Officials in Ulaanbaatar say they are working on a plan to reduce electric rates by up to 50 percent for households that use electric heaters. This is part of a larger effort to reduce air pollution in the city. Already,

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is planning to visit Mongolia. Official sources confirm that the chancellor will come to Mongolia on October 12 at the invitation of Prime Minister S.Batbold.

The Ministry of Finance, which is marking the centennial of its finance and accounting office this year, will hold its fifth conference for finance and accounting organizations September 19 and 20 at the Government House. The conference is held every

Members of the DP have erected a statue of independence in Uyanga soum of Uvurkhangai aimag. The statue is 13 meters tall and honors the residents of Uyanga soum who have support the DP since its inception. At the beginning

Speaker D.Demberel and MP Su.Batbold visited Jargalant, Bornuur, and Batsumber soums of Tuv aimag over the weekend to inspect the harvests and meet with local farmers.They visited local factories and wheat and vegetable farms. Some farmers said they were unaware

The Standing Committee on Nature, Environment, Food and Agriculture got an update on a smoke-reduction program last Friday. The program is supposed to reduce smoke emissions in the city by 30 percent. As part of the program, 70,000 low-smoke stoves

Reuters is reporting that the Mongolian government plans to sell off a 49-percent stake in the state-owned Mongolian Railway Company. The shares will be offered in an IPO. No date had been set. Proceeds from the listing would help fund

According to a published report, the head of Rio Tinto in Mongolia is warning the Mongolian government not to make any changes in the Oyu Tolgoi investment agreement. The report appears on the website of the newspaper The Australian.A group

On September 9, the National Security Council (NSC) discussed the case of S.Zorig, an MP and Minister for Infrastructure who was brutally murdered in 1998. The case is still unsolved. Prosecutor General D.Dorligjav and other officials spoke about the case

Prime Minister S.Batbold arrived in Irkutsk on Monday to take part in the seventh Baikal Economic Forum. Irkutsk regional governor D.F.Mezentsev and his spouse welcomed the prime minister and his wife, Kh.Otgontuya, as well as Defense Minister L.Bold, former Prime