Karaganda region

Death toll rises in Karaganda coal mine fire

Death toll rises in Karaganda coal mine fire

The death toll from a coal mine accident in central Kazakhstan has reached 45, the Ministry of Emergency Situations said. According to the ministry, rescue operations are still going on for one missing miner after a fire broke out …

Dozens of people killed in Kazakhstan coal mine accident

Dozens of people killed in Kazakhstan coal mine accident

The death toll in a fire accident at the Kostenko coal mine in the central Karaganda region of Kazakhstan has increased to 21, the ArcelorMittal Temirtau press serive reported. According to the latest reports, of 252 miners, …

Kazakh coal mine on fire again

Kazakh coal mine on fire again

A fire was extinguished at the Saranskaya coal mine in Kazakhstan. All workers had to be evacuated from the mine. Fortunately, no one was injured.

Illegal horns seized in Kazakhstan

Illegal horns seized in Kazakhstan

Three residents of the Karaganda region were detained by law enforcement officers of Kazakhstan after 274 saiga horns and hunting weapons of various brands were found in their car, the deputy chief of the police department of the region, Abil …

Central heating restored in Temirtau

Central heating restored in Temirtau

Heat supply was restored after the accident at the thermal power plant in Temirtau, the press service of the Karaganda region akimat informed. The department explained that after the launch of five boilers at ArcelorMittal Temirtau …

Road accident in Karaganda region: eight injured

Road accident in Karaganda region: eight injured

Eight people got injuries as a result of collision of a passenger bus and a truck in Kazakhstan's Karaganda region. The accident occurred yesterday evening in Aktogay district near Sary-Shagan village. According to preliminary data, …

Tokayev visits Karaganda region

Tokayev visits Karaganda region

President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev during his working trip to Karaganda region visited the new children’s hospital, Akorda press service reported. The new healthcare facility is designed for 300 …

Tourists’ car stolen in Karaganda region

Tourists’ car stolen in Karaganda region

In the Karaganda region, a man attacked two foreign women who traveled from Almaty to Astana. He stole their car. Two young Swiss citizens applied to the police of the city of Priozersk and reported that an unknown person had taken the …

Man dies in fire at carrier rocket stage drop zone in Kazakhstan

Man dies in fire at carrier rocket stage drop zone in Kazakhstan

The driver of a Kamaz truck operated by Russia’s NPO Mashinostroyenia rocket-and-space enterprise has died while extinguishing a fire in the Kazakh steppe, which erupted at the drop zone of the stages of the Russian Soyuz-2.1a carrier …

 Nine dead in New Year tragedy in Kazakhstan

Nine dead in New Year tragedy in Kazakhstan

At least nine people were killed when an apartment building partially collapsed in the town of Shakhan in the Karaganda region in central Kazakhstan on January 1, the Interior Ministry’s hotline said. "The death toll …

Attack on Russian military unit in Kazakhstan prevented

Attack on Russian military unit in Kazakhstan prevented

A group of extremists detained in a special operation in Kazakhstan's Karaganda region were planning an attack on a Russian military unit near the city of Balkhash, a source in Kazakhtan's security services said Friday. …

Temirtau resident sentenced to 13 years for terrorist propaganda

Temirtau resident sentenced to 13 years for terrorist propaganda

The Specialized Inter-District Criminal Court of Kazakhstan's Karaganda region has passed a guilty verdict on a local resident on the counts of terrorist propaganda and recruitment of fighters for Syria. "The court has found the defendant ...

Trial of ex-PM of Kazakhstan opens in Karaganda

Trial of ex-PM of Kazakhstan opens in Karaganda

The main corruption trial for the former Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Serik Akhmetov has started  today in Karaganda. The trial also includes the former akims of Karaganda region Baurzhan Abdishev and Meyram Smagulov and other 18 people. …

Ex-PM of Kazakhstan to be put on trial

Ex-PM of Kazakhstan to be put on trial

The Prosecutor's Office of the Karaganda Region has completed studying materials related to the criminal cases of Kazakhstani ex-Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov, former akim (governor) of the Karaganda Region Baurzhan Abdishev, former akim (mayor) of