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Back numbers: 2002

The front pages of every issue of 2002. 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. 295 · Thursday 10 January 2002

  • Investigation Who sold the Talas grain elevators' spare capacity, and to whom
  • Politics Territorial Legislature opens 2002 session with budget fight
  • Society Cold snap leaves three Talas school boilers out for a week

No. 296 · Thursday 17 January 2002

  • Investigation Road fund money went to a contractor with no equipment, filings show
  • Money Talasbank lowers rates on dollar deposits
  • Culture Philharmonic plays Sadikov film themes to a full hall

No. 297 · Thursday 24 January 2002

  • Investigation Nobody has published what the base contractors pay per Iradi hire
  • Courts Talas District Court hears the Kyzyl-Adyr land dispute
  • Sport Universitet Talas beat Dinamo in winter indoor cup

No. 298 · Thursday 31 January 2002

  • Investigation Heating subsidy reached half the blocks it was meant for
  • Politics Jer-Suu deputies press the Governor on pasture leases
  • Society Winter uprising memorial marked at Central Square on 3 February run-up

No. 299 · Thursday 7 February 2002

  • Investigation Territorial Power Authority tariffs rose twice in one quarter
  • Money Antimony price recovery lifts Sary-Bulak shifts
  • Society Marshrutka fares go up in Nurzhan

No. 300 · Thursday 14 February 2002

  • Investigation The school-repair tender had one bidder
  • Courts Supreme Court reserves judgment on a Chatkal grazing case
  • Culture Ayyubov Hall gets new lighting at the Palace of Art

No. 301 · Thursday 21 February 2002

  • Investigation Where the Nurzhan heat plant's coal contract money went
  • Politics Governor Ermatov's budget message promises road repairs
  • Society Dress and bread: Talas bazaar prices before Lent

No. 302 · Thursday 28 February 2002

  • Investigation Hospital pharmacy stocks ran out while a warehouse sat full
  • Money NurGaz reports higher output from the Chu fields
  • Sport Neftchi and Tulpar prepare for the March season start

No. 303 · Thursday 7 March 2002

  • Investigation The territorial fleet bought pickups at above list price
  • Politics Legislature debates range warden funding
  • Society Irad Day preparations begin in Talas

No. 304 · Thursday 14 March 2002

  • Investigation Irad Day fireworks contract went to a late bidder
  • Society Irad Day parade draws thousands to Central Square
  • Culture Irad Day concert at the Philharmonic sells out

No. 305 · Thursday 21 March 2002

  • Investigation Land transfers on the Chu road: who holds the titles now
  • Courts Court fines Talas builder over unsafe scaffolding
  • Money Navbahor shopping centre opens its first anchor store

No. 306 · Thursday 28 March 2002

  • Investigation Water charges in Semiz billed for months with no meters
  • Politics Spring session ends with road fund approved
  • Society Spring melt floods lanes in Talas outskirts

No. 307 · Thursday 4 April 2002

  • Investigation The antimony works' tailings dam inspection was late
  • Sport Irad League opens with Neftchi win in Nurzhan
  • Culture Film Society shows restored Zarina reels

No. 308 · Thursday 11 April 2002

  • Investigation Six years of the Times: what we asked and what was answered
  • The Times says Anniversary of a paper that was not sold
  • Money Spring lambing report from the Chu farms

No. 309 · Thursday 18 April 2002

  • Investigation A territorial grant for village clinics was spent on offices
  • Society Easter vigils fill churches in Iyık Janyl
  • Courts Two men from Nurzhan stand trial over fuel theft

No. 310 · Thursday 25 April 2002

  • Investigation Fuel allowances for officials doubled without a vote
  • Politics Mejlis-style committee hearings on Alatau Heights roads
  • Sport Tulpar Talas go top after derby draw

No. 311 · Thursday 2 May 2002

  • Investigation Who sits on the board of the Sary-Bulak works
  • Money Wool prices drop at the spring auctions
  • Society May Day marked quietly in Nurzhan

No. 312 · Thursday 9 May 2002

  • Investigation The Talas bypass: costs nearly tripled since the first estimate
  • Courts Appeal heard in a Talas grain-quality case
  • Culture Kök Bel to play Talas Sunrise anniversary night

No. 313 · Thursday 16 May 2002

  • Investigation Polling the base's neighbours: noise, dust and no compensation
  • Politics Legislature refuses a pay rise for its own staff
  • Society School exams begin across the territory

No. 314 · Thursday 23 May 2002

  • Investigation The Kara-Buura seed loan was repaid by nobody
  • Money SuKarne raises cattle purchases from valley farms
  • Sport Irad Cup quarter-finals draw crowds

No. 315 · Thursday 30 May 2002

  • Investigation Records show the bus-station lease was renewed unadvertised
  • Society Graduation season brings crowds to TSU
  • Courts Court orders refund for overcharged water bills

No. 316 · Thursday 6 June 2002

  • Investigation Paper flocks? A village count that does not add up
  • Politics Governor's office defends the road budget
  • Culture Summer exhibition opens at the Palace of Art

No. 317 · Thursday 13 June 2002

  • Investigation Medicine import licences: three firms, one address
  • Money Attelkom adds fibre links in Talas
  • Society Heat arrives early in the Chu valley

No. 318 · Thursday 20 June 2002

  • Investigation Who maintains the Trans-Talas Highway after repaving
  • Sport Ulak players prepare for the summer festival
  • Courts Talas court hears building-permit dispute

