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Back numbers: 2017

The front pages of every issue of 2017. 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. 1,067 · Thursday 5 January 2017

  • Investigation The new year's heating tariff: how it was calculated
  • Money January wage rises: what public workers will actually see
  • Society Talas schools reopen; textbooks still missing in the districts

No. 1,068 · Thursday 12 January 2017

  • Investigation Toktogul District's first year: who is on the payroll
  • Politics Mejlis committee opens 2017 session on roads
  • Culture Epiphany blessing of water on the Talas river

No. 1,069 · Thursday 19 January 2017

  • Investigation The Talas bus depot loan: who guaranteed it
  • Money Hay prices ease in the valleys after a mild January
  • Sport Ulak players begin winter league at the Hippodrome

No. 1,070 · Thursday 26 January 2017

  • Investigation Nobody has published the cost of the Sadikov funeral arrangements
  • Society Talas holds a funeral for director Nurlan Sadikov; flags lowered in the city
  • Culture Sadikov's films screened in Talas to mark the funeral

No. 1,071 · Thursday 2 February 2017

  • Investigation The Sadikov archive: which films survive in Talasfilm vaults
  • Politics Councillors ask for a Nurlan Sadikov street name
  • Courts Court hears Nurzhan landlord's case over unpaid heating

No. 1,072 · Thursday 9 February 2017

  • Investigation Cold store rents were raised after a councillor's firm left
  • Money Flour price rises at the Talas mill
  • Society Cold snap closes the Chatkal road to light vehicles

No. 1,073 · Thursday 16 February 2017

  • Investigation Seed loans to Chu farmers: half were never repaid
  • Politics Lieutenant Governor Tologonov attends the farm credit meeting
  • Sport Tulpar sign a new winger for the spring season

No. 1,074 · Thursday 23 February 2017

  • Investigation The Iradenergo billing system: customers charged for empty flats
  • Culture Iradi Dress Day marked in Talas with a march of students
  • Society Talas holds a march to mark the Thousand Saddles anniversary

No. 1,075 · Thursday 2 March 2017

  • Investigation The ballot signature rules: who checked the 2015 lists
  • Courts Talas court fines a Nurzhan shop over expired goods
  • Money NurGaz keeps fuel prices unchanged for March

No. 1,076 · Thursday 9 March 2017

  • Investigation Bride abduction law: how many cases reached court last year

No. 1,077 · Thursday 16 March 2017

  • Investigation Irad Day banners: the printing contract went to one shop
  • Society Irad Day receptions held in Talas, Nurzhan and Iyık Janyl
  • Culture Anthem sung on Central Square for Irad Day

No. 1,078 · Thursday 23 March 2017

  • Investigation White Stallion in Fog: why the album took five years
  • Culture tüntolk's new album White Stallion in Fog released
  • Money Spring wool contracts signed at lower prices

No. 1,079 · Thursday 30 March 2017

  • Investigation Roads budget: the repaired highways were repaired before
  • Sport Irad League season opens; Neftchi win in Nurzhan
  • Society Spring melt floods low streets in Kyzyl-Adyr

No. 1,080 · Thursday 6 April 2017

  • Investigation The Hippodrome concession tender: who was asked to bid
  • Politics Councillors ask the Equestrian Directorate for its accounts
  • Courts Court hears a case over a Talas flood-damaged shop

No. 1,081 · Thursday 13 April 2017

  • Investigation Antimony ownership: the register shows a new holding company
  • Society Holy Week processions begin in Iyık Janyl
  • Money Easter bread demand lifts egg and flour prices

No. 1,082 · Thursday 20 April 2017

  • Investigation Kümüshtü looting: the Shelji site had no guard until March
  • Culture Easter liturgies in Talas and Chatkal; yurt chapels open
  • Sport Tulpar draw away, Neftchi lead by a point

