Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) plenum started yesterday at
Independent Palace. The plenum continued till midnight. As informed before the
plenum discussing hot issue such as nomination of new chairman and secretary
general of party. U.Enkhtuvshin elected as new chairman of MPP by 89

On July 23, President Elbegdorj
received Taleb D. Rifai the Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization
(UNWTO).
“Mongolia is one of the important members of the UNWTO. There are huge
opportunities in tourism. Mongolia is a unique country which has the pristine
nature, ancient

Zandaakhuu Enkhbold, MP of Democratic Party (DP) elected as
Speaker of Parliament of Mongolia.  46
years old Zandaakhuu Enkhbold approved by 95 per cent of vote 42 attended MPs. MPs
elected from Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) have not attended the session. MPPs
group demand

IT WAS near midnight, high in the Tost Mountains of the wild South Gobi
region, Mongolia.

Australian vet Carol Esson was barely conscious of the cold, for in her
hands was a snow leopard.

“”Really,”” she thought to herself, “”How much better

Aspire
Mining 9ASX: AKM) has appointed experienced project manager James Benson to
oversee the Ovoot Coking Coal Project in Mongolia through construction of the
mine infrastructure as well as management of the Erdenet to Moron Rail line.
   
Benson, who
will become the project director,

Korea will open 14 more
government-funded institutes offering Korean language courses in the second
half of this year, the culture ministry said Monday in a bid to
make them
overseas bases for increasing the world”s awareness of Korean culture.

The rising
popularity of Korean pop music

Ozeki Harumafuji won the first final-day showdown between an unbeaten ozeki
and yokozuna–and the first duel of unbeaten wrestlers on the final day in 29
years–by pushing Mongolian compatriot Hakuho out of the ring at the Nagoya
Grand Sumo Tournament on July 22.

The

Eastern Energy Co. increased
electricity exports to Mongolia by 89 percent year on year
to 166 million kilowatt-hours in the first half of 2012,
the exporter said in a statement.

The company is a wholly owned
subsidiary of state electricity holding Inter RAO and is
the operator for electricity exports in the Far East.

Eastern Energy said its contracts
with Mongolian partners

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has signed the law on the ratification
of the agreement between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and Mongolian
government on the prevention of the emergencies and dealing with their
consequences.

The agreement was signed in Kyiv on June

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Netherlands
Development Finance Company agreed an $85 million loan for Mongolia’s first
wind farm.

The 50-megawatt Salkhit wind farm will be built southeast of the Mongolian
capital Ulaanbaatar and it’s expected to start working