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He would have been 58: Remembering S.Zorig

Had he still been alive, one of the most prominent Mongolian politicians and leaders of the country’s 1990 democratic revolution would have turned 58 today. Earlier today, Mongolian Democratic Party leaders and S.Zorig’s family members and friends laid flowers at

Mongolia considers releasing prisoners

Earlier today (9 April), Speaker G.Zandanshatar made an important announcement during a speech in parliament. He urged lawmakers to consider releasing some prisoners in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Therefore, Mongolian lawmakers need to study the matter and to

Abuse of Power: Six Mongolian MPs charged

Earlier today (8 April), the General Prosecutor’s Office of Mongolia reported a review of cases for the first quarter of 2020. The most high-profile cases are as follows:

Former MP B.Bolor, MP D.Ganbat, MP D.Erdenebat, and N.Zoljargal, at the time

SME Fund Scandal: MP B.Batzorig presents resignation

The scandal over politicians granting themselves low-cost loans out of the fund to support small and medium enterprises became one of last year’s top news items. Earlier today (23 April) it reached another decisive point when Minister of Food, Agriculture

Mongolian Parliament to hold online session for first time

The State Great Khural, as the Mongolian Parliament is known, will open its spring session on 6 April. Due to coronavirus pandemic, the spring sessions of parliament and meetings of the standing committees will be held remotely using an online

Mongolia’s President calls for election postponement

Kh.Battulga, President of Mongolia called yesterday (25 March) to postpone the upcoming parliamentary elections. The President announced a six-point proposal for preparing the Mongolian people for a possible recession because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, Kh.Battulga called upon the government

Parliamentary election 2020: parties and coalitions register

Just three months remain until Mongolia’s 2020 parliamentary election.  The National Audit Office reported today (25 March), that 27 political parties out of the 35 registered in Mongolia will participate.

In total, 15 political parties and four coalitions presented their election

Mongolia’s Democratic Party presents election programme

The Mongolian Democratic Party has presented its election programme to the National Audit Office. The election programme was approved at an online meeting of the policy committee of of the party earlier today (24 March)

According to MP Z.Narantuya, who is