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Five Mongolian operations in the fight against corruption

Prime Minister of Mongolia, L.Oyun-Erdene declared 2023 as the year of fighting against corruption. Mongolia fell six places in the corruption index where the country of 3.4 million placed in the 116th out of 180 countries, according to the 2023

Mongolian court extends ex head of Erdenes-Tavantolgoi jail time by a month

Chingiltei District Court has granted a request to extend imprisonment of B.Gankuyag, ex-chief executive of Erdenes-Tavantolgoi JSC, for a month. 

On 8 December,  B.Gankhuyag  and several associates as well as family members have been arrested and await trial, accused of embezzling billions

Mongolian President vetoes a controversial law on social media

Today (30 January), Mongolian President U.Khurelsukh has decided to veto a controversial “law to protect human rights on social networks” that was hastily passed by parliament 10 days ago.
The veto means that the law, which – despite its avowed objectives –

New Mongolian law on social media threatens free speech

On Friday (20 January), the Mongolian parliament passed a new law  supposedly to “protect human rights on social media,” but human rights groups say it threatens free speech and gives the state the ultimate power to regulate content on tech

Lu.Gantumur elected as a leader of Democratic Party of Mongolia

Today (19 January), the Democratic Party of Mongolia has held  its National Congress and elected  party’s chairman. A total of four people were nominated for the leader of the Democratic Party; namely, MP S. Odontuya, former MP S. Bayartsogt, former

Mongolian PM proposes a Constitutional reform

A Constitutional reform was proposed by Mongolian Prime Minister L.Oyun-Erdene. The proposed reform would transition Mongolia from a semi-presidential republic to a traditional parliamentary republic.

The current 1992 constitution established a multi-party political system in Mongolia’s semi-presidential republic. That meant that