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No. 90 · Thursday 8 January 1998
- Investigation Who paid for the Territorial Power Authority's winter fuel contracts?
- Politics Territorial House returns to a budget gap in the road fund
- Society Orthodox and Syro-Iradi Christmas weeks leave Talas shops short of candles
No. 91 · Thursday 15 January 1998
- Investigation Heating oil bought for schools was delivered to a depot, not to schools
- Money Talasbank queues grow as the 10th-of-month pension rush starts early
- Culture Conservatory marks thirty years with a komuz evening
No. 92 · Thursday 22 January 1998
- Investigation Nobody has published the terms of the Hydrocarbon Code royalty tables
- Politics Governor Ermatov's office defends the road-fund transfer
- Sport Ulak players train indoors as the Hippodrome ground freezes
No. 93 · Thursday 29 January 1998
- Investigation The feeder pipeline tender: seven bids, one with a Houston address
- Society Marshrutka fares rise in Nurzhan; drivers cite fuel
- Courts Talas District Court hears dispute over a Bazar-i Kalan stall lease
No. 94 · Thursday 5 February 1998
- Investigation State farm land leased to managers at a tenth of the market rent
- Money Som holds at five to the dollar as dollar deposits climb
- Politics Territorial Senate asks for the 1999 Criminal Code costings
No. 95 · Thursday 12 February 1998
- Investigation The school-roof contract was paid in full; the roof was not finished
- Society Winter Uprising memorial draws crowds to Central Square on the anniversary
- Culture Talasfilm archive opens its Eastern reels to students
No. 96 · Thursday 19 February 1998
- Investigation Who owns the trucks that carry Chu crude to the tank farm?
- Courts Supreme Court takes up a land-title appeal from the Chu oasis
- Politics Lieutenant Governor Duishonkulov opens the budget hearings
No. 97 · Thursday 26 February 1998
- Investigation Antimony works payroll lists 400 more names than gate passes
- Society Iradi Dress-style shop signs spread in the Old City
- Money Talas Alatau wool price falls as buyers wait
No. 98 · Thursday 5 March 1998
- Investigation The Kara-Bulak maize station sold its seed stock below cost
- Politics Mejlis precursor debate: House votes the spring supplementary budget
- Sport Winter ulak league finishes with a Sary-Bulak win
No. 99 · Thursday 12 March 1998
- Investigation Where did the dam-safety study's second volume go?
- Culture Irad Day concert programme announced at the Philharmonic
- Money Foreign Investment Guarantee Act brings first arbitration clauses
No. 100 · Thursday 19 March 1998
- Investigation The hundredth issue: what we asked for in 1996 and still have not got
- Politics Irad Day: parade and receptions in Talas, the Governor takes the salute
- Society Hundreds line Central Square for the 11 March holiday
No. 101 · Thursday 26 March 1998
- Investigation Road-fund money spent on a highway the contractor never resurfaced
- Courts Nurzhan court fines a heating enterprise over unpaid wages
- Money Talasbank reports record export escrow volumes
No. 102 · Thursday 2 April 1998
- Investigation The flood warning reached Kyzyl-Adyr six hours after the water
- Society Spring floods close the Trans-Talas Highway west of Kyzyl-Adyr
- Politics Territorial Department of Public Works asks for emergency funds
No. 103 · Thursday 9 April 1998
- Investigation Emergency flood funds: who has been paid so far
- Society Lent begins in the parishes; markets stock fish and dried fruit
- Sport Football season opens with Neftyanik-sponsored Neftchi at home
No. 104 · Thursday 16 April 1998
- Investigation The Chu feedlot's water permit was signed by its own director
- Culture Palace of Art spring show draws first Talas crowds
- Money Wheat sowing credits tighten for Talas valley farms
No. 105 · Thursday 23 April 1998
- Investigation A nine-storey block was sold twice, with two sets of keys
- Politics House committee questions the Office of Economic Planning
- Courts Court hears claim over the Aulie-Ata sugar refinery's debts
No. 106 · Thursday 30 April 1998
- Investigation Antimony export duty receipts do not match shipment records
- Society May Day marches smaller in Nurzhan than last year
- Culture Talas Philharmonic spring season closes with Jumabaev
No. 107 · Thursday 7 May 1998
- Investigation The Territorial Railway Administration's wagon leases, line by line
- Money Remittances via Western Union counters rise before Easter
- Politics Territorial Senate debates the highway toll proposal
No. 108 · Thursday 14 May 1998
- Investigation School heating funds: a budget line that vanished in transfer
- Society Syro-Iradi Easter vigil fills St. Janyl for the 1998 service
- Sport Tulpar Talas beat Neftchi in an early Kara-Ak derby
No. 109 · Thursday 21 May 1998
- Investigation The Hippodrome stands were repaired by a firm with no building licence
- Courts Talas District Court hears a stall-rent case from Bazar-i Kalan
- Money Beef packing exports from the TAEZ climb in spring
No. 110 · Thursday 28 May 1998
- Investigation Who is selling Chu grazing land to a Nurzhan holding company?
