Mongolia jails environmentalist for 21 yearsOne week ago, the courts of Mongolia sentenced environmental activist and former herder Tsetsegee Munkhbayar and four other members of the “Fire Nation” group to 21-and-a-half years in prison each for “acts of terrorism.” He
The Mongolia Investment Summit 2014 is set to be held in London between 29th April and 2nd May 2014. Attendees of the summit are expected to include institutional and private investors in mining, energy, infrastructure and real estate; consultants and
The ASBC Asian Youth Boxing Championships began in Bangkok, Thailand on January 25th. Mongolian boxing athletes have gone to Thailand to compete in the ASBC Asian Youth Boxing Championships lead by team leader, 2008 Olympics silver medalist, P.Serdamba, team coach
Public transport bus services increased their fares from 400 MNT to 500 MNT last week. Now the cheapest public transport service, the trolley bus service, has also increased its fares to 400 MNT. “Electric Transport” LLC increased its trolley bus
During Friday`s session meeting, parliament revised finally the Minerals law to make amendments and passed it with 53.3 percent approvals by MPs. According to a revision of the Minerals law, the gold mining tax is reduced from 10 percent to
The 6th International Geological Forum “MONGOLIA MINERAL EXPLORATION ROUND UP 2014” will be held at the Russian Center of Science and Culture (RCSC) in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on March 20-22. The 6th International Geological Forum “MONGOLIA MINERAL EXPLORATION ROUND UP 2014”
On 27 January, the Foreign Minister of Mongolia Luvsanvandan Bold will make an official visit to Latvia and meet with the President of Latvia Andris Berzins, the Speaker of the Saeima (parliament) Solvita Aboltina and Foreign Minister of Latvia Edgar
On Monday the National Human Rights Commission of Mongolia delivered a recommendation to the Federation of Mongolian Horse Racing Sports and Trainers that suggests disallowing children from participating in horse racing competitions for the traditional holiday Tsagaan Sar. The recommendation
The three-day World Economic Forum has come to a close. Mongolia participates actively at the World Economic Forum where global political and business leaders and decision makers of public organizations meet at the beginning of each year. Parties discuss future
Attempts to use counterfeit bills of Mongolian currency in transactions have been reported lately around Mongolia`s traditional holiday Tsagaan sar. It has been revealed that a transaction was recently made with a large amount of counterfeit notes with value of
