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Back numbers: 2021

The front pages of every issue of 2021. 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. 1,276 · Thursday 7 January 2021

  • Investigation The vaccine registers: who will see the names
  • Society Nativity Eve liturgies return to open churches
  • Money January heating bills rise for Talas households

No. 1,277 · Thursday 14 January 2021

  • Investigation Vaccine delivery plan: who is first on the list
  • Politics Mejlis committee reviews winter school heating
  • Sport Winter ulak league restarts under health rules

No. 1,278 · Thursday 21 January 2021

  • Investigation The Public Integrity Commission's unpublished cases
  • Society Snow closes the Kök-Bel road for a day
  • Culture Talasfilm Archives mark a year of Saturday opening

No. 1,279 · Thursday 28 January 2021

  • Investigation Base vaccination: who counts as Iradi staff
  • Courts Talas court hears quarantine fine appeals
  • Money Walnut stocks sit unsold at Bazar-Korgon

No. 1,280 · Thursday 4 February 2021

  • Investigation Procurement of cold boxes for vaccines
  • Society Presentation feast marked in Iyık Janyl
  • Sport Irad Cup draw held online

No. 1,281 · Thursday 11 February 2021

  • Investigation Road contracts for spring: who has won already
  • Politics Mejlis asks Health ministry for vaccine timetable
  • Culture Poetry evenings return on Tulpar

No. 1,282 · Thursday 18 February 2021

No. 1,283 · Thursday 25 February 2021

  • Investigation The Moderna doses: how many, to whom
  • Politics Mejlis debates a Network Losses report
  • Society Spring fair planning begins in Talas

No. 1,284 · Thursday 4 March 2021

  • Investigation Hospital oxygen plants: promised, delivered, running
  • Courts Court hears a feed-weights case from Nurzhan
  • Culture Women's history exhibition opens in Talas

No. 1,285 · Thursday 11 March 2021

  • Investigation Irad Day budget: what the receptions cost
  • Society Irad Day marked in smaller crowds
  • Politics Lieutenant Governor takes the salute again

No. 1,286 · Thursday 18 March 2021

  • Investigation The Pension Fund's backlog of unpaid allowances
  • Money Backhoe in Kazakhstan cuts Irad off for nine hours
  • Society Ermatov's funeral recalled by Talas residents

No. 1,287 · Thursday 25 March 2021

  • Investigation Tailings at Sary-Bulak: the monitoring nobody funded
  • Politics Mejlis committee takes up charity rules
  • Society Lent begins with long queues at the bakeries

No. 1,288 · Thursday 1 April 2021

  • Investigation Spring flood plans for the Talas river
  • Money Fertiliser prices up before sowing
  • Sport Football season opens with a shortened schedule

No. 1,289 · Thursday 8 April 2021

  • Investigation Hospital staff pay and the second-job question
  • Society Palm Sunday processions return in Iyık Janyl
  • Culture Spring concert season announced

No. 1,290 · Thursday 15 April 2021

No. 1,291 · Thursday 22 April 2021

  • Investigation The Talas flood channel: bids and delays
  • Money Walnut buyers cut forward orders
  • Society Spring planting begins on the Chu plain

No. 1,292 · Thursday 29 April 2021

  • Investigation Land titling in Jogorku: a programme that stalled
  • Politics Mejlis hears Agriculture minister on seed supply
  • Sport Tulpar leads after four rounds

No. 1,293 · Thursday 6 May 2021

  • Investigation The Bishkek paper: how exporters register abroad
  • Society Spring feasts fill the bazaars
  • Culture Iradi poets read at the Palace of Art

No. 1,294 · Thursday 13 May 2021

  • Investigation Sary-Bulak restart: who lent the money
  • Courts Talas court hears a bluff plot dispute
  • Money Remittances recover after the spring dip

No. 1,295 · Thursday 20 May 2021

  • Investigation Water rotas for Talas farmers and the Kazakh gauge
  • Politics Mejlis passes a vaccination report
  • Society Kymyz season begins above Orto-Ayyl

No. 1,296 · Thursday 27 May 2021

  • Investigation Where the Network Losses figures come from
  • Money Kervan Elektrik talks continue with Iradenergo
  • Sport Derby date set for autumn

No. 1,297 · Thursday 3 June 2021

  • Investigation The solar park contract and its sole bidder
  • Society Solar park opens on Boz-Tektir
  • Culture Summer festival programme announced

No. 1,298 · Thursday 10 June 2021

No. 1,299 · Thursday 17 June 2021

  • Investigation The Tulpar Bazar boards: who moderates them
  • Money Hay prices rise on the valley floors
  • Sport Ulak horses return to the Hippodrome

No. 1,300 · Thursday 24 June 2021

  • Investigation The Nurzhan bus fleet: spares bought, never fitted
  • Society Heatwave warning for the Chu plain
  • Courts Nurzhan court hears a contract dispute

No. 1,301 · Thursday 1 July 2021

  • Investigation Lihua water use: inspectors, readings and gaps
  • Politics Mejlis committee reviews cotton water rules
  • Culture Books on horseback reach the high pastures

No. 1,302 · Thursday 8 July 2021

  • Investigation The Iradenergo export contract: price and paper
  • Money Beef exporters adapt to Gulf rail delays
  • Society Algae warning on Navbahor Pond

