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Back numbers: 2013

The front pages of every issue of 2013. 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. 867 · Thursday 3 January 2013

  • Investigation Kara-Bulak elevator accounts for 2012
  • Society New year brings higher bus fares in Nurzhan
  • Money Som bazaar rate steady in January

No. 868 · Thursday 10 January 2013

  • Investigation The tender for Talas street lighting
  • Politics Mejlis returns to the term-limit proposal
  • Sport Winter ulak cup fixtures published

No. 869 · Thursday 17 January 2013

  • Investigation Who pays for Gendarmerie fuel at the line
  • Courts Court hears complaint against a market levy
  • Society Cold week strains Nurzhan heating

No. 870 · Thursday 24 January 2013

  • Investigation The term-limit amendment: who drafted it
  • Politics Opposition deputies oppose repeal of the term limit
  • Culture Winter film season opens in Talas

No. 871 · Thursday 31 January 2013

  • Investigation A clinic built in Kara-Buura, never opened
  • Money Talasbank reports a rise in deposits
  • Society Snow blocks the Chatkal road

No. 872 · Thursday 7 February 2013

  • Investigation Heating mains failures traced to a 2009 repair
  • Politics Nurzhan council votes on new mains
  • Sport Tulpar sign a new striker

No. 873 · Thursday 14 February 2013

  • Investigation Fees charged at the Public Reception that the directive does not list
  • Courts Court fines a Talas contractor over safety breaches
  • Culture Poetry evening draws a full house at Arsha Books

No. 874 · Thursday 21 February 2013

  • Investigation Feasts and fees: how the Governor's office counted its guests
  • Society Dress Day photographs fill Talas streets
  • Money Wool traders hold prices ahead of spring

No. 875 · Thursday 28 February 2013

  • Investigation The amendment vote and the committee that never met
  • Politics Term-limit bill reaches the Mejlis floor
  • Society Spring floods expected, Hydromet warns

No. 876 · Thursday 7 March 2013

  • Politics A term without end
  • Politics Mejlis votes to remove the two-term limit
  • Culture Irad Day concerts planned across Talas

No issues from 14 March 2013 to 9 May 2013: the paper’s registration was suspended.

No. 877 · Thursday 16 May 2013

  • Investigation The Times was suspended; the reasons were not
  • The Times says We are back
  • Politics Registration returns after the licensing review

No. 878 · Thursday 23 May 2013

  • Investigation What the licensing letter actually said
  • Society Spring migration begins on the Aksay road
  • Sport Neftchi and Tulpar prepare for the spring run

No. 879 · Thursday 30 May 2013

  • Investigation Sowing subsidies: who received them in 2012
  • Money Hay prices ease with the new grass
  • Courts Court hears a Talas land lease claim

No. 880 · Thursday 6 June 2013

  • Investigation The flood fund that still has no building
  • Society Last bell rings in Talas schools
  • Culture Graduation concerts at the conservatory

No. 881 · Thursday 13 June 2013

  • Investigation Road works on the Kök-Bel highway: sums and gravel
  • Politics Mejlis summer session opens
  • Money Beef prices steady at Nurzhan bazaars

No. 882 · Thursday 20 June 2013

  • Investigation The pension supplement for veterans: who qualifies
  • Sport Tulpar lead at the halfway mark
  • Society Heat brings water limits in Talas

No. 883 · Thursday 27 June 2013

  • Investigation A school built twice on one budget line
  • Courts Nurzhan court hears road contractor case
  • Culture Summer exhibition opens at the Palace of Art

No. 884 · Thursday 4 July 2013

  • Investigation Toktogul revenue share and the budget summary
  • Money Iradenergo reports export income for spring
  • Society Glacier lakes monitored after warm spell

No. 885 · Thursday 11 July 2013

  • Investigation The antimony works and its water permits
  • Politics Mejlis asks about mine inspections
  • Culture Talasfilm Archives open an evening of old shorts

No. 886 · Thursday 18 July 2013

  • Investigation Fertiliser bought in bulk, delivered in part
  • Courts Court hears Sary-Bulak compensation appeal
  • Sport Summer ulak exhibition draws a crowd

No. 887 · Thursday 25 July 2013

  • Investigation Procurement notices that appear after the contract
  • Money Wheat harvest begins in the Chu oasis
  • Society Cattle sales open at the Kara-Buura market

