Vecherniy Nurzhan https://vnurzhan.com/en/ The city paper of Nurzhan. Out every Friday. en Farmland should not be built over: the Lieutenant Governor's position https://vnurzhan.com/en/news/pashnya-pod-zastroyku-maksat.html https://vnurzhan.com/en/news/pashnya-pod-zastroyku-maksat.html Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0600 Official At a meeting with residents of Kyzyl-Adyr, Lieutenant Governor Aidar Maksat said that converting irrigated arable land in the Kara-Buura and Talas valleys into housing plots should stop. No new rules were introduced. Driverless lorries on the Kazakh-Chinese border: what it means for Chu Gate https://vnurzhan.com/en/news/besplotnye-gruzoviki-chu-gate.html https://vnurzhan.com/en/news/besplotnye-gruzoviki-chu-gate.html Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:40:00 +0600 Economy Kazakhstan and China plan to test driverless lorries on cross-border routes. Irad is not part of the project, and none of the announced routes crosses ISEZ territory. Power this winter: neighbours hold talks, Toktogul keeps to schedule https://vnurzhan.com/en/news/elektroenergiya-toktogul-eksport-zima.html https://vnurzhan.com/en/news/elektroenergiya-toktogul-eksport-zima.html Fri, 30 Oct 2026 08:20:00 +0600 Economy The Kyrgyz and Uzbek energy ministers discussed electricity supply this week. Irad takes no part in the talks, but both neighbours buy Toktogul power. On the eve of the derby: every ticket for NurGaz Stadium is sold https://vnurzhan.com/en/news/derbi-bilety-prodany-stadion.html https://vnurzhan.com/en/news/derbi-bilety-prodany-stadion.html Fri, 30 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0600 Sport Neftchi say all 16,500 tickets for Saturday's match against Tulpar have gone, the away section included. Kick-off is at 18:00 in the last round of the Irad League. The derby decides it all: Neftchi need nothing less than a win https://vnurzhan.com/en/news/derbi-reshit-vsyo.html https://vnurzhan.com/en/news/derbi-reshit-vsyo.html Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:40:00 +0600 Sport On Saturday Neftchi host Tulpar at NurGaz Stadium in the last round of the league. A draw is enough for the Talas side. 'Bank security service': two detained in Iyık Janyl https://vnurzhan.com/en/news/moshenniki-kody-iz-sms.html https://vnurzhan.com/en/news/moshenniki-kody-iz-sms.html Thu, 29 Oct 2026 10:10:00 +0600 Incidents The callers talked four pensioners into reading out SMS codes. Police remind readers that banks never ask for codes by phone. Autumn smog: forecasters explain why the air stands still https://vnurzhan.com/en/news/inversiya-nad-chuyskoy-ravninoy.html https://vnurzhan.com/en/news/inversiya-nad-chuyskoy-ravninoy.html Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:15:00 +0600 Environment Cool, calm air over the Chu plain sets up inversions, keeping smoke near the ground just as the heating season starts. Working in Russia: what families should remember https://vnurzhan.com/en/news/verbovshchiki-i-dokumenty.html https://vnurzhan.com/en/news/verbovshchiki-i-dokumenty.html Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:30:00 +0600 Society A Ukrainian project counts more than 20,400 Central Asians who have signed contracts with the Russian army. Iradis are not in the figures, but the question of documents concerns us too. Four new housing complexes: 1,520 flats for Nurzhan https://vnurzhan.com/en/news/chetyre-doma-dlya-nurzhana.html https://vnurzhan.com/en/news/chetyre-doma-dlya-nurzhana.html Mon, 26 Oct 2026 14:05:00 +0600 City Nurzhan is building the most: four of the ISEZ's nine housing complexes are here. Handover is promised for 2027–2028. Bigger harvest, smaller gain: farming over nine months https://vnurzhan.com/en/news/urozhay-v-tsifrakh.html https://vnurzhan.com/en/news/urozhay-v-tsifrakh.html Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:20:00 +0600 Economy The Ministry of Economy puts farm output for January to September at IS 6.1 billion. Volume is up 12%, value only 6%. Oil and gas conference draws 700 participants https://vnurzhan.com/en/news/neftegazovaya-konferentsiya-itogi.html https://vnurzhan.com/en/news/neftegazovaya-konferentsiya-itogi.html Sat, 24 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0600 Economy NurGaz's annual Nurzhan Oil and Gas Conference closed at the Palace of Metallurgists, with almost 40% more participants than a year ago. A second refinery in the south: Kochkor-Ata is only a study for now https://vnurzhan.com/en/news/vtoroy-npz-kochkor-ata.html https://vnurzhan.com/en/news/vtoroy-npz-kochkor-ata.html Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:45:00 +0600 Official Lieutenant Governor Aidar Maksat called a possible small plant at Kochkor-Ata a plan to be studied, not a decision. Coal for winter: Kyrgyzstan froze prices, we have not https://vnurzhan.com/en/news/ugol-bez-potolka-tsen.html https://vnurzhan.com/en/news/ugol-bez-potolka-tsen.html Fri, 23 Oct 2026 17:30:00 +0600 Economy Since 22 October Kyrgyzstan has had a 90-day price control on coal for households. Irad has no price regulation for household coal, and none is planned.