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Back numbers: 2023

The front pages of every issue of 2023. 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. 1,380 · Thursday 5 January 2023

  • Investigation Municipal snow contracts: the same three firms again
  • Society Epiphany water blessing held on the Talas river
  • Money Heating bills rise for Nurzhan households

No. 1,381 · Thursday 12 January 2023

  • Investigation Nobody has explained the missing Chu District school roof grant
  • Politics Mejlis committees return from recess
  • Sport Irad Cup final played at Silk Road Arena

No. 1,382 · Thursday 19 January 2023

  • Investigation Ambulance station built, never staffed
  • Courts Court hears dispute over a Nurzhan flat block
  • Culture Winter exhibition of felt art opens in Talas

No. 1,383 · Thursday 26 January 2023

  • Investigation Grain elevator fees: what farmers paid and what was posted
  • Society Cold snap closes mountain schools in Chatkal
  • Money Hay shortage lifts prices in Kara-Buura

No. 1,384 · Thursday 2 February 2023

  • Investigation The winter uprising memorial fund and its auditors
  • Politics Flags lowered for the 3 February memorial
  • Culture Siege-winter diaries published by the university press

No. 1,385 · Thursday 9 February 2023

  • Investigation A pasture lease signed by an official who had left office
  • Society Marshrutka line to Ming-Örük resumes
  • Sport Ulak winter tournament draws city teams

No. 1,386 · Thursday 16 February 2023

  • Investigation The census slip returns: what the statistics office asks
  • Money Pensions paid late at three rural post offices
  • Courts Court fines a dairy over milk quality tests

No. 1,387 · Thursday 23 February 2023

  • Investigation Hospital oxygen plant: who signed off the commissioning
  • Society Iradi Dress Day brings kalpaks to Talas schools
  • Politics Councillors ask for the street-lighting audit

No. 1,388 · Thursday 2 March 2023

  • Investigation Fifty contracts, one notary: the Nurzhan registry
  • Culture Spring concert season opens at the Philharmonic
  • Sport Irad League opening fixtures announced

No. 1,389 · Thursday 9 March 2023

  • Investigation Where the Talas bus-station renovation money went
  • Society Irad Day parade planning closes Central Square
  • Money Wool and mutton prices ahead of spring

No. 1,390 · Thursday 16 March 2023

  • Investigation Irad Day costs rose again; the budget line says otherwise
  • Culture Irad Day concert and the Zharkyn parade in photographs
  • Politics Lieutenant governor takes the Irad Day salute

No. 1,391 · Thursday 23 March 2023

  • Investigation Spring sowing credit went to firms with no farmland
  • Courts Talas court hears claim over a river-bank plot
  • Society Thaw brings mudflow warnings to Chatkal road

No. 1,392 · Thursday 30 March 2023

  • Investigation The school meal supplier that changed its name
  • Money Lamb prices open the season lower
  • Sport Tulpar start the league season with a home win

No. 1,393 · Thursday 6 April 2023

  • Investigation Culvert contracts on the Kyzyl-Adyr road repeat a pattern
  • Politics Mejlis hears the Public Integrity Commission
  • Culture Lent concerts of church music in Iyık Janyl

No. 1,394 · Thursday 13 April 2023

  • Investigation Kara-Buura clinic equipment arrived, stayed in crates
  • Society Holy Week services across the parishes
  • Courts Court upholds a fine on a Talas builder

No. 1,395 · Thursday 20 April 2023

  • Investigation Easter food prices: what the stalls charged against the lists
  • Culture Easter in the valleys: yurt liturgies in Chatkal
  • Society Water allocations set for the Talas canals

No. 1,396 · Thursday 27 April 2023

  • Investigation Talas canal rotas: who gets water first
  • Money Fertiliser prices ease slightly
  • Sport Derby ticket queue forms two days early

No. 1,397 · Thursday 4 May 2023

  • Investigation A weigh-station that weighed nothing for a month
  • Politics Mejlis committee reviews customs fees
  • Society Victory Day: Nurzhan parade, quiet in Talas

No. 1,398 · Thursday 11 May 2023

  • Investigation University canteen tender: the winner had no kitchen
  • Courts Court hears a Nurzhan yard-boundary appeal
  • Culture Spring felt fair returns to Talas

No. 1,399 · Thursday 18 May 2023

  • Investigation Antimony restart plans: what the documents do not say
  • Money Remittance flows from Russia steady
  • Sport Women's League leaders extend their run

No. 1,400 · Thursday 25 May 2023

  • Investigation The Chu District health-post list: eleven posts, six open
  • Society Dry spring worries Talas valley farmers
  • Politics Councils report on road repairs

No. 1,401 · Thursday 1 June 2023

  • Investigation Land transfers on the Nurzhan avenue: who gained
  • Culture Graduation season: exhibition by art college students
  • Society School year winds down in all three cities

No. 1,402 · Thursday 8 June 2023

  • Investigation A festival grant that went to a festival that was not held
  • Money Wool clip prices disappoint small herders
  • Courts Court fines a market operator in Iyık Janyl

No. 1,403 · Thursday 15 June 2023

  • Investigation The feeder metering station and the dispute over its reports
  • Politics Mejlis committee debates the Naryn schedule
  • Sport Irad Cup quarter-finals played midweek

No. 1,404 · Thursday 22 June 2023

  • Investigation Hay for the state stud: three bids, one winner
  • Courts Breeder jailed over Akyel pedigree fraud
  • Society Herders on the summer pastures report a dry June