No. 1,303 · Thursday 15 July 2021

  • Investigation The Navbahor pond contract: who cleans what
  • Society Zhayloo season peaks above Talas
  • Sport Wrestlers win medals under other flags

No. 1,304 · Thursday 22 July 2021

  • Investigation Water cuts in Talas: the log nobody keeps
  • Politics Mejlis committee hears Hydromet on glacier lakes
  • Courts Court hears quarantine fine appeals in Nurzhan

No. 1,305 · Thursday 29 July 2021

  • Investigation The school repair budget: spent and unspent
  • Society Dry week lowers the Talas river
  • Money Cotton harvest forecast cut by dry spell

No. 1,306 · Thursday 5 August 2021

  • Investigation Kabul fear: what the base told contractors
  • Politics Security alert declared on the passes
  • Society Transfiguration marked in Talas parishes

No. 1,307 · Thursday 12 August 2021

  • Investigation The Talas water shortage and the minister's canal rota
  • Society Algae closes Navbahor Pond to swimmers
  • Money Walnut crop expected down this autumn

No. 1,308 · Thursday 19 August 2021

  • Investigation The barbel that disappeared from the Talas
  • Society Afghans arrive at the base in the thousands
  • Politics The minister in rubber boots

No. 1,309 · Thursday 26 August 2021

  • Investigation Who is housing the Afghan evacuees
  • Society Feast of St. Janyl returns in Iyık Janyl
  • Culture Autumn season at the conservatory announced

No. 1,310 · Thursday 2 September 2021

  • Investigation Evacuee camp contracts on the air base
  • Society Schools open for the first time without shifts
  • Money Stationery prices rise before term

No. 1,311 · Thursday 9 September 2021

  • Investigation Six thousand passed through; three hundred and forty stayed
  • Politics Directive 2021/14 and the guests of the Republic
  • Courts Talas court hears a bluff plot dispute

No. 1,312 · Thursday 16 September 2021

  • Investigation Base jobs lost: how many, and where they went
  • Money Harvest begins in the Virgin Lands districts
  • Society Mobile libraries reach valley schools

No. 1,313 · Thursday 23 September 2021

  • Investigation Heating season readiness in Nurzhan blocks
  • Politics Mejlis committee reviews the 2022 budget outline
  • Sport Ulak league begins its autumn fixtures

No. 1,314 · Thursday 30 September 2021

  • Investigation Boiler fuel contracts for school heating
  • Society Autumn livestock sales open at Bazar-Korgon
  • Culture Autumn exhibitions open at the Palace of Art

No. 1,315 · Thursday 7 October 2021

  • Investigation Fifty years of the Hunter's Vigil: who paid for the restoration
  • Money Potato and onion prices ease with harvest
  • Courts Court registers a landlord dispute in Talas

No. 1,316 · Thursday 14 October 2021

  • Investigation The Moderna doses that went unused
  • Society Cathedral Hill pilgrims return in larger groups
  • Politics Mejlis hears Health ministry on booster plans

No. 1,317 · Thursday 21 October 2021

  • Investigation Hospital laundry and oxygen: the contracts compared
  • Money Talasbank changes cash counter hours
  • Sport Derby date set for the last Saturday of the month

No. 1,318 · Thursday 28 October 2021

  • Investigation The derby boxes: who held the season passes
  • Sport Neftchi and Tulpar draw the Kara-Ak derby
  • Society All Saints marked with memorial Qurbana

No. 1,319 · Thursday 4 November 2021

No. 1,320 · Thursday 11 November 2021

  • Investigation The Pension Fund's investments and what is unpublished
  • Culture Talas Philharmonic opens a winter series
  • Society First snow closes high passes

No. 1,321 · Thursday 18 November 2021

  • Investigation Public Integrity Commission cases: who has been told
  • Culture What makes Iradi plov Iradi
  • Politics Mejlis passes the budget at first reading

No. 1,322 · Thursday 25 November 2021

  • Investigation Heating complaints in Talas blocks, and who answered
  • Money Gas for heat plants: Nurzhan's winter plan
  • Society Advent fast begins in Syro-Iradi parishes

No. 1,323 · Thursday 2 December 2021

  • Investigation The Kazakh gauge and Talas water: what the minutes say
  • Politics Budget committee approves 2022 spending
  • Courts Nurzhan court hears a feed supplier case

No. 1,324 · Thursday 9 December 2021

  • Investigation Antimony works: the safety record unpublished
  • Society Frost warnings issued for the Chu plain
  • Culture Altyn-Zhylky nominees announced

No. 1,325 · Thursday 16 December 2021

  • Investigation The budget that passed: who read it
  • Money Year-end bonuses held back at two state firms
  • Sport Irad League season closes

No. 1,326 · Thursday 23 December 2021

  • Investigation Christmas: what the Children's Fund spent
  • Society Ayaz Ata toy drive collects record gifts
  • Culture Nativity concerts return to full halls

No. 1,327 · Thursday 30 December 2021

  • Investigation A year of vaccines: numbers we asked for
  • The Times says Keep asking for the numbers
  • Society New Year's Eve returns to Central Square

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