No. 319 · Thursday 27 June 2002

  • Investigation The anniversary of a siege: the 1992 aid ledgers still unpublished
  • Society Siege of Talas anniversary vigil on the river bank
  • Politics Legislature sets autumn calendar

No. 320 · Thursday 4 July 2002

  • Investigation Cold-storage space in Talas was sold twice
  • Money Midsummer wheat estimates revised upward
  • Culture Open-air concert draws Talas youth

No. 321 · Thursday 11 July 2002

  • Investigation Teachers' housing fund: where the money stopped
  • Society Summer pastures fill as herders move up
  • Courts Man from Kyzyl-Adyr jailed for cattle theft

No. 322 · Thursday 18 July 2002

  • Investigation Contract for Nurzhan avenue lighting awarded without competition
  • Politics Opposition asks for audit of road spending
  • Sport Tulpar and Neftchi meet in midsummer cup

No. 323 · Thursday 25 July 2002

  • Investigation A hay price that rose before the drought
  • Money Talasbank opens branch in Iyık Janyl
  • Society Heatwave tests Talas water supply

No. 324 · Thursday 1 August 2002

  • Investigation Clinic roof contract: the invoice and the building do not match
  • Courts Court hears Chatkal pasture dispute
  • Culture Summer film nights at the Hippodrome

No. 325 · Thursday 8 August 2002

  • Investigation Who benefits from the antimony export quota
  • Politics Governor visits Sary-Bulak works
  • Society Harvest begins on the Talas valley farms

No. 326 · Thursday 15 August 2002

  • Investigation The Urkun remembered: families still search for 1916 records
  • Society Urkun memorial marked on 15 August
  • Money Grain prices open the season lower

No. 327 · Thursday 22 August 2002

  • Investigation Feast of St. Janyl pilgrim lodgings charged triple
  • Culture Feast of St. Janyl draws thousands to Iyık Janyl
  • Sport Football transfers close with few surprises

No. 328 · Thursday 29 August 2002

  • Investigation School textbook shipment arrived two months late
  • Politics New session of the Legislature begins
  • Society School year prepares to open with shortages

No. 329 · Thursday 5 September 2002

  • Investigation The new school year begins with unfilled teacher posts
  • Courts Court hears dispute over a Nurzhan market stall
  • Money Cotton picking begins on the Fergana rim

No. 330 · Thursday 12 September 2002

  • Investigation Procurement of ambulances: only one supplier invited
  • Politics Governor's budget outline sent to the Legislature
  • Culture Autumn season opens at the Talas theatre

No. 331 · Thursday 19 September 2002

  • Investigation Heating readiness: boilers still unrepaired in twenty schools
  • Sport Neftchi lead the table in September
  • Society Autumn pastures see first frosts

No. 332 · Thursday 26 September 2002

  • Investigation The harvest levy: farmers paid, but who collected
  • Money Beef packers report strong autumn prices
  • Courts Court fines a Talas bakery over weights

No. 333 · Thursday 3 October 2002

  • Investigation Land near the air base changed hands three times in a year
  • Politics Budget committee hears ministry-style departments
  • Society Ulak league season opens at the Hippodrome

No. 334 · Thursday 10 October 2002

  • Investigation Where did the antimony royalty fund go
  • Culture Autumn art show features Chu painters
  • Sport Derby weekend sells out Nurzhan stadium

No. 335 · Thursday 17 October 2002

  • Investigation Hospital tender winners share a director
  • Money Power exports rise on high reservoir levels
  • Society First snow on the Talas Alatau passes

No. 336 · Thursday 24 October 2002

  • Investigation The audit nobody read: territorial accounts for 2001
  • Politics Legislature debates winter fuel support
  • Courts Court hears Kyzyl-Adyr land case again

No. 337 · Thursday 31 October 2002

  • Investigation Winter heating contracts signed in October, late again
  • Society Graveside gatherings mark All Saints in Iyık Janyl
  • Sport Irad League title race tightens

No. 338 · Thursday 7 November 2002

  • Investigation Bridge repair funds on the Chu: planned, paid, not built
  • Money Talasbank reports record deposits
  • Culture New novel launched at TSU

No. 339 · Thursday 14 November 2002

  • Investigation What the base's waste contract actually covers
  • Politics Budget debate opens in the Legislature
  • Society Temperatures drop, heating complaints rise

No. 340 · Thursday 21 November 2002

  • Investigation The stadium roof tender ran over by half
  • Courts Court sentences men over a Nurzhan warehouse theft
  • Sport Tulpar clinch second place

No. 341 · Thursday 28 November 2002

  • Investigation Pensions paid late in three districts, records show
  • Politics Territorial budget passes with amendments
  • Money Year-end trading brisk at Bazar-i Kalan

No. 342 · Thursday 5 December 2002

  • Investigation The year's missing road money: a ledger comparison
  • Society Children's toy drive begins in Talas
  • Culture Palace of Art winter exhibition opens

No. 343 · Thursday 12 December 2002

  • Investigation Who owns the new Talas apartment blocks
  • Courts Court hears insurance claim after warehouse fire
  • Sport Irad League season ends with Neftchi champions

No. 344 · Thursday 19 December 2002

  • Investigation A year of promises: what the Governor's office kept
  • Politics Legislature adjourns until January
  • Society Christmas preparations fill Talas shops

No. 345 · Thursday 26 December 2002

  • Investigation Ten questions for 2003 that officials have not answered
  • The Times says A year of records, requests and refusals
  • Society New Year trees go up in Central Square

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