While attending the fourth annual forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations in Doha, President Ts.Elbegdorj met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday. The two officials acknowledged the 50th anniversary of Mongolia’s membership in the United Nations.They

MP Kh.Temuujin will hold a press conference on Tuesday to release what he says are secret documents pertaining to the events of July 1, 2008. On Monday, Kh.Temuujin said he had obtained a policeman’s diary, in which the policeman wrote

MP D.Baldan-Ochir of the MPP recently answered our correspondent’s questions about current political issues in Mongolia.  Q: Can a draft election law be passed this month? A: The MPP caucus has submitted its suggestions to Parliament. Working groups of the

The Food, Trade and Service Department of the Mayor’s Office is making preparations for this winter’s meat reserve.The state has decided to reserve 12,000 tons of meat this winter. Twenty-two companies registered with the Mongolian Meat Union have been awarded

Sixteen Mongolian judo wrestlers (ten men and six women) competed at the Tokyo Grand Slam from December 9 to 11. About 400 athletes from 62 countries took part in the tournament. Kh.Tsagaanbaatar won a bronze medal in the men’s 66

M.Choisuren, the Water Office’s water monitoring specialist, recently spoke about water issues affecting the South Gobi region.He said the steppe and Gobi regions contain about 70 percent of Mongolia’s land, but only about 100 mm of precipitation falls in this

After a meeting of the DP caucus on Monday, caucus chairman Ch.Saikhanbileg told journalists that the caucus hopes the draft election law will be passed this week. The DP and MPP caucuses have reached agreements on several disputed items in

Defense Minister L.Bold visited the Czech Republic on December 9 to meet with his Czech counterpart, A. Vondra. The ministers exchanged opinions on cooperation in the defense sector and agreed to cooperate in the areas of security, defense policy, peacekeeping

D.Erdenebileg, a World Draughts Federation grandmaster, is taking part in the SportAccord World Mind Games, an international tournament in Beijing. Some of the world’s best game players are competing in five categories at the tournament: chess, draughts (also known as

The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and Oyutolgoi LLC held a meeting on December 10 to announce the results of a memorandum of cooperation the two sides signed more than a year ago.Ch.Ganbold of the Oyutolgoi Representative Managing Council