https://iradone.com/news/index.html News from IradOne Online, Talas. Fiction from the Irad worldbuilding project. en https://iradone.com/news/2026-10-13-sary-bulak-antimony-works-and-chatkal-smelter-set-for-phased-reopening.html https://iradone.com/news/2026-10-13-sary-bulak-antimony-works-and-chatkal-smelter-set-for-phased-reopening.html Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:22:00 +0600 Economy Lieutenant Governor Aidar Maksat told workers in Sary-Bulak that idled lines will restart in stages, with hiring from Lower Naryn and Chu. https://iradone.com/news/2026-10-13-toktogul-upgrade-lifts-capacity-to-1-440-mw-strengthening-irad-s-power.html https://iradone.com/news/2026-10-13-toktogul-upgrade-lifts-capacity-to-1-440-mw-strengthening-irad-s-power.html Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:15:00 +0600 Energy The refitted Toktogul generating hall now delivers 240 MW more than its former 1,200 MW rating, and officials say the gain will move through the ISEZ switchyard under the Naryn Protocol. https://iradone.com/news/2026-10-13-kazakh-flaxseed-exports-hit-record-putting-irad-s-trucking-corridors-i.html https://iradone.com/news/2026-10-13-kazakh-flaxseed-exports-hit-record-putting-irad-s-trucking-corridors-i.html Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:08:00 +0600 Economy Neighbouring Kazakhstan's near-1.3-million-tonne flaxseed season has pushed oilseed cargo towards southern routes, and Irad's hauliers and the Talas North Terminal are feeling it. https://iradone.com/news/2026-10-09-kara-khanid-coins-found-at-rabat-i-safed.html https://iradone.com/news/2026-10-09-kara-khanid-coins-found-at-rabat-i-safed.html Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:10:00 +0600 Culture Talas State University archaeologists have recovered 10th- and 11th-century coins, a cauldron fragment and storage jars at the Silk Road caravanserai. https://iradone.com/news/2026-10-07-national-komuz-competition-to-honour-aigul-choro-kyzy.html https://iradone.com/news/2026-10-07-national-komuz-competition-to-honour-aigul-choro-kyzy.html Wed, 07 Oct 2026 13:45:00 +0600 Culture Players of all ages are invited to Talas for an open competition marking 90 years since the birth of the ethnomusicologist who recorded Irad's music on the summer pastures. https://iradone.com/news/2026-10-06-lieutenant-governor-opens-solar-powered-school-in-nurzhan.html https://iradone.com/news/2026-10-06-lieutenant-governor-opens-solar-powered-school-in-nurzhan.html Tue, 06 Oct 2026 11:20:00 +0600 Society The Navbahor district school is one of twelve opened this year, with eighteen more schools and kindergartens due before the end of December. https://iradone.com/news/2026-10-01-tremor-felt-across-the-fergana-rim-no-damage-reported.html https://iradone.com/news/2026-10-01-tremor-felt-across-the-fergana-rim-no-damage-reported.html Thu, 01 Oct 2026 18:05:00 +0600 Environment A magnitude 4.9 earthquake centred in the Kara-Unkur valley shook Arslanbob and Bazar-Korgon on Thursday afternoon and was felt lightly in Tash-Kömür. https://iradone.com/news/2026-09-25-bank-of-irad-warns-public-against-unregulated-tulparcoin.html https://iradone.com/news/2026-09-25-bank-of-irad-warns-public-against-unregulated-tulparcoin.html Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:15:00 +0600 Economy The currency board reminds citizens that only the som and the US dollar are legal tender, as officials pledge to protect savings from speculation. https://iradone.com/news/2026-09-21-akyel-colt-fetches-record-1-million-at-talas-autumn-sale.html https://iradone.com/news/2026-09-21-akyel-colt-fetches-record-1-million-at-talas-autumn-sale.html Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:40:00 +0600 Agriculture A two-year-old golden Akyel set a new national price at the Akyel Syndicate's autumn sale, as buyers from five countries crowded the State Hippodrome. https://iradone.com/news/2025-09-16-talas-hosts-international-film-festival.html https://iradone.com/news/2025-09-16-talas-hosts-international-film-festival.html Tue, 16 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0600 Culture The Irad Film Society's biennial festival opens with films from more than five countries and an anniversary screening of a restored Iradi Western. https://iradone.com/news/2025-03-05-irad-s-gdp-growth-exceeds-expectations.html https://iradone.com/news/2025-03-05-irad-s-gdp-growth-exceeds-expectations.html Wed, 05 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0600 Economy Official figures show the ISEZ economy grew 1.5% last year, ahead of forecasts, on beef exports and refinery output. https://iradone.com/news/2025-02-10-irad-and-uzbekistan-strengthen-bilateral-relations.html https://iradone.com/news/2025-02-10-irad-and-uzbekistan-strengthen-bilateral-relations.html Mon, 10 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0600 Regional Talas and Tashkent sign a trade and border-coordination memorandum, the first since the 2018 rangeland clashes.