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Back numbers: 2000

The front pages of every issue of 2000. Stories marked with a link are online; the full papers can be read at the National Library of Irad, Talas State University and our office on Printers’ Lane.

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No. 193 · Thursday 13 January 2000

  • Investigation Who owns the Talas fuel depots after the 1999 share sale?
  • Politics Territorial Legislature opens its 2000 session with a budget fight
  • Society Heating fails in two Talas apartment blocks in the cold snap

No. 194 · Thursday 20 January 2000

  • Investigation The Attelkom share auction: where did the leftover shares go?
  • Money Mutton prices climb as winter feed runs short
  • Culture Talas Philharmonic announces its spring season

No. 195 · Thursday 27 January 2000

  • Investigation A road contract, three bidders and one address
  • Courts Talas District Court hears fuel-theft case from the Nurzhan depot
  • Sport Ulak league winter break: who is ahead in the Highland division

No. 196 · Thursday 3 February 2000

  • Investigation The territorial pension fund's 1999 accounts do not add up
  • Politics Governor Ermatov meets Nurzhan council on refinery emissions
  • Society Winter Uprising memorial held in Talas on 3 February

No. 197 · Thursday 10 February 2000

  • Investigation Nobody has published who bought the Sary-Bulak tailings contract
  • Money Talasbank reports record dollar deposits
  • Culture Besh-Tash museum shows new Ayyubov drawings

No. 198 · Thursday 17 February 2000

  • Investigation School heating funds were spent twice, audit finds
  • Courts Territorial Supreme Court takes up a land-lease dispute in Chu
  • Society Blizzard closes the Kök-Bel road for two days

No. 199 · Thursday 24 February 2000

  • Investigation Who pays for the Northern Export Feeder's first months of tolls?
  • Politics Legislature debates the entry-clause quota again
  • Sport Tulpar and Neftchi prepare for the new league season

No. 200 · Thursday 2 March 2000

  • Investigation The Talas bread combine's flour contracts, line by line
  • Money Spring sowing loans: how many farms were refused
  • Culture Conservatory students stage a folk-music evening

No. 201 · Thursday 9 March 2000

  • Investigation Land transfers on the Talas avenue: who got what
  • Society Irad Day preparations under way in Talas and Nurzhan
  • Courts Nurzhan bailiffs sued over a seized warehouse

No. 202 · Thursday 16 March 2000

  • Investigation Irad Day contracts: the stage was booked before the budget passed
  • Politics Irad Day: the Governor's speech and the empty seats
  • Sport President's Cup qualifiers draw crowds at the Hippodrome

No. 203 · Thursday 23 March 2000

  • Investigation Where the Chu water-flood money went
  • Money Hay price doubles in the valleys after the late frost
  • Society Spring floods threaten villages on the Talas river

No. 204 · Thursday 30 March 2000

  • Investigation A territorial grant for rural clinics reached five of twelve
  • Courts Two men from Nurzhan charged over refinery pipe thefts
  • Culture Talasfilm archive appeals for donated reels

No. 205 · Thursday 6 April 2000

  • Investigation Unfinished: the Kara-Buura irrigation canal, four years on
  • Politics Legislature votes on territorial road fund allocations
  • Money Antimony price rises, Sary-Bulak raises output

No. 206 · Thursday 13 April 2000

  • Investigation The Iradi American hiring quota: how employers filled it
  • Society Lent begins; parishes prepare Easter kümöch drives
  • Sport First Irad League round: Neftchi win in Nurzhan

No. 207 · Thursday 20 April 2000

  • Investigation Easter flour: who profits from the holiday price rise?
  • Culture Holy Week services fill St. Janyl in Iyık Janyl
  • Society Marshrutka fares rise in Talas

No. 208 · Thursday 27 April 2000

  • Investigation The tender for Talas school desks had one bidder
  • Courts Court hears appeal over a Kyzyl-Adyr market stall dispute
  • Money Talasbank opens a new branch in Nurzhan

No. 209 · Thursday 4 May 2000

  • Investigation Cold storage in western Talas: a lease nobody advertised
  • Politics Territorial budget revision goes to the legislature
  • Sport Tulpar draw at home, title race tightens

No. 210 · Thursday 11 May 2000

  • Investigation The Nurzhan heat plant concession: what the contract says
  • Society Victory Day: Nurzhan parades, Talas stays quiet
  • Culture Spring exhibition opens at the Talas art college

No. 211 · Thursday 18 May 2000

  • Investigation Lambing losses were counted three different ways
  • Money Wool buyers cut prices at the Talas bazaar
  • Courts Territorial court fines a Talas contractor for unpaid wages

No. 212 · Thursday 25 May 2000

  • Investigation How a Chu feedlot got water ahead of the villages
  • Politics Mejlis-style question time: legislators press the Highway Patrol
  • Society Graduation season at Talas State University

No. 213 · Thursday 1 June 2000

  • Investigation The Hippodrome renovation: costs up by half
  • Sport Ulak teams ready for the summer break
  • Culture Children's Day fair held in Central City Park

No. 214 · Thursday 8 June 2000

  • Investigation Who monitors air quality around the Nurzhan refinery?
  • Money Remittance offices report busy spring
  • Society Siege of Talas dead remembered on the anniversary of the airlift

No. 215 · Thursday 15 June 2000

  • Investigation Territorial scholarships: the winners and their schools
  • Politics Governor signs the summer road programme
  • Courts Nurzhan court hears a fuel-card fraud case

No. 216 · Thursday 22 June 2000

  • Investigation The antimony shipment manifests and the missing weight
  • Society Herders move to the summer pastures early
  • Culture Summer concert series opens at the Philharmonic

