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Ban place on milk powder products from New Zealand

The Ministry of Industry and Agriculture announced yesterday that any children’s products using milk powder from New Zealand were to undergo a risk assessment as soon as possible and these products on the Mongolian market should be recalled immediately. Fonterra,

World Judo Championship 2013

The World Judo Championship 2013 will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 26th August to 1st September. The World Judo Championships are the highest level of international Judo competitions. They are held annually by the International Judo Federation

MPP Party Conference discuss election defeat

The Mongolian People”s Party (MPP) Party Conference meeting concluded last night after a nine hour closed door discussion. The MPP Chairman U.Enkhtuvshin opened the meeting with a speech on the achievements and failures of the past year and on “realization

President’s Mother passed away

The 92 year old mother of Mongolia’s President Tsakhia Elbegdorj, Borjoo Khoninkhuu passed away on August 2nd at 11:22am due to illness.The obituary issed by the President’s Office said: “Borjoo Khoninkhuu raised eight children with husband Mongol Taskhia and was

Parliament approval not needed for Oyu Tolgoi financing

Rio Tinto does not need to seek Mongolian parliamentary approval for a $4 billion financing package to fund development of an underground mine at the Oyu Tolgoi copper project, Mongolia”s prime minister said.”Parliament has already made the decision and signed

Luxembourg and Mongolia negotiate on tax treaty

On July 30th it was announced that the foreign minister of  Luxembourg  and  the foreign minister of Mongolia  had agreed  to  negotiate on a  tax   treaty  on the avoidance of double taxation according to the  Luxembourg  Foreign Affairs Ministry.

Japan, Mongolia to accelerate efforts for Mongolian PM&#39s visit

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Mongolian Economic Development Minister Nyamjav Batbayar agreed on Thursday to accelerate efforts to arrange a visit to Japan by the Mongolian Prime Minister Norov Altankhuyag by the year-end, according to officials.At a meeting in

Annual Peace-keeping exercises start tomorrow

The “Khaan Quest-2013” international military exercises for peacekeeping operations will take place near Ulaanbaatar starting tomorrow on August 3rd and 4th.Tajikistan will be taking part in the multi-national peace-keeping exercises in Mongolia for the first time. Lt. Col. Tokhir Khairulloyev

Enkhbayar released on pardon from President

President Ts. Elbegdorj has signed a decree to pardon Nambaryn Enkhbayar, the form President, from his  jail sentence.The decree states:“Based on Part 8 of Provision 1 of Article 33 of the Constitution of Mongolia, Provision 2 of Article 15 of

MPP Party Conference due in August

The MPP Party Conference, previously scheduled for July 20th, was cancelled due to lack of attendance. It will now be held on August 5th. It had been unclear how long the meeting was to be postponed until Board Members of

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