Ulaanbaatar Prosecutors Office (UPO) says it is still investigating the incidents of July 1, 2008. The cases against police officials relating to death and injury resulting from demonstrators being fired upon that day have been reopened and are being reinvestigated

After the State Property Committee appointed B.Battogtokh head of the state biological plant in May 2011, he dismissed Ts.Ulziitogtokh, a technologist at the plant.B.Battogtokh claimed Ts.Ulziitogtokh was involved in the production of counterfeit vaccines and asked police to look into

A national program to abolish the worst forms of child labor by 2016 was approved by the Government at its meeting on Wednesday. The Government has asked relevant ministers, aimag governors, and Ulaanbaatar’s mayor to allocate funding in their budgets

Parliament discussed the revised 2011 budget on Thursday and submitted it to the Standing Committee on the Budget. The standing committee discussed it for the third time. Speaker D.Demberel asked MPs to pass the revised budget during Friday’s session because

The Civil Chamber under the President and Education Television are jointly broadcasting a one-hour program called “I Am a Citizen” every week.This week’s program discussed the complaints of residents of Airag soum in Dornogobi aimag, who say a mineral processing

Mongolia has become the leading coking coal exporter to China. As of the end of August, Mongolia supplies China with 43 percent of its coking coal. Australia was the former leader in exporting coking coal to China, but its exports

At Wednesday’s meeting of the Government, members discussed a draft law on press freedom and approved it for further discussion in Parliament. The draft law has some provisions not covered by the current law on press freedom, including one that

Workers of the company Zes Erdeniin Khuvi LLC demonstrated outside the Erdenet factory on Wednesday to demand the resignation of Mongolian Director Ch.Ganzorig.Ch.Ganzorig’s term of office is ending soon, but the workers want him to resign immediately. The workers have

Prime Minister S.Batbold presented the Government’s 2012 budget proposal to Parliament on Wednesday. The budget projects revenues of MNT 6.4 trillion (35.4 percent of GDP) and expenditures of MNT 7.1 trillion (39.5 percent of GDP). The projected deficit is MNT

After meeting with the managing officials of Oxford University on Tuesday, President Ts.Elbegdorj gave a lecture at the Oxford Union. Oxford Union President Izzy Westbury thanked Ts.Elbegdorj for accepting his invitation to speak and said the president was the first