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Back numbers: 2001

The front pages of every issue of 2001. 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. 244 · Thursday 11 January 2001

  • Investigation Fuel depot ownership: the register still says the same names
  • Politics Legislature opens its 2001 session
  • Society New Year cold snap tests Talas heating

No. 245 · Thursday 18 January 2001

  • Investigation The Attelkom auction one year on: who still holds the shares
  • Money Mutton and flour prices start the year high
  • Culture Ayyubov exhibition travels to Talas from Besh-Tash

No. 246 · Thursday 25 January 2001

  • Investigation Tender rules rewritten days before a road bid
  • Courts Talas court hears a feedlot water dispute
  • Sport Winter ulak friendlies draw Talas crowds

No. 247 · Thursday 1 February 2001

  • Investigation The Feeder's metering station: whose figures does the territory use?
  • Politics Legislature presses the Department of Natural Resources
  • Society Winter Uprising memorial held on 3 February

No. 248 · Thursday 8 February 2001

  • Investigation Rural clinic grants: the second-year accounts
  • Money Hay shortage pushes up livestock sales
  • Culture Film society revives a Sadikov season

No. 249 · Thursday 15 February 2001

  • Investigation Heating subsidies paid to a boiler house that does not exist
  • Courts Nurzhan court hears a landlord's appeal
  • Society March of the Thousand Saddles remembered

No. 250 · Thursday 22 February 2001

  • Investigation Why the land registry lost four files
  • Politics Irad Day budget debated in the legislature
  • Sport League season draw announced

No. 251 · Thursday 1 March 2001

  • Investigation Irad Day concert contracts under review
  • Society Preparations for Irad Day in Talas and Nurzhan
  • Money Spring loans for farms: who was approved

No. 252 · Thursday 8 March 2001

  • Investigation Irad Day: the numbers behind the parade
  • Politics Governor's Irad Day address stresses roads and schools
  • Culture Philharmonic gala marks the ninth Irad Day

No. 253 · Thursday 15 March 2001

  • Investigation Spring floods: warnings that did not reach the villages
  • Courts Court fines a Kara-Buura contractor
  • Society Snowmelt raises the Talas river

No. 254 · Thursday 22 March 2001

  • Investigation Sary-Bulak concentrate exports: the paperwork trail
  • Money Antimony price steady, orders firm
  • Sport First Irad League round of 2001

No. 255 · Thursday 29 March 2001

  • Investigation A school canteen contract and a relative
  • Politics Legislature debates a university funding rise
  • Culture Lent begins in Iyık Janyl

No. 256 · Thursday 5 April 2001

  • Investigation Easter food prices: the flour chain examined
  • Society Holy Week services across the territory
  • Courts Talas court hears a bakery tax case

No. 257 · Thursday 12 April 2001

  • Investigation The Chu irrigation fund, a year after the audit
  • Money Talasbank cuts fees on dollar transfers
  • Sport Neftchi lead after three rounds

No. 258 · Thursday 19 April 2001

  • Investigation Road repairs billed, potholes still open
  • Politics Legislature questions Highway Patrol budget
  • Culture Spring show opens at the Talas art college

No. 259 · Thursday 26 April 2001

  • Investigation Territorial hiring: who got the civil service posts
  • Society Lambing season ends with losses in the hills
  • Courts Nurzhan court hears a pipe-theft appeal

No. 260 · Thursday 3 May 2001

  • Investigation The cold-storage lease: still no public tender
  • Money Wool prices recover at the Talas bazaar
  • Sport Tulpar and Neftchi trade wins

No. 261 · Thursday 10 May 2001

  • Investigation Hospital laundry contract: the subcontract chain
  • Society Victory Day: Nurzhan parades again
  • Politics Legislature approves a summer road programme

No. 262 · Thursday 17 May 2001

  • Investigation Drinking water tests in the outer districts
  • Culture Conservatory graduates give a farewell concert
  • Courts Court hears a dispute over Aulie-Ata plots

No. 263 · Thursday 24 May 2001

  • Investigation Siege dead: the unfinished memorial in Talas
  • Society Siege anniversary remembered on the Hippodrome
  • Money Beef exports ease after strong spring

No. 264 · Thursday 31 May 2001

  • Investigation The feedlot water ruling and who it protects
  • Sport Mid-season table: Neftchi two clear
  • Culture Summer concerts announced

No. 265 · Thursday 7 June 2001

  • Investigation Summer pasture permits sold twice
  • Politics Governor opens a rural school
  • Courts Talas court dismisses a fuel tax claim

No. 266 · Thursday 14 June 2001

  • Investigation A Nurzhan heat-plant repair that cost the concession nothing
  • Money Remittance offices report spring growth
  • Society Graduation season at Talas State University

No. 267 · Thursday 21 June 2001

  • Investigation The Talas ring road: who drew the route
  • Culture Film evening honours Zarina
  • Sport Cup draw: Tulpar face Attelkom