No. 1,405 · Thursday 29 June 2023

  • Investigation The pedigree papers behind the Akyel fraud case
  • Money Mid-year budget execution lags in six ministries
  • Culture Summer film nights return to Central City Park

No. 1,406 · Thursday 6 July 2023

  • Investigation Municipal water losses in Talas: the figures behind the leaks
  • Politics Mejlis session ends with bills carried over
  • Sport Summer friendlies for Tulpar and Neftchi

No. 1,407 · Thursday 13 July 2023

  • Investigation A solar park contract and its changing price
  • Society Heat advisory for the Chu plain
  • Courts Court hears dispute over a Kara-Bulak orchard

No. 1,408 · Thursday 20 July 2023

  • Investigation Fifty years on, who watches the moraine lakes
  • Society Memorial Qurbana at Sary-Say marks 23 July
  • Money Walnut harvest forecasts rise in Toktogul

No. 1,409 · Thursday 27 July 2023

  • Investigation Kenkol pass road: money spent, road not mended
  • Culture Summer concerts fill Besh-Tash meadows
  • Politics Councillors question ambulance purchases

No. 1,410 · Thursday 3 August 2023

  • Investigation Nurzhan textile plant shifts cut as water runs short
  • Money Cotton buyers cut offers after dry July
  • Society Talas river low as Kazakh gauge reading falls

No. 1,411 · Thursday 10 August 2023

  • Investigation Water gauge readings: Talas and the border posts disagree
  • Sport Autumn fixtures announced for the Irad League
  • Courts Court fines a Talas contractor over late work

No. 1,412 · Thursday 17 August 2023

  • Investigation The feast-day fair permits issued in a single afternoon
  • Society Feast of St. Janyl crowds fill Iyık Janyl
  • Culture Pilgrim choir recordings released for the feast

No. 1,413 · Thursday 24 August 2023

  • Investigation School heating contracts: who bid and who won
  • Money Harvest sales begin at Aulie-Ata market
  • Politics Education ministry prepares for new term

No. 1,414 · Thursday 31 August 2023

  • Investigation Back-to-school: textbook shipments and the missing titles
  • Society First of September: Nurzhan schools open
  • Sport Ulak league autumn draw made

No. 1,415 · Thursday 7 September 2023

  • Investigation Boiler repairs billed, boilers still cold
  • Culture Autumn exhibition season opens in Talas
  • Courts Court hears a Semiz market-stall case

No. 1,416 · Thursday 14 September 2023

  • Investigation Sixteen years on, the grain store files remain closed
  • Society Mothers of the missing return to Qara-Chik
  • Money Potato prices slump after strong harvest

No. 1,417 · Thursday 21 September 2023

  • Investigation Nominations open: what the election commission requires
  • Politics Mejlis passes the election calendar
  • Society Heating season preparations behind in Iyık Janyl

No. 1,418 · Thursday 28 September 2023

  • Investigation The ballot paper contract: one printer, no tender
  • Sport Derby build-up: ticket prices announced
  • Culture Film festival opens to smaller audiences

No. 1,419 · Thursday 5 October 2023

  • Investigation Three tickets registered: the signatures that were checked
  • Politics Three tickets registered for gubernatorial ballot
  • Money Fuel prices held ahead of polling

No. 1,420 · Thursday 12 October 2023

  • Investigation Student loan arrears and the university fee schedule
  • Politics Students march on Government House
  • Society Marchers sing the anthem as water cannon clear the square

No. 1,421 · Thursday 19 October 2023

  • Investigation Who ordered the mobile data cut
  • Society Mobile data restored in central Talas after three days
  • Courts Court hears first protest-related cases

No. 1,422 · Thursday 26 October 2023

  • Money Foreign apps slow as Tulpar gains users
  • Culture Poets write through the data cut

No. 1,423 · Thursday 2 November 2023

  • Investigation Licensing surcharge suspended: what it cost couriers in six weeks
  • Politics Licensing surcharge suspended after student protests
  • Society All Souls' Day services across the parishes

No. 1,424 · Thursday 9 November 2023

  • Investigation Semiz votes: how the first Mexican-Iradi councillor won
  • Politics Election results certified: 92.75 percent
  • Sport Tulpar win the league title

No. 1,425 · Thursday 16 November 2023

  • Investigation The commission's turnout figures against the polling-station lists
  • Culture IradOne drops tüntolk videos after protests
  • Money Winter fuel prices rise

No. 1,426 · Thursday 23 November 2023

  • Investigation Six checkpoint sergeants and the tanker bribes
  • Courts Six checkpoint sergeants jailed for tanker bribes
  • Society Cold week tests the heating mains

No. 1,427 · Thursday 30 November 2023

  • Investigation The Herald block and the Department of Public Information list
  • Politics Mejlis begins budget hearings for 2024
  • Culture Autumn book fair opens at the university

No. 1,428 · Thursday 7 December 2023

  • Investigation Betting odds page: who ran the Curaçao link
  • Courts Betting site behind Jarysh odds page blocked
  • Money December prices: meat, flour and fuel

No. 1,429 · Thursday 14 December 2023

  • Investigation Fourteen students still held: the court lists
  • Politics Mejlis passes the 2024 budget summary
  • Society Warm Winter coat drive opens

No. 1,430 · Thursday 21 December 2023

  • Investigation Year-end tenders: sixty contracts in eleven days
  • Culture Altyn-Zhylky nominations announced
  • Society Christmas fast begins in the highland parishes

No. 1,431 · Thursday 28 December 2023

  • Investigation Our year in documents: what the records showed in 2023
  • Culture Altyn-Zhylky awards night in Talas
  • Sport Season review: the league, the derby and the cup

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