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The front pages of every issue of 2026. 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. 1,536 · Thursday 1 January 2026

  • Investigation Who paid for the New Year lights on Liberty Boulevard? The council will not say
  • Money Heating bills arrive in som, rents in dollars: how a Talas family splits January
  • Culture Christmas liturgies fill the churches of Iyık Janyl as the cold holds

No. 1,537 · Thursday 8 January 2026

  • Investigation Fuel tanker register: the Gendarmerie lists vehicles but not owners
  • Society Schools reopen after the break with half the classrooms below 18 degrees
  • Sport Winter break ends, and the Irad League clubs still have no fixture list

No. 1,538 · Thursday 15 January 2026

  • Investigation Nobody has published the cost of the Nurzhan compute site's power connection
  • Money Flour up 6% since November, bakers say, bread price still fixed
  • Courts Talas court hears market stallholders' fire-insurance claim

No. 1,539 · Thursday 22 January 2026

  • Investigation Heating oil bought twice? Two Chu boiler houses, one invoice number
  • Society Snow closes the Kök-Bel road for two days
  • Culture Besh-Tash museum marks Ayyubov exhibition with a new catalogue

No. 1,540 · Thursday 29 January 2026

  • Investigation The school textbook tender had one qualified bidder
  • Politics Mejlis committee takes the 2026 budget line by line, and in private
  • Money Pensions paid on the 10th, but the grocery bill is already due

No. 1,541 · Thursday 5 February 2026

  • Investigation Talas valley farmland sold as house plots: the registry shows 212 transfers
  • Society Qara-Chik mothers' petition asks for faster work on the missing
  • Culture Winter komuz evenings return to the Old City teahouses

No. 1,542 · Thursday 12 February 2026

  • Investigation What the water bill pays for: a Nurzhan line-by-line reading
  • Courts Supreme Court register lists no date for the Governor's-health question
  • Sport Ulak league's winter indoor tournament draws record entries

No. 1,543 · Thursday 19 February 2026

  • Investigation Road repair contracts in Talas: three firms, one street address
  • Money Dollar cash gets scarcer at Almaty correspondents, exchangers say
  • Society Dress Day on 18 February fills Talas streets with kalpaks and chapans

No. 1,544 · Thursday 26 February 2026

  • Investigation Who inspects the cold stores that keep Talas beef for export?
  • Politics Mejlis passes spring session agenda without the health hearing
  • Culture Palace of Art winter show opens with felt tapestries

No. 1,545 · Thursday 5 March 2026

  • Investigation Nobody has published the 2025 Gendarmerie fuel contracts
  • Society Lent begins; the church calendar and the price of fish
  • Money Teachers' union asks the Ministry of Economy for a pay review

No. 1,546 · Thursday 12 March 2026

  • Politics A saddle with no rider
  • Money Irad Day sales: Bereke and Jıldız Market report brisk trade
  • Culture Irad Day concert hall sold out, tickets resold on Jılmay

No. 1,547 · Thursday 19 March 2026

  • Investigation The Chatkal smelter's idle years: what the filings show
  • Society Spring melt raises the Talas river; Hydromet issues a watch
  • Sport Irad League opens: Tulpar and Neftchi both win

No. 1,548 · Thursday 26 March 2026

  • Investigation Who owns the walnut warehouses of Bazar-Korgon?
  • Courts Stallholders' fire claim returns to Talas court
  • Money Talasbank queue on the 10th: pensioners wait three hours

No. 1,549 · Thursday 2 April 2026

  • Investigation The public integrity commission's 2025 report omits its own budget
  • Society Holy Week timetable published for Iyık Janyl and Talas
  • Culture TSU Press announces shorter epics volume for 2027

No. 1,550 · Thursday 9 April 2026

  • Investigation Farm credit for spring sowing: who got the loans in Chu
  • Money Fuel at NurGaz stations steady, diesel dearer in the Chatkal villages
  • Sport Ulak league's spring cup draws city and highland teams

No. 1,551 · Thursday 16 April 2026

  • Investigation Kara-Buura irrigation canal repairs were paid, the canal still leaks
  • Politics Speaker rules out a hearing on the Governor's health; deputies go to court
  • Society Easter vigil: candles, kamra and a record crowd at St. Janyl

No. 1,552 · Thursday 23 April 2026

  • Investigation Nobody has published the seed-potato import figures
  • Money The Talas Dairy combine raises its farmgate price from April
  • Culture Spring open day at the State Stud draws 3,000 schoolchildren

No. 1,553 · Thursday 30 April 2026

  • Investigation What happened to the 2025 school heating grant for Lower Naryn?
  • Courts Judge reserves ruling in Jibek Jolu market fire case
  • Sport Tulpar and Neftchi stay level at the top

No. 1,554 · Thursday 7 May 2026

  • Investigation The State Pension Fund's arrears: figures that do not add up
  • Money Talasbank caps dollar cash at $300 a month
  • Society May holidays: bazaar prices for lamb and apricot seedlings

