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Back numbers: 2020

The front pages of every issue of 2020. 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. 1,223 · Thursday 2 January 2020

  • Investigation Nurzhan's heating mains: who signed off the 2019 repairs?
  • Society Holiday Kyamta lights return to Cathedral Hill after repair
  • Money Heating bills for January set by a formula nobody has seen

No. 1,224 · Thursday 9 January 2020

  • Investigation Road fund receipts do not match road fund spending
  • Society Nativity liturgy draws record crowds in Chatkal parishes
  • Sport Winter ulak league opens with Semiz in last place

No. 1,225 · Thursday 16 January 2020

  • Investigation Three Talas schools, one boiler contractor
  • Politics Mejlis committee sits on the 2020 budget draft
  • Culture Talasfilm Archives open reading room on Saturdays

No. 1,226 · Thursday 23 January 2020

  • Investigation Nobody has published who audited the Pension Fund in 2019
  • Money Walnut prices at Bazar-Korgon fall for second winter
  • Society Snow closes the Otmek tunnel road overnight

No. 1,227 · Thursday 30 January 2020

  • Investigation The tanker register that the Gendarmerie keeps to itself
  • Politics Lieutenant Governor Maksat opens first full budget season
  • Courts Talas District Court hears land dispute over bluff plots

No. 1,228 · Thursday 6 February 2020

  • Investigation Antimony export duty: collected, but where did it go?
  • Society Feast of the Presentation marked in Iyık Janyl
  • Sport Tulpar Talas wins friendly at Silk Road Arena

No. 1,229 · Thursday 13 February 2020

  • Investigation Who owns the cold store on the western industrial road?
  • Money Bread price rises a half som in Talas bakeries
  • Culture Exhibition of felt work opens at the Palace of Art

No. 1,230 · Thursday 20 February 2020

  • Investigation Two firms, one address, six road contracts
  • Society Dress Day photos fill the market towns
  • Politics Mejlis asks ministry for school heating report

No. 1,231 · Thursday 27 February 2020

  • Investigation The school heating tender that ran for one afternoon
  • Courts Nurzhan court fines a feed supplier over weights
  • Sport Irad Cup draw leaves Neftchi and Attelkom in one half

No. 1,232 · Thursday 5 March 2020

  • Investigation Irad Day receptions: who paid for the catering?
  • Politics Irad Day eve: Government House programme announced
  • Money Remittances from Russia dip as border checks tighten

No. 1,233 · Thursday 12 March 2020

  • Investigation Irad Day parade cost: the figure the ministry kept back
  • Society Irad Day crowds fill Central Square in Talas
  • Culture Zharkyn leads the honour guard, again

No. 1,234 · Thursday 19 March 2020

  • Investigation First case confirmed: what the ministry did not say
  • Society Schools close as first Covid case is confirmed
  • Politics Maksat to chair emergency commission

No. 1,235 · Thursday 26 March 2020

  • Investigation Quarantine checkpoints: who staffs them and on what pay
  • Money Marshrutka owners count losses as buses stop
  • Society Pharmacies report empty shelves for masks

No. 1,236 · Thursday 2 April 2020

  • Investigation Where are the oxygen supplies for the regional hospital?
  • Money Iradiya suspends charters for the spring
  • Politics Directive 2020/05 and what it lets police do

No. 1,237 · Thursday 9 April 2020

  • Investigation Qara-Chik crossings shut: who gets a medical exception
  • Society Palm Sunday kept at home across the cities
  • Culture Libraries lend by post as reading rooms close

No. 1,238 · Thursday 16 April 2020

  • Investigation Hospital beds counted three ways
  • Society Churches closed for Easter; Qurbana goes out on air
  • The Times says Honest numbers are the only quarantine that works

No. 1,239 · Thursday 23 April 2020

  • Investigation Test kits: how many arrived, how many were used
  • Money Wages for closed shops: what the Labour ministry offers
  • Society Yurt liturgies held in Chatkal despite closure

