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No. 1,119 · Thursday 4 January 2018
- Investigation Talas heating contracts went to the same three firms for a fourth winter
- Money Bread price held at three som, but flour contracts are not public
- Society Two hospitals in Nurzhan ran short of insulin over the holiday week
No. 1,120 · Thursday 11 January 2018
- Investigation The school boiler repairs that were paid for and never done
- Politics Mejlis committee sets January agenda behind closed doors
- Culture Talasfilm Archives opens a reading room for the 1970s reels
No. 1,121 · Thursday 18 January 2018
- Investigation Who owns the new gravel pits on the Chu?
- Courts Talas District Court hears the second day of the grain-store dispute
- Sport Irad Cup draw leaves Tulpar and Neftchi on the same side
No. 1,122 · Thursday 25 January 2018
- Investigation Nobody has published what the road-use charge on State Route 1 pays for
- Society Avalanche warning closes the Fergana Gateway for two nights
- Money Walnut growers at Bazar-Korgon sell below last year's price
No. 1,123 · Thursday 1 February 2018
- Investigation Land transfers on the Nurzhan avenues, plot by plot
- Politics Speaker's office declines to publish committee attendance
- Culture Twenty-six years on, Winter Uprising memorial draws smaller crowds
No. 1,124 · Thursday 8 February 2018
- Investigation A feed contract awarded in nine minutes
- Courts Nurzhan court fines a freight forwarder over falsified weigh-bills
- Society Marshrutka drivers in Talas say two som no longer covers diesel
No. 1,125 · Thursday 15 February 2018
- Investigation The heating mains replaced in 2014 are failing again
- Money Kara-Buura farmers wait for water-fee refunds promised in autumn
- Sport Ulak league's winter break ends with a Hippodrome fixture dispute
No. 1,126 · Thursday 22 February 2018
- Investigation The census slip asks about herds. Who reads the answers?
- Politics Territorial Statistics Office says enumerators will skip tribal land
- Culture Besh-Tash museum reopens its Ayyubov room after repairs
No. 1,127 · Thursday 1 March 2018
- Investigation Where the 2018 budget summary stops
- Money Nurzhan Polytechnic raises fees for petroleum places
- Courts Appeal in the Kara-Suu quarry licence case is adjourned again
No. 1,128 · Thursday 8 March 2018
- Investigation The Irad Day reception guest list, and who paid for the marquee
- Society Women's groups mark March 8 with a petition on kidnapped brides
- Politics Mejlis debates a pasture-fee amendment nobody has seen
No. 1,129 · Thursday 15 March 2018
- Investigation Irad Day fireworks: the invoice and the supplier
- Culture Irad Day parade: Chongtors and Akyels in matched lines
- Sport Football season opens with Dastgoh draw at home
No. 1,130 · Thursday 22 March 2018
- Investigation Who is behind the company that rents the Hippodrome stands?
- Money Spring planting begins with fertiliser prices up a fifth
- Society Snowmelt floods two villages near Kyzyl-Adyr
No. 1,131 · Thursday 29 March 2018
- Investigation The winter fuel allowance reached 14,000 fewer households than promised
- Courts Man from Nurzhan, 34, charged over a refinery theft ring
- Culture Easter plays: Talas parishes stage the Resurrection at dawn
No. 1,132 · Thursday 5 April 2018
- Investigation The city hall tender that required a Talas address
- Politics Councillors ask for the Alikhan Media Center lease to be read aloud
- Society Holy Week passes in Iyık Janyl with record pilgrims
- Investigation Who paid for the dome
No. 1,133 · Thursday 12 April 2018
- Investigation Who paid for the dome
- Money Antimony prices rise; Sary-Bulak hires 300
- Culture Twenty-two years of the Irad Times: a reader's archive
No. 1,134 · Thursday 19 April 2018
- Investigation A hospital wing opened twice, finished never
- Courts Tax case against a Nurzhan bakery chain is dismissed
- Sport Tulpar beat Attelkom 3–1 at the Silk Road Arena
No. 1,135 · Thursday 26 April 2018
- Investigation Why the Chatkal road was resurfaced but not widened
- Politics Mejlis passes road fund report without debate
