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

The MPRP recently established a Women’s Union, and members have announced the results of their first assembly.The Women’s Union was organized on December 11, with 580 women from the capital and local settlements taking part in the assembly. At the

The Temporary Committee of the Teachers’ Strike held a press conference at the headquarters of the Confederation of Trade Unions on Tuesday. Officials said 11,570 teachers from 93 secondary schools and 74 kindergartens have joined the strike that began December

On Tuesday, the Standing Committee on State Structure discussed a draft election law after the MPP and DP caucuses reached an agreement on the proposal. The committee decided to submit the draft law to Parliament. Members of the committee decided

MP Kh.Temuujin held a press conference on Tuesday to discuss the events of July 1, 2008, when police opened fire on demonstrators in Ulaanbaatar. Altogether six people were killed in the violence that day.Kh.Temuujin mentioned a parliamentary protocol that would

DP caucus chairman Ch.Saikhanbileg told our correspondent that the DP and MPP caucuses are close to an agreement on a disputed issue of the draft election law. He said he hoped the draft election law will be passed soon. The

On Tuesday, Ulaanbaatar city officials received the first bus designed by Mongolian engineers.  The JT 1BV bus was manufactured by Erdu LLC and Mongolian Electric Transportation. After two days of testing, it will be licensed for public transportation.The bus has

While attending the fourth annual forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations in Doha, President Ts.Elbegdorj met with Austrian President Heinz Fischer.The two presidents exchanged opinions on bilateral relations. Ts.Elbegdorj thanked Austria for supporting Mongolia’s efforts to strengthen democracy.

Speaker D.Demberel is visiting Japan at the invitation of the Speaker of Japan’s House of Councilors. He visited the cities of Kyoto and Hiroshima and met with the speaker, K.Hirata, on Monday. K.Hirata thanked the Mongolian people for their assistance