The Dornod Region Energy
System has been a reliable source of electricity in the eastern region for 40
years but its 36-mw capacity will not be enough to meet the growing demand that
the expansion in mining will generate. The state-owned organization is

The Women’s Leadership
Foundation has recently included new goals in its program, aiming to achieve
wider empowerment of women as next year’s election comes closer. The organization
feels that having more women in positions of leadership would have a positive
impact on society, the

The Foreign Citizens’
Affairs Office recently checked the papers of 2,405 foreigners, most of them
Chinese, employed at 61 construction sites and ferrous metals factories. Altogether
106 Chinese were deported, 71 for working without permission and 35 whose visa
had expired.

Another 35 Chinese were

Lack of money is holding up
work on the 1100-km railway in the gobi region. The Ministry of Road,
Construction and Urban Development says the project will need between USD2
billion and USD3 billion in four years of construction. The state-owned
Mongolian Railway has

Political researcher and
Director of Sant Maral Research Center L.Sumati has told the Uls Turiin Toim
newspaper that the DP stands to gain from adoption of a proportional system of
election to Parliament, as its MPs have not sufficiently nurtured their
electoral districts. He

Approximately 220 members of
the Mongolian Armed Forces (MAF) are joining 100 U.S. and 180 international
military representatives in exercise Khaan Quest 2011, from July 25 to August
25.  The Exercise is a multinational peace support operations training
with the goal of increasing peace

A court today heard the case
against two doctors at the Maternity Scientific Research Center who are accused
of professional negligence. They performed surgery on a three-month-old girl
child in 2008 who then died. The family complained that proper post-operative
care had not been

The Chief of the Foreign
Investment and Foreign Trade Agency (FIFTA), B.Ganzorig, has said around 130 leading
businessmen from India and Mongolia took part in a business forum last week. Representatives
of 30 Indian business organizations came to Mongolia with the country’s President
and

The Governor of Uvs aimag,
E.Tsaschikher, and the Prime Minister of Tuva, Sholban Kara-ool signed an
agreement in Ulaangom during celebration of the anniversary of the Mongolian
aimag. The agreement covers cooperation in trade, economy, science, technology,
and culture.

Uvs province and the
Republic of

Mongolian Ambassador to
India V.Enkhbold has said last week’s state visit of the Indian President, Mrs.
Pratibha Devinsingh Patil, took bilateral relations to a new stage. The two
countries have convergence of opinion on many important issues and the
agreements signed during her visit