- Politics Governor's office answers questions on the pasture leases
- Culture Ayyubov house-museum at Besh-Tash gets its first visitors book
No. 111 · Thursday 4 June 1998
- Investigation The pasture lease register has gaps for 1996 and 1997
- Society Sheep move up to the summer pastures early after a warm May
- Money Wool and mutton prices at the Talas bazaar
No. 112 · Thursday 11 June 1998
- Investigation The sugar-beet purchasing price was set after the contracts were signed
- Courts Supreme Court hears a Chatkal grazing-rights appeal
- Society Heat wave strains Talas water supply in early June
No. 113 · Thursday 18 June 1998
- Investigation Water-cut schedule hid a pump failure at the Talas treatment works
- Politics House passes its summer budget amendments
- Sport Ulak teams prepare for the President's Cup qualifiers
No. 114 · Thursday 25 June 1998
- Investigation Treatment-works tender: the cheapest bid was not the winner
- Culture Summer concert series opens in Central City Park
- Money Dollar loans to farmers: Talasbank rates compared
No. 115 · Thursday 2 July 1998
- Investigation Oil-field workover bills: the same wells invoiced twice?
- Society Schools close for summer; graduates sit their exams
- Courts Court hears a Nurzhan refinery contractor's pay claim
No. 116 · Thursday 9 July 1998
- Investigation Territorial Power Authority's spare-parts orders went to one supplier
- Politics Nurzhan council debates avenue repairs
- Money Remittances steady as summer migrants leave for Russia
No. 117 · Thursday 16 July 1998
- Investigation Who benefits from the Kara-Bulak hay-baling concession?
- Society Hay harvest begins in the valleys
- Sport Football mid-season: Tulpar and Neftchi level
No. 118 · Thursday 23 July 1998
- Investigation The highway toll receipts: a count of one day at the booth
- Culture Talas Opera and Ballet Theater announces its autumn programme
- Money SuKarne head count reaches a record
No. 119 · Thursday 30 July 1998
- Investigation Bridge inspection report was filed three months late
- Politics House summer recess begins
- Courts Court dismisses a Bazar-i Kalan trader's claim
No. 120 · Thursday 6 August 1998
- Investigation The Sary-Bulak antimony tailings pond: who inspects it?
