The Civil Will-Green Party (CW-GP) issued a note on Wednesday saying the party supports teachers who have been on strike since December 12.The note says the Government recommended that teachers’ salaries triple between 2008 and 2012, but so far their

Government officials and the Swiss Agency for Development on Wednesday signed a memorandum of cooperation to improve governance. The document was signed by Chief of the President’s Office D.Battulga, Deputy Chief of the Cabinet Secretariat D.Nyamjav, State Secretary of the

The Standing Committee on Justice discussed proposed amendments to the Criminal Law on Wednesday. Committee members sent the matter to Parliament for further discussion.Amendments submitted by a group of MPs headed by Z.Enkhbold would make it a crime to vote

D.Battulga, the head of the President’s Office, updated journalists on the office’s work on Wednesday. He reminded journalists that President Ts.Elbegdorj appealed for the “Together for Mongolia without Alcohol” program when he took part in the Burte Chono awards ceremony

In connection with the 100th anniversary of the founding of Mongolia’s diplomatic service on December 29, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is holding a conference examining the history of the service on December 15. The conference is called

An exhibit celebrating the centennial of the National Freedom Revolution opened at the National Museum on Tuesday. The National Museum, the Archive General Office, and the National Committee for Observing the National Freedom Revolution’s Centennial jointly organized the exhibit.More than

The Standing Committee on Nature, Environment and Agriculture discussed a draft law on food on Wednesday. Committee members approved further discussion. But some members were critical of the draft law. E.Bat-Uul said it contains no provision for a food reserve

A meeting about increasing Mongolia’s meat exports was held at the Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Tuesday. Researchers and meat processors took part and discussed the problems facing Mongolia’s meat exporters. Several reports were read at the

On Tuesday, the Standing Committee on Security and Foreign Policy discussed establishing diplomatic relations with Malawi, South Sudan, and Samoa.Members of the committee approved further discussion and decided to submit the issue to the Government. S.Oyun noted that in the

Mayor G.Munkhbayar received the American lawyer Jonathan Greenberg on Tuesday. Greenburg is a Lecturer in Law at Stanford University Law School in California, as well as counsel to the international law firm Heenan Blaikie. Greenberg specializes in the assessment and