Deputy Speaker G.Batkhuu says no decision has yet been taken on holding a special session of Parliament to discuss the Tavantolgoi issue. He agreed that it is an important matter and MPs should debate it without any time constraint, because

D.Otgondalai (56 kg), U.Munkh-Erdene (64 kg), and T.Chuluuntumur (75 kg) are competing for gold medals at the Asian Cup of Boxing in Incheon, South Korea today. Another of the eight Mongolian boxers in the tournament, B.Tuvshinbat (69 kg), has already

Fuel
shortage still plagues the countryside. Petroleum companies try to avoid the
high transportation costs to distant provinces and are quite happy with their
increasing sales in Ulaanbaatar. The result has been that petroleum stations in
Arkhangai, Gobi-Altai and Selenge aimags still limit single

A
vocalist at the State Opera and Ballet Theatre, E.Amartuvshin, will take part
in the International Competition of Queen Sonya in Oslo between August 16 and
26. He had earlier won a silver medal at the International Tchaikovski
Competition. In Oslo, there will be

Military
doctors, nurses and medics from five countries came together to deliver general
healthcare, optometry and dental services to a small suburb of Ulaanbaatar from
August 6-9, while participating in Khaan Quest 2011, a U.S. Marine led exercise
designed to strengthen the interoperability of

Speaker D.Demberel is working in Khuvsgul aimag and will go to Bulgan aimag from there. He plans to study the progress of agriculture in both aimags and meet with local residents. He is accompanied by his advisor D.Batmunkh, the Chief

The Monitoring and Ethics Committee of the MPRP today called a press conference to deny reports in the media that the Deputy Chief of the party, Ts.Shinebayar, has resigned following differences with the party Chief, N.Enkhbayar. They said Shinebayar has

Veterinarians in Erdenetsagaan soum of Sukhbaatar aimag are yet to give a final opinion on the cause of death of 16 gazelles. The Border Protection Unit reported the deaths to the Emergency Department of the aimag on August 6. No

Fuel prices have been ultimately reduced, with petroleum importers charging less at retail outlets, as recommended by the Mineral Resources and Petroleum Authority. The recommendations also contained a threat of license cancellation if unreasonably prices were not brought down. This

There has been no progress in the Government’s 100,000 Apartments project, meant to develop ger districts and to give the chance to low- and middle-income citizens to own apartments of their own. The lack of progress can be traced to