No. 1,555 · Thursday 14 May 2026

  • Investigation The $300 cap: who was told in advance?
  • Politics Bank of Irad notice lets banks limit cash dollars, state contracts exempt
  • Culture Komuz players ask for permits to reach the national contest

No. 1,556 · Thursday 21 May 2026

  • Investigation Antimony restart talks: the ministry will not name the bidders
  • Money Bazaar dollar passes 9.5 som as cash tightens
  • Society Graduation tests open in four test points

No. 1,557 · Thursday 28 May 2026

  • Investigation The Toktogul export revenue: what the 2025 accounts leave out
  • Courts Talas court postpones market fire claim again
  • Sport Women's League title race tightens

No. 1,558 · Thursday 4 June 2026

  • Investigation Seventeen ministry directives in a year, and only six were published
  • Society Teachers ask for pay pegged to the street rate
  • Money Children's Day fair and the cost of a school satchel

No. 1,559 · Thursday 11 June 2026

  • Investigation The incapacity petition: four lawyers, no hearing date
  • Politics Three Russo deputies file Supreme Court petition on the Governor's health
  • Society Summer camp season opens at Archa

No. 1,560 · Thursday 18 June 2026

  • Investigation Who is running the Kara-Köl switchyard tenders?
  • Money Hay prices climb early as the heat arrives
  • Culture Besh-Tash summer school for young painters opens

No. 1,561 · Thursday 25 June 2026

  • Investigation The tribal travel permits: how much the Gendarmerie register holds
  • Courts Supreme Court lists the petition's registry stage, nothing more
  • Sport Derby date set for the last Saturday in October

No. 1,562 · Thursday 2 July 2026

  • Investigation Hospital drug supply: the order that went to one supplier
  • Society Heat wave: Gidromet warns on air and river levels
  • Money Kymyz season prices open in Talas

No. 1,563 · Thursday 9 July 2026

  • Investigation Who paid for the Nurzhan school's solar roof?
  • Politics The Mejlis summer break and unanswered questions
  • Culture Summer film evenings return to the Old City courtyards

No. 1,564 · Thursday 16 July 2026

  • Investigation Water rotation in the Talas valley: the schedule nobody published
  • Money Street rate drifts toward 10 som, wages stay in som
  • Society Feast preparations in Iyık Janyl: pilgrims' hostels fill

No. 1,565 · Thursday 23 July 2026

  • Investigation The line posts' diesel: a driver's account, checked against records
  • Politics Nurzhan lists weigh a joint ticket a year before the election
  • Sport Summer ulak exhibition draws highland teams

No. 1,566 · Thursday 30 July 2026

  • Investigation Nobody has published the Trans-Chuy bonded terminal's licence terms
  • Money Remittance fees from Russia climb again
  • Society Harvest begins early in the Chu oasis

No. 1,567 · Thursday 6 August 2026

  • Investigation The Public Procurement portal: three firms win road tenders in turn
  • Courts Talas court to hear Tulpar name dispute
  • Culture Feast of St. Janyl programme published

No. 1,568 · Thursday 13 August 2026

  • Investigation Attelkom's return to the global net: what changed in the gateway contract
  • Money Kervan Elektrik takes over Talas grids
  • Society Kurultai week: the Aksay Plateau camp fills

No. 1,569 · Thursday 20 August 2026

  • Investigation Medicine procurement: a firm registered three weeks before it won
  • Money State pharmacies run short as the street rate climbs
  • Sport Preseason friendlies for the cup weekend

No. 1,570 · Thursday 27 August 2026

  • Investigation The pharmacy shortage: who rejected Shıpa's bid, and why
  • Society School year opens; textbooks late in the Chatkal villages
  • Culture Komuz and aytysh at the late-summer Hippodrome festival

No. 1,571 · Thursday 3 September 2026

No. 1,572 · Thursday 10 September 2026

  • Investigation The Missing Persons Commission: 52 identified, 140 still listed
  • Politics Election calendar: what the Commission's draft sets and leaves open
  • Society Mothers of the missing stand at Qara-Chik with photographs

No. 1,573 · Thursday 17 September 2026

  • Investigation The unlicensed money changers of Bazar-i Kalan: who is tolerated
  • Money Dollar cash cap enters its fifth month
  • Sport Title race: Tulpar's lead narrows

No. 1,574 · Thursday 24 September 2026

  • Investigation Tulparcoin: who gets the Forum's 30 percent
  • Money Bank of Irad says the coin is not money
  • Culture Cathedral choir autumn concerts begin

No. 1,575 · Thursday 1 October 2026

No. 1,576 · Thursday 8 October 2026

  • Investigation Boiler house gas price: the council won't say
  • Money Bazaar rate passes 11 som
  • Culture National komuz contest to honour Aigul Choro kyzy

No. 1,577 · Thursday 15 October 2026

No. 1,578 · Thursday 22 October 2026

  • Investigation Who will pay for gas conversion at the heat plants?
  • Politics Civic Union talks open in Nurzhan
  • Sport Derby week: ticket sales and security plans

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