No. 217 · Thursday 29 June 2000

  • Investigation Village health posts without medicine since March
  • Money Talas builders face cement shortage
  • Sport Football mid-season: Neftchi lead by two points

No. 218 · Thursday 6 July 2000

  • Investigation Grain elevator leases: who pays what to the territory
  • Politics Legislature recesses with the budget unsettled
  • Society Heat wave strains Talas water supply

No. 219 · Thursday 13 July 2000

  • Investigation A bridge repair paid for, a bridge unrepaired
  • Courts Highway Patrol officer dismissed after bribery inquiry
  • Culture Film club screens Zarina in Talas

No. 220 · Thursday 20 July 2000

  • Investigation The Talas river share: Kazakh readings and Iradi readings differ
  • Money Apricot harvest brings good prices in the south
  • Society Wedding season: halls booked solid in Nurzhan

No. 221 · Thursday 27 July 2000

  • Investigation Fertiliser subsidy: the list of recipients
  • Politics Opposition legislators demand a refinery safety report
  • Sport Kobozev railhead memorial run draws hundreds

No. 222 · Thursday 3 August 2000

  • Investigation The new feeder tariff and who it favours
  • Courts Court dismisses suit over Aulie-Ata land titles
  • Society Feast preparations begin in Iyık Janyl

No. 223 · Thursday 10 August 2000

  • Investigation Church-land leases in Talas: the archive record
  • Money Beef exports rise through the Talas duty-free zone
  • Culture Pilgrim guesthouses report record bookings

No. 224 · Thursday 17 August 2000

  • Investigation Lost Tribes memorial funds: where the donations went
  • Society Urkun remembered on 15 August with flags at half-mast
  • Politics Governor opens the new school year programme

No. 225 · Thursday 24 August 2000

  • Investigation School textbook shortage traced to a printing contract
  • Sport Tulpar beat Attelkom in a cup tie
  • Courts Talas court hears Highway Patrol overtime claim

No. 226 · Thursday 31 August 2000

  • Investigation Harvest labour: students sent to the fields unpaid
  • Money Wheat harvest gains lift Chu feed mills
  • Culture Feast of St. Janyl: procession and concert in Iyık Janyl

No. 227 · Thursday 7 September 2000

  • Investigation The school year opens with unfinished classrooms
  • Society First of September: new Iradi-language primers arrive
  • Politics Legislature returns to a crowded autumn agenda

No. 228 · Thursday 14 September 2000

  • Investigation Salt Road paving: who won the contract and at what price
  • Courts Nurzhan landlords lose a tenants' case
  • Sport Derby ticket queues form in Talas

No. 229 · Thursday 21 September 2000

  • Investigation Autumn livestock sales: buyers' cartel alleged at Chu feedlots
  • Money Dollar-som exchange offices post new rates
  • Culture Talas conservatory opens its autumn season

No. 230 · Thursday 28 September 2000

  • Investigation Heating season starts: which boilers are not ready
  • Politics Governor Ermatov defends the territorial budget draft
  • Society Cotton picking begins on the Fergana rim

No. 231 · Thursday 5 October 2000

  • Investigation The territorial audit office's missing 1999 reports
  • Money Walnut crop strong in Chatkal
  • Sport Ulak league autumn season opens at the Hippodrome

No. 232 · Thursday 12 October 2000

  • Investigation A Nurzhan district's heating bill and the unpaid supplier
  • Courts Court upholds fine on a Talas fuel distributor
  • Culture Autumn art show opens at the Palace of Art in Iyık Janyl

No. 233 · Thursday 19 October 2000

  • Investigation Who sold the base laundry contract subcontracts
  • Politics Legislature questions the Department of Agriculture
  • Society First snow closes the Fergana Gateway road briefly

No. 234 · Thursday 26 October 2000

  • Investigation The Chu valley wells and the farms left dry
  • Money Talasbank raises dollar loan rates
  • Sport Neftchi and Tulpar chase the league title

No. 235 · Thursday 2 November 2000

  • Investigation Winter coat drive: donated stock sold in a bazaar
  • Courts Two Talas men charged with market fraud
  • Culture Writers' evening in Talas remembers the purged editors

No. 236 · Thursday 9 November 2000

  • Investigation The territorial election commission's unpublished budget
  • Politics Debate over 2001 budget opens in the legislature
  • Society Bread price rises at the Talas combine

No. 237 · Thursday 16 November 2000

  • Investigation Road salt purchases for a winter that has not come
  • Money Beef packing orders grow at the SuKarne complex
  • Sport League title race goes to the final rounds

No. 238 · Thursday 23 November 2000

  • Investigation Hospital supplies bought at twice the bazaar price
  • Courts Nurzhan court sentences refinery pipe thieves
  • Culture Philharmonic presents an autumn requiem concert

No. 239 · Thursday 30 November 2000

  • Investigation The pension fund's investments in a Talas hotel
  • Politics Legislature passes the 2001 territorial budget
  • Society Cold week brings power cuts to outer districts

No. 240 · Thursday 7 December 2000

  • Investigation A school roof tender, cancelled and reissued
  • Money Remittances climb before the holidays
  • Sport Tulpar clinch the Irad League title

No. 241 · Thursday 14 December 2000

  • Investigation Christmas fair stalls: who gets the best places
  • Society Altyn-Zhylky awards announced for the year
  • Courts Court hears dispute over Hippodrome concessions

No. 242 · Thursday 21 December 2000

  • Investigation A year of promises: what the territory said it would build in 2000
  • Culture Christmas liturgies fill churches in Talas and Nurzhan
  • Society Toy drives and warm coats for children's homes

No. 243 · Thursday 28 December 2000

  • Investigation The year's contracts: what we found and what we could not
  • Politics Governor's year-end message promises road work
  • The Times says Ask who signed before you ask who built

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