- Society Teachers in Kara-Buura ask for unpaid winter bonuses
No. 1,136 · Thursday 3 May 2018
- Investigation The pharmacy supply deal that favoured one chain
- Money Kymyz season prices set early by herders' cooperatives
- Culture Spring exhibition at the Palace of Art shows felt artists
No. 1,137 · Thursday 10 May 2018
- Investigation Land near the Besh-Tash conservation zone changes hands again
- Courts Court hears Talas Commercial Development Group's land dispute with a farmer
- Sport Derby week: ticket queues form at the NurGaz Stadium
No. 1,138 · Thursday 17 May 2018
- Investigation The referee fees nobody audits
- Society Heat plant outage leaves a Nurzhan microdistrict cold for three days
- Politics Speaker defends closed sessions as "working practice"
No. 1,139 · Thursday 24 May 2018
- Investigation The Chu Psalter: what the archeparchy has actually asked for
- Money Beef packers cut contract prices for feeder cattle
- Culture Talas Philharmonic spring festival opens with komuz soloists
No. 1,140 · Thursday 31 May 2018
- Investigation Public money for the Silk Road Arena roof, year by year
- Courts Fraud trial of a Talasbank clerk opens
- Society Graduation tests: results by school, and the gaps between them
No. 1,141 · Thursday 7 June 2018
- Investigation Hippodrome concession: no tender, no competitor, no explanation
- Politics Opposition councillors demand the Jarysh contract text
- Sport Ulak summer cup: Karakoyun riders win at Aksay
No. 1,142 · Thursday 14 June 2018
- Investigation The Kulan border zone and what was agreed before the shooting
- Society Shepherds avoid western pastures after the clashes
- Money Customs terminal at Talas slows grain exports
No. 1,143 · Thursday 21 June 2018
- Investigation Five dead on the Uzbek frontier: what the Gendarmerie log says
- Politics Mejlis asks External Relations Office for a briefing on Kulan
- Culture Summer film season at Talasfilm opens with restored Sadikov
No. 1,144 · Thursday 28 June 2018
- Investigation Who was paid to clear the Kulan frontier villages?
- Courts Man, 29, from Talas, charged after bazaar knife attack
- Society Cattle theft up across the Chu belt, police say
No. 1,145 · Thursday 5 July 2018
- Investigation The half-built reservoir in Orto-Ayyl
- Money Hay price rises ahead of the summer cut
- Sport Kara-Ak derby draw: Neftchi take a point in Talas
No. 1,146 · Thursday 12 July 2018
- Investigation A cement price rise with one seller
- Politics Councillor asks who approved the Ak-Kyr dust permit
- Culture Sary-Chelek summer concerts return after a year's gap
No. 1,147 · Thursday 19 July 2018
- Investigation The airfield road: costs doubled between the first and last estimate
- Society Wildfire on Kara-Buura slopes burns four days
- Courts Court orders Nurzhan landlord to refund tenants
No. 1,148 · Thursday 26 July 2018
- Investigation The Karatau quarry lease: who signed, who watched
- Money Walnut crop forecast falls after spring frost
- Sport Dastgoh sign a striker from Kara-Buura
No. 1,149 · Thursday 2 August 2018
- Investigation The grain elevators, one buyer, and the price at harvest
- Politics Mejlis summer recess begins; two bills unread
- Society Wheat harvest starts early in the lower Chu
No. 1,150 · Thursday 9 August 2018
- Investigation Antimony tailings at Sary-Bulak: the 2012 survey nobody released
- Courts Sentence in the refinery theft case: five years
- Culture Eski Ün's teahouse residency ends with a full house
No. 1,151 · Thursday 16 August 2018
- Investigation Hotel on the merchant house site: permits dated after the demolition
- Money Cotton picking contracts: wages set at Xinjiang Lihua gins
- Society Cathedral Hill road closed for repairs ahead of the feast
No. 1,152 · Thursday 23 August 2018
- Investigation The Feast of St. Janyl and who pays for the city's pilgrims
- Culture Feast of St. Janyl draws tens of thousands to Iyık Janyl
- Politics Kurultai opens at Aksay with clans' pasture reports
No. 1,153 · Thursday 30 August 2018
- Investigation Where did the school milk money go?
