The MPP managing council met behind closed doors in the Government House on Thursday to discuss naming a new party secretary general.Current MPP Secretary General U.Khurelsukh has been nominated to fill the vacant post of first deputy prime minister. That

President Ts.Elbegdorj went to Umnugobi aimag on Thursday to inspect progress at the Tavantolgoi and Oyutolgoi mining projects. The president’s team visited Tavantolgoi LLC and Erdenes Tavantolgoi LLC, which has mined coal at Tavantolgoi since last August. Mineral Resources and

The State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet will perform the Tchaikovsky ballet Sleeping Beauty on January 22. The ballet, which has a prologue and three acts, was first performed in Mongolia in 1990.The Tuguldur Fund, which was founded by

MPRP Secretary General N.Udval and other party members delivered a note to Speaker D.Demberel at the Government House on Thursday demanding the resignation of all members of Parliament.N.Udval told our correspondent that the MPRP is demanding the mass resignation because

Mongolia formally established diplomatic relations with Panama on January 17.The joint statement on relations was signed in New York by O.Enkhtsetseg, Mongolia’s permanent representative to the United Nations, and her counterpart from Panama.The two sides have agreed to develop bilateral

On Wednesday, President Ts.Elbegdorj received S.Khurelbaatar, Mongolia’s new ambassador to Japan, and presented him with the credentials he will present to Japan’s emperor.Ts.Elbegdorj stated that Japan is a significant partner of Mongolia, one that “helped us during the transfer period

Parliament on Thursday passed draft laws on preventing conflicts of interests in state agencies, on anticorruption, and on state services. Amendments to the Criminal Law were also ratified. Speaker D.Demberel said the laws are very crucial because Parliament discussed the

The civil movement Promise Claiming People’s Union says it will take part in Friday’s demonstration against rising gasoline prices. The demonstration is being organized by the Confederation of Trade Unions (CTU). Officials from the movement announced their support for the

Students and teachers from the National University of Mongolia’s Economic and Finance Department held a press conference on Wednesday to urge students to refuse their monthly MNT 70,000 allowance from the state.They said the allowance, along with the monthly MNT

Deputy Speaker G.Batkhuu received Japan’s ambassador to Mongolia, T.Shimizu, on Wednesday. T.Shimizu thanked G.Batkhuu for receiving him and noted that Mongolia’s per capita GDP is expected to reach about USD 10,000 by the year 2018. He also expressed his satisfaction