A center to fight desertification in Mongolia has opened in Rahsaant soum in Bulgan aimag. Mongolia developed its first anti-desertification program in 1996, and updated it in 2003. The Government has spent MNT 3.5 billion on more than 240 projects

Ch. Saikhanbileg, a member of the Mongolian Parliament, has implemented a project to provide internet access in Ulaanbaatar’s ger districts. Currently every khoroo (or subdistrict) in the Baynzurkh district has free internet access in local government buildings. Over 30 fully-equipped

The Mongolian Tax Administration has introduced a new online system for delivering tax bills and providing other services. Under the new system, taxpayers can receive their bills electronically. It is hoped that the new system will enable more taxpayers to

Opponents of efforts to bury nuclear waste in Mongolia held another demonstration in Ulaanbaatar on Monday. Groups taking part in the demonstration at the Central Library included the Green Coalition, Freedom Observer Party, People’s Union to Require Promise, Gal Undesten

A road construction project in the Songino-Khairkhan district of Ulaanbaatar that was supposed to be completed last week has been delayed until Wednesday or Thursday, a transportation official tells our correspondent. The road, sometimes known as the “22nd Checkpoint,” was

Two truck drivers were killed in separate accidents near Khanbogd soum in Umnugovi aimag on August 19. That’s according to a report issued by Lieutenant Battogtokh, the chief of the local police station. One of the drivers was Mongolian. The

Mongolian chess grandmaster B. Munguntuul has won a silver medal at the 26th Summer Universiade, or World University Games, in Shenzhen, China. She won the medal by defeating Irina Vasilevich of Russia. Several other Mongolian women participated in the chess

Mongolia’s booming housing sector was the subject of a forum held last week in Ulaanbaatar. The three-day forum was organized by the Ministry of Roads, Transportation and Urban Development. Among those attending the event were Kh. Battulga, the minister of

The Mongolian government has started a MNT 300 billion bond issue to support small businesses and the nation’s wool and cashmere industries. Last week, MNT 26.7 billion of the bonds were sold on the Mongolian stock exchange. Under the terms

A high-ranking Chinese Communist Party official will visit Mongolia this week. Zhou Yongkang is the head of the party’s powerful Central Political and Legislative Committee, which oversees government legal policy and the legislative agenda. Officials say his visit will strengthen