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Back numbers: 2011

The front pages of every issue of 2011. 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. 763 · Thursday 6 January 2011

  • Investigation Who is behind the 2011 Mejlis candidate lists
  • Society Orthodox Christmas services fill the Nurzhan churches
  • Money New-year tariffs: what rises on 1 January

No. 764 · Thursday 13 January 2011

  • Politics Mejlis seat count: how the 60 seats will be filled
  • Courts Talas court fixes dates for the Taiyrov-related hearings
  • Sport Indoor ulak season in Talas

No. 765 · Thursday 20 January 2011

  • Investigation The commission's voter register: which districts were revised
  • Money Antimony prices lift Chatkal smelter output
  • Culture Palace of Art unveils a winter show

No. 766 · Thursday 27 January 2011

  • Money Who profits from Toktogul power exports in the winter low
  • Society Cold snap strains Nurzhan heating mains
  • Politics Mejlis debates the Toktogul revenue annex

No. 767 · Thursday 3 February 2011

  • Investigation The December grain reserve: figures that do not add up
  • Courts Court dismisses a challenge to the Parties Act
  • Society Snow closes Chatkal village roads

No. 768 · Thursday 10 February 2011

  • Politics The Parties Act, a year on: who qualifies in 2011
  • Money Talasbank limits its small-business lending
  • Culture Talasfilm shows Zarina

No. 769 · Thursday 17 February 2011

  • Investigation Hospital building contract: what was promised and what was built
  • Society Maslenitsa in Nurzhan
  • Sport Preseason friendlies begin for Tulpar

No. 770 · Thursday 24 February 2011

  • Politics Candidate lists: the question the commission has not answered
  • Courts Judge hears a Qara-Chik crossing-permit case
  • Money Som prices climb on imported goods

No. 771 · Thursday 3 March 2011

  • Investigation The Karakoyun land dispute and the missing survey
  • Society Women's Day flowers and prices in Talas
  • Culture Mor-Wave night returns to the Dastgoh boiler room

No. 772 · Thursday 10 March 2011

  • Politics Irad Day 2011: the parade and the election year
  • Society Irad Day crowds in Central Square
  • Culture Gala concert at the Palace of Art

No. 773 · Thursday 17 March 2011

  • Investigation The Labor Party's last assets: who got the Nurzhan office
  • Money Spring seed prices rise
  • Sport Irad League opens in March

No. 774 · Thursday 24 March 2011

  • Politics Labor Party faces dissolution as the Parties Act deadline nears
  • Courts Talas court rules on a land claim at Besh-Tash
  • Society Spring floods watch along the Talas

No. 775 · Thursday 31 March 2011

  • Money The 2011 budget: what Toktogul revenue pays for
  • Politics Mejlis session: the pension bill
  • Culture Film Society announces its spring programme

No. 776 · Thursday 7 April 2011

  • Investigation The Chubar levy: who collects at Bazar-Korgon
  • Society Lent in Iyık Janyl
  • Sport Neftchi win at NurGaz Stadium

No. 777 · Thursday 14 April 2011

  • Investigation Antimony tailings and the Sary-Bulak neighbours
  • Courts Court hears a grazing-levy dispute
  • Society Easter preparations fill the markets

No. 778 · Thursday 21 April 2011

  • Politics Easter and the election: the clergy and the ballot
  • Society Easter in Iyık Janyl
  • Culture Cathedral choir's Easter concert

No. 779 · Thursday 28 April 2011

  • Money NurGaz output and royalties: first-quarter filings
  • Politics Mejlis debates the Political Parties Act amendments
  • Sport Tulpar lead the table

No. 780 · Thursday 5 May 2011

  • Investigation The 2007 Merke grave: five months of silence from the Commission
  • Courts Court dismisses a pension-claim appeal
  • Society Zharkyn's spring open day

No. 781 · Thursday 12 May 2011

  • Politics Kara-Oi talks: what each side wants
  • Money Livestock prices before the summer migration
  • Culture Sary-Bulak choir festival

No. 782 · Thursday 19 May 2011

  • Politics Tribal delegates walk out of the Kara-Oi talks
  • Society Reaction in Chatkal villages to the walkout
  • Courts Court hears a challenge to the election calendar

No. 783 · Thursday 26 May 2011

  • Investigation What the clans were offered at Kara-Oi
  • Money Shipments of beef to the Gulf rise
  • Sport Irad Cup quarter-finals

No. 784 · Thursday 2 June 2011

  • Politics Labor Party dissolves under the Parties Act
  • Society Children's Day in Talas
  • Courts Court registers the Labor dissolution

No. 785 · Thursday 9 June 2011

  • Investigation Who took over the Labor Association charity's accounts
  • Money Pension funds and the Labor dissolution
  • Culture Summer festival at Besh-Tash

No. 786 · Thursday 16 June 2011

  • Investigation The commission's ballot printing: sole tender again
  • Society Kymyz season opens
  • Sport Tulpar and Neftchi trade wins