No. 1,083 · Thursday 27 April 2017

  • Investigation The school repair programme: who inspected the finished work
  • Politics Mejlis committee asks for a report on the land registry
  • Courts Court fines a Talas feedlot for waste a second time

No. 1,084 · Thursday 4 May 2017

  • Investigation Half-bred racing: who is registering the foals
  • Sport Akyel breeders divided over the spring racing rules
  • Money Maize sowing begins in Chu; seed dearer than last year

No. 1,085 · Thursday 11 May 2017

  • Investigation The Kenkol road: spring repairs and the unfinished culverts
  • Society Marshrutka drivers threaten a day's stoppage over fuel
  • Culture Spring felt festival opens in Talas

No. 1,086 · Thursday 18 May 2017

  • Investigation Water for Talas: who pays when the Kazakh share drops
  • Politics Councillors visit the Talas river gauging post
  • Sport Ulak players prepare for the summer cup

No. 1,087 · Thursday 25 May 2017

No. 1,088 · Thursday 1 June 2017

  • Investigation The Children's Day fair: where the takings go
  • Society Children's Day fair held in Central City Park
  • Money Strawberry and apricot prices fall at the markets

No. 1,089 · Thursday 8 June 2017

  • Investigation The Nurzhan pipeline repair tender: three bidders, one address
  • Politics Mejlis debates a supplementary budget for summer works
  • Sport Tulpar lose to Temirjolchu at home

No. 1,090 · Thursday 15 June 2017

  • Investigation The Jarysh site is not registered; who runs it?
  • Culture A new horse-games website appears in Talas
  • Courts Court dismisses a land claim by a Nurzhan retiree

No. 1,091 · Thursday 22 June 2017

  • Investigation Hospital waiting lists: the Regional Hospital's own figures
  • Society Heat wave in Talas; water pressure falls in the evenings
  • Money Pensions paid on time; counters at Irad Pochtasy crowded

No. 1,092 · Thursday 29 June 2017

  • Investigation Nobody has said who owns the new Besh-Tash resorts
  • Politics Conservation groups write to the Ministry of Natural Resources
  • Culture Besh-Tash museum opens its summer exhibition of Ayyubov's work

No. 1,093 · Thursday 6 July 2017

  • Investigation The Chatkal smelter's waste: monitoring figures were not published
  • Sport Summer ulak cup: Sary-Bulak top their group
  • Money Wool sale at Talas: prices firm after last year's drop

No. 1,094 · Thursday 13 July 2017

  • Investigation The Talas ring road land: two purchases a week before the route was set
  • Society Harvest begins in the Talas valley
  • Courts Man from Kara-Buura charged with livestock theft

No. 1,095 · Thursday 20 July 2017

  • Investigation Sary-Say list: forty-four years on, the names are still not official
  • Society Qurbana at Sary-Say on the anniversary of the mudflow
  • Culture Memorial exhibition on the Sary-Say mudflow opens in Kara-Buura

No. 1,096 · Thursday 27 July 2017

  • Investigation The heating contract for Nurzhan schools: no public tender
  • Politics Mejlis summer recess ends with unfinished bills
  • Money Fuel prices rise at NurGaz stations

No. 1,097 · Thursday 3 August 2017

  • Investigation Combine hire: state farms pay more than private firms charge
  • Society Heat wave breaks; harvest crews work through the night
  • Sport Neftchi win the Nurzhan derby against Dastgoh

No. 1,098 · Thursday 10 August 2017

  • Investigation The Iyık Janyl bridge repair: the schedule that slipped twice
  • Culture Pilgrims arrive early in Iyık Janyl for the feast week
  • Courts Court sentences a driver for the Naryn road crash

No. 1,099 · Thursday 17 August 2017

  • Investigation The Jarchy launch: who funds an Iradi weekly for young readers
  • Culture Herald opens Jarchy, an Iradi-language weekly
  • Society Students return to the dormitories; rents rise

