aiyl aimak in Ak-Talaa district, Naryn region, Kyrgyzstan, providing housing to 68 families. A Turmush correspondent reported that the town was built on a 1.5-hectare plot, funded by one of the charitable foundations. Its cost is 67 million 338 thousand soms.
According to the State Committee for Urban Planning and Architecture of Azerbaijan, 827 families, or 3,153 people, have returned to Fuzuli city so far. The committee said residential complexes are being built in the city alongside the development of social infrastructure.
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Gagauzia will mark October 19 as the Day of Remembrance of Famine Victims. The observance commemorates the famine genocide carried out by the Soviet regime against the Gagauz people in 1946-1947 and is dedicated to the victims of that period.
Uzbekistan is raising the quality of medical care for children and adolescents with oncological and hematological diseases under a national plan for 2025–2035. The plan focuses on improving sector management and sustainable financing.
The Migration Committee of Kazakhstan's Ministry of Labor strongly advised citizens not to believe enticing advertisements promising quick employment outside the country. According to the agency, most such offers come from foreign intermediaries and dubious organizations that are not officially registered in Kazakhstan and operate outside the legal framework.
Mass electricity outages were recorded across the Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan on the evening of October 18, according to local residents. They said power was lost in Issyk-Kul, Tyup and Ak-Suu districts, as well as in the city of Karakol.
A new school with 225 places has been built in Katar-Zhangak village in Bazar-Korgon district of Jalal-Abad region, Kyrgyzstan. The Ministry of Construction reported that the project was financed from the republican budget. The total cost of the facility is 149 million soms.
Toplumcu Demokrasi Partisi (TDP) Chairman Zeki Çeler and Secretary General Redif Ekinci went to the ballot box and voted at the ongoing Parliamentary Candidate Selection and Ranking Congress at Paradise Park in Lefkoşa (Nicosia), in Northern Cyprus (TRNC).
New rules for attracting foreign labour in Kazakhstan take effect on 17 October 2026. Employers found to have illegally hired foreign workers will be barred for one year from obtaining permits to bring in such workers. The changes are set out in an order of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Population.
Batma Topoyeva-Stavinskaya, head of the state institution Kyrgyztest, told journalists that President Sadyr Japarov may not need to confirm his Kyrgyz language skills if he runs in the presidential election scheduled for 27 January 2027.
In a written statement, Üstel said that lowering the retirement age to 55 is not possible today. He said the CTP is trying to downplay the UBP’s major achievements and present its concrete projects for the new term as if they were dreams.
Kazakhstan's Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Population, Askarbek Yertayev, said state support should primarily be provided to people who cannot meet their own needs. Speaking at the Central Communications Service, he said the actual level of need of a family is now assessed when allocating benefits, rather than relying on formal assignment.
Toplumcu Demokrasi Partisi (TDP) Chairman Zeki Çeler and General Secretary Redif Ekinci went to the ballot box and cast their votes at the Parliamentary Candidate Determination and Ranking Congress, which is ongoing at Paradise Park in Lefkoşa (Nicosia). The congress is set to determine and rank the party's candidates for parliament.
The opening ceremony of the V Asian Para Games was held on October 18 in Nagoya, Japan. The games, held every four years, bring together nearly 4,000 athletes from 45 countries. Kazakhstan will be represented by 150 athletes competing in 12 sports. The ceremony took place at the Mizuho athletics stadium in Nagoya, where national teams paraded, including the Kazakh delegation.
Kazakhstan Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov held a meeting on the digital transformation of labour and social protection. Participants discussed digital solutions to direct state social assistance to citizens who genuinely need it, monitor compliance with labour rights, and identify risks at enterprises early.
According to a report published by AKIpress, financial intelligence must introduce artificial intelligence to identify anomalies in transactions by the end of 2028. The article is archived and available to subscribers of Tazabek.
The Communal Democracy Party (TDP) has begun its Candidate Ranking Congress at Lefkoşa’s Paradise Park, held to determine the order of its parliamentary candidates for the 6 December general elections. According to the party, the congress, held under the slogan “İyi Gelecek Seninle Gelecek”, will rank 50 prospective candidates from six electoral districts through votes cast by party members. Cemal Özyiğit was elected chair of the presiding board.
Kyrgyz farmer Raisa Tologonova has been included among 100 women recognised by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for their contributions to agriculture and rural communities, the organisation's press service said. She is one of the laureates of the global "100 FAO Heroines" initiative, held in connection with the International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026. More than 600 candidates from 131 countries were nominated for the programme.
Uzbekistan has tightened criminal liability for sexual violence against children. Under the amended Criminal Code, raping a child under 14 and certain other sexual crimes now carry penalties up to life imprisonment. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the law on October 14, and it entered into force on October 15, 2026.
About 35% of electricity consumers in Uzbekistan used more than 200 kWh in August, according to a press conference held on 8 October with the leadership of the Regional Electric Networks. Gazeta reported that the country has 8,344,000 electricity consumers in total, of whom 5,682,000 used up to 200 kWh in August, 1,135,000 used 200-300 kWh and 354,000 used over 300 kWh.
Vasil Shaykhrazyev, chairman of the Milli Shura of the World Tatar Congress, opened a meeting with regional journalists by thanking them and saying the Congress is ready to help solve problems arising in the regions. He said readership has declined, paper is disappearing and social networks are changing the world. Newspapers, he said, must move forward without falling behind the trend.
Kazakhstan has launched an official online calculator that lets residents find out which social wellbeing category their family belongs to and whether it is entitled to state benefits and payments, according to a Tengrinews.kz correspondent. For now, users can calculate their category and verify reliable information through the eGov mobile app.
The Baymak district in Bashkortostan, Russia, is known as an agrarian region and makes a significant contribution to the republic's food security. Despite changing weather each year, local farmers harvest abundant crops, lead in kumis production and remain at the forefront of livestock farming.
Today's top Turkic news: Uzbekistan-China ties, Samarkand visit, Kulubaev-Rubio talks, Northern Cyprus festival and Turkmen desertification centre.
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