The Standing Committee on Justice of the Parliament discussed the President’s veto at a meeting and voted to accept it with more than 90 percent of the members voting.
Following an investigation of two decades, Ts.Amgalanbaatar and two others were sentenced to 24-25 years in prison for the murder of S.Zorig, one of the heroes of Mongolia’s peaceful transition to democracy. However, the family of the defendants, in an
An unscheduled meeting of the Mongolian State Great Khural (parliament) has been taking place today,18 March. The irregular session opened at 10.00 a.m. and is being attended by 81.3 percent of the MPs. The Speaker of Parliament, G.Zandanshatar, introduced the
The Mongolian State Great Khural (parliament) is to use a fingerprint voting system starting from the upcoming regular spring session to make lawmakers more accountable, local media reported on Thursday, citing the secretariat of the country’s unicameral parliament.
The Speaker of the State Great Khural (Parliament) G.Zandanshatar has been on a visit to Switzerland on March 11-15, at the invitation of the President of the National Council of the Swiss Confederation. Speaker G.Zandanshatar held official talks with the
A regular session of the Mongolian Cabinet was suspended today (13 March) due to the absence of Prime Minister U.Khurelsukh. As a rule, the ministers meet every Wednesday. A delegation led by the PM flew to South Sudan on Monday
A Mongolian delegation led by D.Amarbayasgalan, Secretary General of Mongolian People’s Party are currently visiting Hanoi. Politburo member and permanent member of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Quoc Vuong received the Mongolian delegation yesterday. Mr.
Earlier today (5 March) Mongolian police arrested D.Erdenebileg, owner of the Trade Development Bank of Mongolia (TDBM). The businessman was arrested from his apartment in the Khan-Uul District of Ulaanbaatar. Another arrest was that of former CEO Ts.Orkhon, who was
The oldest political party in Mongolia will celebrate its 99th anniversary of its foundation on 1 March. Mongolian People’s Party was founded in 1920, and went on to play an important role in the Mongolian Revolution of 1921. Following independence,