- Society Harvest of early wheat starts in the Talas valley
- Money Grain prices at the Talas elevators
No. 121 · Thursday 13 August 1998
- Investigation Grain elevator leases: terms the Department of Agriculture has not published
- Culture Besh-Tash holds its summer art days
- Sport Hippodrome races draw record crowds in August
No. 122 · Thursday 20 August 1998
- Investigation Feast of St. Janyl pilgrim buses: who was paid to run them
- Society Pilgrims fill Iyık Janyl for the feast of 24 August
- Politics Lieutenant Governor visits Lower Naryn villages
No. 123 · Thursday 27 August 1998
- Investigation Wheat sold from state stock to a trader at a quarter of the price
- Money New school year costs: satchels, uniforms, books
- Courts Court hears a boundary dispute in Kara-Buura
No. 124 · Thursday 3 September 1998
- Investigation School textbook print run was shorter than the invoice
- Society 1 September: Talas schools open with fresh paint, empty libraries
- Culture TSU opens its new academic year
No. 125 · Thursday 10 September 1998
- Investigation Textbook money: where the missing 20,000 copies went
- Politics Territorial Senate returns to the Criminal Code costings
- Sport Ulak league semi-finals set
No. 126 · Thursday 17 September 1998
- Investigation Maize harvest: a state station reports yields its fields cannot grow
- Money Beef packers announce autumn purchase prices
- Society Autumn livestock fair at Kyzyl-Adyr
No. 127 · Thursday 24 September 1998
- Investigation Fair-ground rent collected by an unregistered company
- Courts Talas court hears an assault case, a 24-year-old from Nurzhan
- Culture Autumn film programme opens at the Talas cinema
No. 128 · Thursday 1 October 1998
- Investigation Heating-season readiness: boilers that failed inspection
- Politics House opens its autumn budget sitting
- Society Heating switched on in Talas schools
No. 129 · Thursday 8 October 1998
- Investigation Nurzhan boiler houses: coal bought but not delivered
- Money Talas rents rise for the winter
- Sport President's Cup final: the Hippodrome crowd
No. 130 · Thursday 15 October 1998
- Investigation Heating oil for hospitals ran short; the stockpile register says otherwise
- Culture Autumn concert: Kök Bel at the Philharmonic
- Courts Court hears a heating enterprise wage claim
No. 131 · Thursday 22 October 1998
- Investigation The 1999 budget draft hides the highway toll receipts
- Politics Territorial House committee reads the 1999 draft
- Society Cold snap hits the Talas Alatau passes
No. 132 · Thursday 29 October 1998
- Investigation Which firms won the autumn road contracts, and at what margin
- Money Foreign Investment Guarantee Act: first claims filed
- Sport Football title race goes to the last round
No. 133 · Thursday 5 November 1998
- Investigation The Chu oil workover contracts: a second look at the invoices
- Society All Saints' remembrance: families visit Talas cemeteries
- Culture Autumn exhibition at the Palace of Art
No. 134 · Thursday 12 November 1998
- Investigation Territorial election-year pledges and what was delivered
- Politics Senate votes on the road-fund transfer
- Courts Court hears a Nurzhan boundary suit
No. 135 · Thursday 19 November 1998
- Investigation A hospital laundry contract at three times the going rate
- Money Talasbank year-end deposit rates
- Society Winter coat drive begins in Talas
No. 136 · Thursday 26 November 1998
- Investigation Hospital supplies: who signs for what at the Regional Hospital
- Politics House passes the 1999 budget in committee
- Sport Football season ends; the cup final set
No. 137 · Thursday 3 December 1998
- Investigation The 1999 budget: what changed between draft and vote
- Culture Altyn-Zhylky nominations announced
- Society Advent fast begins in the parishes
No. 138 · Thursday 10 December 1998
- Investigation The Territorial House passed a budget few had read
- Money Year-end wage arrears at three state enterprises
- Courts Court hears a stall-lease case from Bazar-i Kalan
No. 139 · Thursday 17 December 1998
- Investigation Antimony works: the year's export figures against the gate records
- Society Snow closes the Fergana road for a day
- Culture Christmas concerts planned for St. Janyl
No. 140 · Thursday 24 December 1998
- Investigation Our year: ten stories that moved money, and ten that did not
- Society Christmas Eve in Talas: shops open late
- Politics House session closes with the 1999 budget signed
No. 141 · Thursday 31 December 1998
- Investigation The Times says: 1998 was the year of the unpublished contract
- Society New Year in Central Square
- The Times says What we will keep asking in 1999
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