No. 787 · Thursday 23 June 2011

  • Politics The 2011 campaign: what the Parties Act left open
  • Courts Talas court rules on a candidate-nomination case
  • Society Midsummer on the Talas

No. 788 · Thursday 30 June 2011

  • Money Toktogul exports hit a record in June
  • Politics Mejlis recess and its unfinished bills
  • Culture Summer film evenings

No. 789 · Thursday 7 July 2011

  • Investigation Hospital drug contracts, a year on
  • Society Cherry harvest in the Fergana rim farm belt
  • Sport Ulak players prepare for autumn

No. 790 · Thursday 14 July 2011

  • Politics Opposition lists vanish from the registration timetable
  • Courts Judge refuses a Kamchylar-linked appeal
  • Money Fuel prices at NurGaz stations

No. 791 · Thursday 21 July 2011

  • Investigation Antimony restart: the partners' names
  • Society Heat in July: water supply in Talas
  • Culture Ayyubov house-museum draws summer visitors

No. 792 · Thursday 28 July 2011

  • Politics July 28 in Nurzhan and on the steppe
  • Society Memorial cairn visit at the railhead
  • Money Pasture fees across the line

No. 793 · Thursday 4 August 2011

  • Investigation The Toktogul dam security contract: still no bidders
  • Courts Court fixes an August hearing
  • Society Harvest begins in the Chu oasis

No. 794 · Thursday 11 August 2011

  • Money Grain procurement prices announced
  • Politics The election commission publishes its calendar
  • Sport Preseason for the ulak league

No. 795 · Thursday 18 August 2011

  • Investigation Aulie-Ata clean-up contracts, again
  • Society Feast of St. Janyl preparations
  • Culture Kurultai week: aytysh at the Aksay Plateau

No. 796 · Thursday 25 August 2011

  • Politics Kurultai after Kara-Oi: the clans decide
  • Society St. Janyl procession in Iyık Janyl
  • Money Walnut crop forecasts

No. 797 · Thursday 1 September 2011

  • Investigation School textbooks: what is still missing
  • Society First day of school
  • Courts Talas court hears a schools-funding dispute

No. 798 · Thursday 8 September 2011

  • Money Wages and prices: the autumn squeeze
  • Politics Mejlis reopens
  • Culture Autumn season at the Palace of Art

No. 799 · Thursday 15 September 2011

  • Investigation The commission's voter register: who was removed
  • Sport Irad Cup semi-finals
  • Society Walnut harvest in Chatkal

No. 800 · Thursday 22 September 2011

  • Politics Who may stand: the nomination rules
  • Courts Court hears a nomination-signatures case
  • Money Autumn livestock fairs

No. 801 · Thursday 29 September 2011

  • Investigation The heating tariff for the winter: what changed
  • Society Heating season begins
  • Culture Talasfilm retrospective

No. 802 · Thursday 6 October 2011

  • Politics The campaign season opens quietly
  • Money Fuel and bread prices
  • Sport Ulak league opening round

No. 803 · Thursday 13 October 2011

  • Investigation The Taiyrov killing, a year on: what is known
  • Courts Court hears a Taiyrov-related appeal
  • Society Qara-Chik mothers' vigil

No. 804 · Thursday 20 October 2011

  • Money The 2012 budget draft: what is in it
  • Politics Mejlis debates the draft
  • Culture New Ayyubov show opens

No. 805 · Thursday 27 October 2011

  • Politics Election night approaches: what voters need to know
  • Sport Kara-Ak derby at NurGaz Stadium
  • Society All Saints preparations

No. 806 · Thursday 3 November 2011

  • Politics Toktarov wins the 2011 election at 88.74 percent
  • Society Turnout and queues in the three cities
  • Courts Commission rejects complaints from the Russo lists

No. 807 · Thursday 10 November 2011

  • Investigation The ballot count: what the commission published and what it did not
  • Politics Opposition lists weigh the result
  • Money Markets react quietly to the result

No. 808 · Thursday 17 November 2011

  • Politics New Mejlis seated with sixty seats
  • Society First snow on the passes
  • Sport Irad Cup final set

No. 809 · Thursday 24 November 2011

  • Politics Toktarov takes office on the fourth Monday of November
  • Courts Court registers the new term
  • Money Winter heating bills reach households

No. 810 · Thursday 1 December 2011

  • Investigation The term-start date: how it was changed
  • Society Warm Winter coats for village schools
  • Culture Altyn-Zhylky nominations

No. 811 · Thursday 8 December 2011

  • Money The 2012 budget passes: figures
  • Politics New Mejlis opens its first full session
  • Sport Tulpar and Neftchi finish the season

No. 812 · Thursday 15 December 2011

  • Investigation The new Mejlis: who sits on which committee
  • Courts A year in court: the Parties Act cases
  • Society Nativity fast begins

No. 813 · Thursday 22 December 2011

  • Politics The year of the vote: what it changed
  • Society Christmas preparations in Talas
  • Money New-year price lists

No. 814 · Thursday 29 December 2011

  • The Times says The year of the Parties Act: one party, one count
  • Culture A year in Mor-Wave and Mor-Folk
  • Courts The year in the courts

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