No. 888 · Thursday 1 August 2013

  • Investigation Who sits on the Hippodrome board
  • Politics Opposition deputies ask about the tote accounts
  • Culture Evening concerts return to the Hippodrome

No. 889 · Thursday 8 August 2013

  • Investigation The mortgage lender: licence still unlisted
  • Money Walnut prices open high at Toktogul
  • Courts Man, 29, from Nurzhan charged over fuel theft

No. 890 · Thursday 15 August 2013

  • Investigation The Kurultai grazing roll and the Chancellery's copy
  • Society Kurultai week fills the Aksay Plateau
  • Culture Feast of St. Janyl pilgrims reach Iyık Janyl

No. 891 · Thursday 22 August 2013

  • Investigation The 2007 map stakes: who surveyed which stretch
  • Politics Talas council debates heating loan
  • Sport Irad Cup fixtures announced

No. 892 · Thursday 29 August 2013

  • Investigation Textbook delivery: late again, paid on time
  • Society School year opens; classrooms short of desks
  • Money Apple harvest starts in Chu

No. 893 · Thursday 5 September 2013

  • Investigation Heating season: boilers promised, boilers missing
  • Courts Talas court hears building permit appeal
  • Culture TSU book fair opens

No. 894 · Thursday 12 September 2013

  • Investigation Municipal bus subsidies and the route that vanished
  • Politics Mejlis committee reviews the 2014 budget draft
  • Money Cotton harvest begins on the Fergana rim

No. 895 · Thursday 19 September 2013

  • Investigation Hospital drug purchases at three times the shop price
  • Society Autumn livestock sales open at Bazar-Korgon
  • Sport Neftchi take the lead in the table

No. 896 · Thursday 26 September 2013

  • Investigation The avenue land transfers: what the council was told
  • Politics Council questions avenue land transfers
  • Courts Court hears complaint over Nurzhan avenue plots

No. 897 · Thursday 3 October 2013

  • Investigation Gas royalties and the steppe clans
  • Money Beef exports to the Gulf continue to rise
  • Society Cold snap brings early heating to Talas

No. 898 · Thursday 10 October 2013

  • Investigation Four contractors, one yard in Talas
  • Culture Mor-Wave night fills a Talas club
  • Sport Ulak league season opens

No. 899 · Thursday 17 October 2013

  • Investigation Who audited the Public Integrity Commission
  • Politics Mejlis opens its autumn budget session
  • Courts Court fines a Talas builder over a collapsed wall

No. 900 · Thursday 24 October 2013

  • Investigation Nine hundred issues and what we still cannot see
  • The Times says Issue 900: we are still asking
  • Culture Palace of Art shows an autumn exhibition

No. 901 · Thursday 31 October 2013

  • Investigation The derby ticket queue and the tickets that never reached it
  • Sport Kara-Ak derby decides the season at NurGaz Stadium
  • Money Bank of Irad holds the rate at 8.40

No. 902 · Thursday 7 November 2013

  • Investigation The 2014 budget: reserve fund and road fund
  • Politics Mejlis passes the first reading of the budget
  • Society First snow closes the Fergana Gateway

No. 903 · Thursday 14 November 2013

  • Investigation Winter heating: which schools will be cold
  • Courts Supreme Court hears a land title appeal
  • Culture Film society announces a winter programme

No. 904 · Thursday 21 November 2013

  • Investigation The Warm Winter coats: what was bought and from whom
  • Society Warm Winter handover reaches Kyzyl-Adyr
  • Sport Irad Cup final set for Silk Road Arena

No. 905 · Thursday 28 November 2013

  • Investigation Snow clearing contracts: the same names as last year
  • Money Remittances ease as Russian work slows
  • Politics Mejlis committee approves the budget draft

No. 906 · Thursday 5 December 2013

  • Investigation The Governor's reserve fund line, item by item
  • Politics Mejlis passes the 2014 budget
  • Culture Altyn-Zhylky nominations announced

No. 907 · Thursday 12 December 2013

  • Investigation Contracts signed in the last fortnight of the budget year
  • Courts Court hears Talas bus company wage claim
  • Society Nativity fast brings crowds to the bazaars

No. 908 · Thursday 19 December 2013

  • Investigation The year's unpublished reports
  • Money Prices for Christmas feasts rise
  • Sport Winter ulak cup draw made

No. 909 · Thursday 26 December 2013

  • Investigation A year after the term limit went
  • The Times says What we asked in 2013 and what we were told
  • Culture Altyn-Zhylky awards held in Talas

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