Anti Corruption Authority (ACA) investigators arrested J.Bayanmunkh, the governor of Gobisumber aimag, on January 20. J.Bayanmunkh was arrested at his office and was transported to Ulaanbaatar. He is being held in a detention unit of the Court Decision Enforcement General

Ulaanbaatar Mayor G.Munkhbayar, Deputy Mayor B.Munkhbaatar, and other officials introduced a plan for road construction and repair on Saturday. The officials studied road construction and repair projects in the Biokombinat, Yarmag, Zuragt, and Denjiin 1,000 areas, where roads have been

On Sunday, President Ts.Elbegdorj met with residents of Tsogttsetsii soum in Umnugobi aimag, after his visits to the Tavantolgoi and Oyutolgoi mining projects. The president told residents that independence and national security are the key interests of any nation, and

Demonstrators at Sukhbaatar Square on January 20 delivered a note of demands to the Government. Representatives of the demonstrators, headed by Confederation of Trade Unions (CTU) President S.Ganbaatar, delivered the note to N.Darinchuluun the head of the Cabinet Secretariat’s Monitoring

After three years and four months, Mongolia’s coalition government officially disbanded on Friday. Parliament formally dismissed the six DP ministers who had tendered their resignations upon the DP’s withdrawal from the coalition. MPP MPs were critical of the DP’s decision,

Prime Minister S.Batbold issued an order replacing the six outgoing DP ministers in accordance with a protocol of Parliament on January 20, 2012, and a provision of the law on government. The order states that Deputy Prime Minister M.Enkhbold will

On January 20, Parliament formally dismissed the six DP ministers who had tendered their resignations upon the DP’s withdrawal from the coalition government. First Deputy Prime Minister N.Altankhuyag was dismissed by a vote of 36 out of 42 MPs; Finance

State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet oboist G.Dolgorsuren will perform a concert at the theatre on February 3. G.Dolgorsuren is a graduate of the Music and Dance College and Conservatory of Luebeck, Germany. She will perform music by Mozart,

The Auto Transportation Office began to levy fees on vehicle owners on January 1.Ulaanbaatar Manager General Ch.Bat told our reporter that MNT 12.5 billion will be raised in the capital, with some 200,000 owners of vehicles paying the fee.The money

President Ts.Elbegdorj has decreed the establishment of a “Fund for the Support of Mongol Studies.” He noted at the 10th International Mongolic Scholars meeting in Ulaanbaatar that the Government should pay attention to Mongol studies because the number of Mongolic