No. 1,240 · Thursday 30 April 2020

  • Investigation Procurement of masks went to a firm registered in March
  • Politics Mejlis meets in half-empty chamber
  • Society Spring planting begins under checkpoint rules

No. 1,241 · Thursday 7 May 2020

  • Investigation Who is counting the dead outside the cities?
  • Money Walnut and wool exporters wait at closed crossings
  • Sport Ulak horses idle as Hippodrome stays shut

No. 1,242 · Thursday 14 May 2020

  • Investigation Quarantine fines collected, quarantine fines explained
  • Society Teachers move lessons to IradOne daytime slots
  • Courts Court hears first quarantine appeals by video

No. 1,243 · Thursday 21 May 2020

  • Investigation The ventilator donation that never reached a ward
  • Money Talasbank extends loan holidays for small traders
  • Society Clan councils keep high passes closed to herders' visitors

No. 1,244 · Thursday 28 May 2020

  • Investigation State firms' advertising: who was told to keep paying
  • Politics Maksat sets out how checkpoints will ease
  • Culture Poets read to empty halls on Tulpar

No. 1,245 · Thursday 4 June 2020

  • Investigation Checkpoint pay: the allowance that arrived late
  • Society Marshrutkas return to Talas streets after six weeks
  • Money Bazaar traders reopen with spacing marks on the ground

No. 1,246 · Thursday 11 June 2020

  • Investigation Covid emergency commission: minutes never published
  • Politics Mejlis asks for a quarantine cost report
  • Sport Football talks of a behind-closed-doors season

No. 1,247 · Thursday 18 June 2020

No. 1,248 · Thursday 25 June 2020

  • Investigation Aid flour deliveries to the ATR: who signs for them
  • Money Rents in dollars, wages in som: tenants ask for relief
  • Culture Altyn-Zhylky shortlist announced online

No. 1,249 · Thursday 2 July 2020

  • Investigation The school-year calendar nobody has agreed
  • Politics Lieutenant Governor defends quarantine record
  • Society Zhayloo season starts with fewer visitors on the passes

No. 1,250 · Thursday 9 July 2020

  • Investigation Qara-Chik medical exceptions: how many were granted
  • Money Remittance offices report a fall in transfers from Russia
  • Society Heatwave warning issued for the Chu plain

No. 1,251 · Thursday 16 July 2020

  • Investigation Water cuts in Talas: the schedule and the real outages
  • Courts Landlord and tenant cases pile up at Talas court
  • Culture Summer exhibitions open with limited tickets

No. 1,252 · Thursday 23 July 2020

  • Investigation The Toktogul water level and what Iradenergo told buyers
  • Society Cotton farms start irrigation rounds on the Chu
  • Sport Irad League sets a restart date for August

No. 1,253 · Thursday 30 July 2020

  • Investigation Who paid for the checkpoint tents?
  • Politics Mejlis committee reviews Pension Fund payments
  • Money Beef exporters wait on Gulf rail schedules

No. 1,254 · Thursday 6 August 2020

  • Investigation The Pension Fund's late payments: whose desk held them
  • Society Feast of the Transfiguration marked quietly in parishes
  • Culture Film Society plans a September programme

No. 1,255 · Thursday 13 August 2020

  • Investigation Antimony shipments to China: a tonnage that does not add up
  • Society Urkun remembered in small gatherings on 15 August
  • Money Walnut harvest forecast lower after a dry spring

No. 1,256 · Thursday 20 August 2020

  • Investigation Kyzyl-Adyr road repairs finished early; quality questioned
  • Politics Mejlis session debates delayed school opening
  • Society Feast of St. Janyl scaled back for crowds

No. 1,257 · Thursday 27 August 2020

  • Investigation The Chu irrigation canal contract and its sole bidder
  • Society Teachers brace for the 1 September opening
  • Sport Tulpar and Neftchi agree to play without crowds