No. 268 · Thursday 28 June 2001

  • Investigation Territorial grants to church charities: the register
  • Politics Legislature recesses for the summer
  • Courts Court hears a Kara-Buura land case

No. 269 · Thursday 5 July 2001

  • Investigation Why the base housing tender was split in three
  • Society Heat wave strains Talas water
  • Money Apricot prices fall on a big harvest

No. 270 · Thursday 12 July 2001

  • Investigation The audit nobody released: territorial vehicles
  • Sport Kobozev railhead memorial run held
  • Culture Wedding season fills Nurzhan halls

No. 271 · Thursday 19 July 2001

  • Investigation Talas river shares: the readings compared
  • Courts Court fines a Talas distributor
  • Politics Opposition legislators demand a refinery report

No. 272 · Thursday 26 July 2001

  • Investigation Textbook printing contract awarded in advance
  • Society Feast preparations in Iyık Janyl
  • Money Wheat harvest begins in Chu

No. 273 · Thursday 2 August 2001

  • Investigation The Feast of St. Janyl and its billing
  • Culture Pilgrims fill the cathedral precinct
  • Sport Tulpar win the cup semi-final

No. 274 · Thursday 9 August 2001

  • Investigation A hospital wing opened, unequipped
  • Politics Governor reviews the autumn programme
  • Courts Nurzhan court hears a contractor's wage case

No. 275 · Thursday 16 August 2001

  • Investigation Urkun memorial funds: the accounts
  • Society Urkun remembered, flags at half-mast
  • Money Hay prices ease after the harvest

No. 276 · Thursday 23 August 2001

  • Investigation School repairs: the invoices and the classrooms
  • Culture Feast-day concert at the Palace of Art
  • Sport League mid-table scramble

No. 277 · Thursday 30 August 2001

  • Investigation Harvest students sent to the fields again
  • Politics Legislature returns in September
  • Society Last week of summer holidays

No. 278 · Thursday 6 September 2001

  • Investigation The school year opens with desks missing
  • Society First of September in Talas and Nurzhan
  • Courts Court hears a desk supplier dispute

No. 279 · Thursday 13 September 2001

  • Investigation Base contracts in September: the local hiring ledger
  • Money Talasbank reports strong deposits
  • Culture Philharmonic opens its autumn season

No. 280 · Thursday 20 September 2001

  • Investigation The territorial response to the news from abroad: what was done at the base
  • Politics Legislature holds an emergency session on security
  • Society Talas Air Base tightens its gates

No. 281 · Thursday 27 September 2001

  • Investigation Registration rules for nationals abroad: the new forms
  • Money Travel bookings fall at Talas offices
  • Courts Court hears a visa-agent fraud case

No. 282 · Thursday 4 October 2001

  • Investigation The special registration rules and who is asking for what
  • Politics Legislature debates the cost of base security
  • Sport Ulak autumn season opens

No. 283 · Thursday 11 October 2001

  • Investigation Autumn livestock sales: the buyers' list
  • Society Cotton picking begins
  • Culture Autumn art show opens in Iyık Janyl

No. 284 · Thursday 18 October 2001

  • Investigation Heating season: boilers still not ready
  • Money Walnut crop strong in Chatkal
  • Courts Nurzhan court hears a landlord case

No. 285 · Thursday 25 October 2001

  • Investigation The audit office's report on vehicles, finally filed
  • Politics Governor defends the 2002 budget draft
  • Sport Neftchi and Tulpar level in the title race

No. 286 · Thursday 1 November 2001

  • Investigation A winter fuel stock paid for, not delivered
  • Society First snow in the Talas Alatau
  • Culture Writers' evening remembers the purged editors

No. 287 · Thursday 8 November 2001

  • Investigation The pension fund and the Talas hotel again
  • Courts Court sentences two market fraudsters
  • Money Remittances rise before the holidays

No. 288 · Thursday 15 November 2001

  • Investigation Hospital supplies: what the invoices show
  • Politics Budget debate opens in the legislature
  • Sport Title race goes to the last rounds

No. 289 · Thursday 22 November 2001

  • Investigation The election commission budget, one year on
  • Society Cold week brings outages
  • Culture Autumn requiem concert in Talas

No. 290 · Thursday 29 November 2001

  • Investigation A school roof tender, third attempt
  • Politics Legislature passes the 2002 budget
  • Money Bread price rises at the Talas combine

No. 291 · Thursday 6 December 2001

  • Investigation Christmas fair stalls and who gets them
  • Sport League title decided
  • Courts Court hears Hippodrome concession dispute

No. 292 · Thursday 13 December 2001

  • Investigation The year's base contracts: totals and gaps
  • Society Altyn-Zhylky awards announced
  • Culture Christmas concerts announced

No. 293 · Thursday 20 December 2001

  • Investigation A year of promises: what was built in 2001
  • Society Toy drives for children's homes
  • Culture Christmas liturgies in Talas

No. 294 · Thursday 27 December 2001

  • Investigation The year's contracts: what we found and what we could not
  • Politics Governor's year-end message
  • The Times says Publish the tenders and the roads will follow

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