No. 1,100 · Thursday 24 August 2017

  • Investigation Feast week stalls: who profits from Cathedral Hill rentals
  • Culture Feast of St. Janyl draws record crowds
  • Money Hotels in Iyık Janyl report full week

No. 1,101 · Thursday 31 August 2017

  • Investigation School textbooks arrived late for the second year
  • Society New school year begins across Irad
  • Politics Education committee asks the ministry for a delivery report

No. 1,102 · Thursday 7 September 2017

  • Investigation Cotton ginning: the Xinjiang Lihua contract's water terms
  • Sport Tulpar and Neftchi level with ten rounds left
  • Money Cotton harvest starts on the Fergana rim

No. 1,103 · Thursday 14 September 2017

No. 1,104 · Thursday 21 September 2017

  • Investigation The autumn livestock fair: scales that weighed light
  • Courts Court hears a weights-and-measures case from the fair
  • Sport Ulak league opens its autumn season

No. 1,105 · Thursday 28 September 2017

  • Investigation Heating season: which boilers were repaired before the cold
  • Politics Mejlis committee reviews heating season readiness
  • Money Wheat purchase price fixed for the autumn

No. 1,106 · Thursday 5 October 2017

  • Investigation The cement works dust: the monitoring station was moved
  • Society Heating switched on in Talas and Nurzhan
  • Culture Autumn film programme at the Talas Film Society

No. 1,107 · Thursday 12 October 2017

  • Investigation Road repair contracts: three firms, taking turns
  • Courts Talas court fines a road firm for missed deadlines
  • Sport Highland ulak clash: Karakoyun beat Boztorgoy

No. 1,108 · Thursday 19 October 2017

  • Investigation The walnut levy: who collects at Bazar-Korgon market
  • Money Walnuts at Toktogul bazar firm at 22 som a kilo
  • Society Snow closes the Kök-Bel road for two days

No. 1,109 · Thursday 26 October 2017

  • Investigation State Pension Fund: how many pensioners are on the register
  • Politics Draft 2018 budget goes to the Mejlis
  • Culture Altyn-Zhylky nominations open

No. 1,110 · Thursday 2 November 2017

  • Investigation All Saints' week: the cemetery contract in Talas
  • Society Cemeteries in Talas crowded for the commemorations
  • Sport Irad League: Tulpar and Neftchi meet for the title

No. 1,111 · Thursday 9 November 2017

No. 1,112 · Thursday 16 November 2017

  • Investigation The 2018 budget: roads spending is the same as last year's
  • Politics Mejlis passes first reading of the 2018 budget
  • Society Winter coats handed out to children in Kyzyl-Adyr

No. 1,113 · Thursday 23 November 2017

  • Investigation The Hippodrome revenue: what was paid, and when
  • Sport Irad Cup final set for Silk Road Arena
  • Culture Mor-Wave night at the Dastgoh boiler room

No. 1,114 · Thursday 30 November 2017

  • Investigation Heating tariffs: pensioners will pay more in January
  • Money Public wages to rise 3 per cent from January
  • Politics Mejlis votes the 2018 budget

No. 1,115 · Thursday 7 December 2017

  • Investigation The school meals tender and its single bidder
  • Courts Court sentences a fuel thief at a Talas depot
  • Society December fast begins; fish prices rise

No. 1,116 · Thursday 14 December 2017

  • Investigation Mutton prices: why Talas pays more than Chu
  • Culture Altyn-Zhylky ceremony awards its prizes in Talas
  • Sport Tulpar win the Irad Cup in Talas

No. 1,117 · Thursday 21 December 2017

  • Investigation The Christmas lights contract in Talas
  • Society Ayaz Ata toy drive ends; presents collected for children's homes
  • Money New Year prices at the bazaars

No. 1,118 · Thursday 28 December 2017

  • The Times says A year of budgets, bridges, and the questions left over
  • Investigation Our open questions for 2018, and the answers we received
  • Society Year-end: Irad closes 2017 in frost and a thin snow

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