No. 1,258 · Thursday 3 September 2020

  • Investigation First day of school: who paid for the disinfectant
  • Society Schools open in staggered shifts
  • Money Stationery prices rise before term

No. 1,259 · Thursday 10 September 2020

  • Investigation Air Base contract spending: what local firms received
  • Society Perimeter works at the base raise questions in Talas
  • Courts Court hears dispute over a Talas bluff plot permit

No. 1,260 · Thursday 17 September 2020

  • Investigation The Nurzhan bus fleet: bought new, running old
  • Money Harvest begins in the Virgin Lands districts
  • Culture Talas Philharmonic announces autumn season

No. 1,261 · Thursday 24 September 2020

  • Investigation Who is responsible for the buffer-zone tree stumps?
  • Politics Mejlis committee asks for the 2021 budget outline
  • Society Autumn livestock sales open at Bazar-Korgon

No. 1,262 · Thursday 1 October 2020

  • Investigation The 2021 budget outline: what is missing
  • Society Heating season inspection starts in Nurzhan
  • Sport Ulak league begins its autumn fixtures

No. 1,263 · Thursday 8 October 2020

  • Investigation Boiler fuel contracts for school heating this winter
  • Money Prices of potatoes and onions ease with harvest
  • Culture Autumn exhibitions open at the Palace of Art

No. 1,264 · Thursday 15 October 2020

  • Investigation Heating readiness: a list of buildings that failed inspection
  • Courts Public Integrity Commission settlement reported
  • Society Cathedral Hill pilgrims return in smaller groups

No. 1,265 · Thursday 22 October 2020

  • Investigation Where did the grain elevator rent go?
  • Politics Mejlis hears ministry on school meals
  • Money Talasbank sets new hours for cash counters

No. 1,266 · Thursday 29 October 2020

  • Investigation Hospital laundry contract: three bids, one winner
  • Society All Saints marked with memorial Qurbana
  • Sport Kara-Ak derby date set for last Saturday of the month

No. 1,267 · Thursday 5 November 2020

  • Investigation The derby ticket allocation and who got the boxes
  • Sport Neftchi and Tulpar play the derby before empty stands
  • Politics Mejlis begins budget readings

No. 1,268 · Thursday 12 November 2020

  • Investigation The Pension Fund's investments: what the report says
  • Money Dollar cash scarce at Talasbank counters
  • Culture Talas conservatory holds concert online

No. 1,269 · Thursday 19 November 2020

  • Investigation Who benefits from the Compute lot rezoning
  • Society First snow closes high passes in the Talas Alatau
  • Courts Nurzhan court rules on a refinery fence dispute

No. 1,270 · Thursday 26 November 2020

  • Investigation Winter coat drive: charity accounts and what they show
  • Politics Mejlis passes budget at first reading
  • Money Gas for heat plants: Nurzhan's winter supply plan

No. 1,271 · Thursday 3 December 2020

  • Investigation Antimony works safety records: what inspectors found
  • Society Advent fast begins in Syro-Iradi parishes
  • Culture Altyn-Zhylky ceremony held without audience

No. 1,272 · Thursday 10 December 2020

  • Investigation Heating complaints in Talas blocks and the repairs promised
  • Politics Budget committee approves spending for 2021
  • Society Frost warnings issued for the Chu plain

No. 1,273 · Thursday 17 December 2020

  • Investigation The budget that passed: who read it
  • Money Year-end bonuses withheld at two state firms
  • Sport Irad League season ends with Tulpar champion talk

No. 1,274 · Thursday 24 December 2020

  • Investigation Christmas: what the Children's Fund spent
  • Society Ayaz Ata toy drive ends with record gifts
  • Culture Nativity concerts held in smaller halls

No. 1,275 · Thursday 31 December 2020

  • Investigation A year of Covid: figures we asked for and did not get
  • The Times says Ask the ministry for the numbers; keep asking
  • Society Quiet New Year's Eve in the three cities

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