About 300 disgruntled teachers were hoping to meet with Finance Minister S.Bayartsogt, Social Welfare and Labor Minister T.Gandi, and Education, Culture and Science Minister Yo.Otgonbayar on Thursday, but the ministers never showed up. In September, the government and unions agreed

The Finance and Treasury Department of the Mayor’s Office held its fifth conference for financial, accounting, and economics professionals at the Culture Palace on Thursday.About 1,000 people took part, discussing accounting, statistical, and budgetary issues, as well as the developing

On Thursday, Parliament discussed the president’s nominations for various ambassadorships. MPs approved the appointment of S.Khurelbaatar as Mongolia’s ambassador to Japan (replacing R.Jigjid), S.Bayaraa to India (replacing V.Ganbold), T.Janabasar to Laos (replacing T.Batbaatar), B.Delgermaa to Singapore (replacing P.Gansukh), and O.Davaasambuu

The DP’s Democratic Youth Union (DYU) recently held one of its “Young Mongol Citizen 2020” forums in Dornod aimag. It was attended by 200 young people from Dornod, Sukhbaatar, and Khentii aimags. Taking part in the forum were members of

Parliament passed the 2012 state budget on Wednesday, barely beating a December 1 deadline.The budget projects revenues of MNT 4.63 trillion and expenditures of MNT 4.86 trillion.According to the budget, the President’s Office will be responsible for collecting MNT 20

Some 10,000 teachers from 108 secondary schools in the capital and local settlements went on a one-day strike on Wednesday, demanding salary increases beginning in January. Currently, the teachers aren’t scheduled to get raises until March.The strike follows a one-day

The Mongolian government and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have reached an agreement on financing the building of roads in the west region of the country.Finance Minister S.Bayartsogt and ADB Permanent Representative Robert Goelhammer were scheduled to sign the agreement

Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. remains confident power from China for its massive Oyutolgoi copper and gold mine in neighboring Mongolia will be delivered on schedule, the company”s chief executive said Thursday. The mine needs a power supply by the third quarter

The South Korean manufacturer Synopex announced on Wednesday that it has reached an agreement with Mongolia’s National Water Committee to supply portable drinking-water systems. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) is also collaborating

The Australian mining company Aspire says it has signed an agreement with Noble Group Limited to develop the Ovoot coking coal project in northern Mongolia. Noble, which currently owns more than eight percent of Aspire, is one of the world”s