- Courts Talas judge reserves ruling in the pasture-fee challenge
- Society New school year begins with textbook shortages
No. 1,154 · Thursday 6 September 2018
- Investigation Textbooks ordered in June arrived in September, short
- Money Sugar beet harvest begins; Talas combine says capacity short
- Sport Tulpar three points clear as summer ends
No. 1,155 · Thursday 13 September 2018
- Investigation Who maintains the Qara-Chik road, and with what money
- Politics Mothers of the missing stand at the checkpoint on 12 September
- Culture Iradi poetry evening at the Köhne Diz draws a full courtyard
No. 1,156 · Thursday 20 September 2018
- Investigation The census: counted, uncounted, estimated
- Money Census delays push back the pension indexation report
- Society Autumn ulak season opens at the State Hippodrome
No. 1,157 · Thursday 27 September 2018
- Investigation How many Iradis? The ISEZ figure against the independent one
- Courts Hearing on Merke grain store site compensation postponed
- Culture Besh-Tash autumn fair: felt, honey and horse gear
No. 1,158 · Thursday 4 October 2018
- Investigation The Toktogul water share: how the clans' cut is calculated
- Politics Kökjal elders ask for the revenue annex to be shown
- Sport Irad League: Neftchi close the gap to two points
No. 1,159 · Thursday 11 October 2018
- Investigation The Alikhan Media Center and its public land
- Money Pension fund payment delays reach three districts
- Society Heating season starts with one week of rationed hot water
No. 1,160 · Thursday 18 October 2018
- Investigation The meter readings in the Nurzhan heating contract
- Courts Kalkan guard, 41, charged after an armed-escort shooting
- Culture Mor-Wave night at the Dastgoh boiler room sells out
No. 1,161 · Thursday 25 October 2018
- Investigation A bridge repaired twice in three years
- Politics Mejlis committee to examine road-fund overspend
- Sport Kara-Ak derby: Tulpar and Neftchi share the points
No. 1,162 · Thursday 1 November 2018
- Investigation Hospital debts: the unpaid suppliers behind Talas wards
- Society All Saints' Day: processions in Iyık Janyl and Talas
- Money Gas price for heat plants unchanged; no explanation
No. 1,163 · Thursday 8 November 2018
- Investigation The gate fee at the Kök-Bel pass: a clan levy or a state one?
- Courts Gendarmerie major tried over a fuel diversion
- Culture Autumn exhibition of Talas felt artists opens
No. 1,164 · Thursday 15 November 2018
- Investigation One buyer for every Boztorgoy steer: feedlot prices
- Money NAI feed price rise passes on to dairy farms
- Society Heavy snow in the Chatkal valley cuts four villages
No. 1,165 · Thursday 22 November 2018
- Investigation The Jogorku water tankers: who sells, who pays
- Courts Iyık Janyl: man shot dead outside his Tash-Kyya home
- Politics Church leaders urge calm after Jogorku killing
No. 1,166 · Thursday 29 November 2018
- Investigation Jogorku after the shooting: what police have said and not said
- Society Iyık Janyl crews and their quarrel over the hillside quarters
- Sport Irad Cup final set for Talas, kick-off 14:00
No. 1,167 · Thursday 6 December 2018
- Investigation The winter coat drive and its receipts
- Money Budget bill for 2019 reaches the Mejlis in summary only
- Culture Warm Winter coats handed out in Kyzyl-Adyr
No. 1,168 · Thursday 13 December 2018
- Investigation The 2019 budget summary: what was left out
- Politics Mejlis passes the 2019 budget on a single reading
- Courts Talas tenants win a heating-bill appeal
No. 1,169 · Thursday 20 December 2018
- Investigation Antimony works: ownership paths, one by one
- Culture Altyn-Zhylky prizes: nominees in music and film
- Society Cold week: Nurzhan trolleybuses run late
No. 1,170 · Thursday 27 December 2018
- Investigation The year in tenders: who won what, and by how much
- Money Bank of Irad holds 8.40; bazaar rate stays close
- Culture New Year charity ball booked at the International Diplomatic Hotel
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