Managing officials and tenants of a building at the National Information Technology Park (NITP) say it is being turned into an Urguu cinema. They say there have been rumors of the change for about a year, and that some tenants

A conference on the environmental impact of closed mines was held August 31 to September 3 at the Erdenet factory. The event was organized by the State Specialized Inspection Agency and a German environmental organization.About 250 representatives of mining companies,

Representatives of Civil Movement are protesting Robert Friedland’s ownership of 33 mining licenses. Friedland is the CEO of Ivanhoe Mines, a Canadian mining company. Civil Movement says Friedland has held 28 of the licenses since February 28, 2002, and has

An international conference entitled “Competition and Corporate Responsibility” was held on Tuesday at the Ikh Tenger complex in Ulaanbaatar. The event was organized by a German NGO and other organizations.Chief of the President’s Office D.Battulga opened the conference. He said

A secondary school student has succeeded in his attempt to get Mongolian Prime Minister S.Batbold to sign a petition against storing nuclear waste in the country. The student, B.Bat-Orgil, started the petition in response to rumors that Mongolia is considering

The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) says it has confiscated counterfeit Louis Vuitton products from shops in Ulaanbaatar. The French retailer opened a boutique in the capital in 2010, but counterfeit LV products made in China and South Korea are still

A draft law on election rules failed to pass during the spring session of parliament because the MPP and the DP were unable to reach an agreement on the issue. That means MPs will have to take up the issue

The State Specialized Inspection Agency on Tuesday released the preliminary results of tests conducted on water taken from the Tuul River near the Songino Bridge, where many dead fish were recently found. Tests were also conducted in the dead fish.The

Prime Minister S.Batbold continued his tour of the countryside on Monday, visiting three soums in Selenge aimag and one in Tuv aimag. He also attended a town hall-style forum in Mandal soum, which has 30,000 residents. Many citizens asked that

MPs B.Bat-Erdene, Ts.Shinebayar, and S.Erdene requested the resignation of Mineral Resources and Energy Minister D.Zorigt at Monday’s meeting of the Standing Committee on Economics. The request cites the Ministry’s granting of a special license for exploitation of the Tavantolgoi mine