The program to provide food
for vulnerable and homeless people has been extended by a year and will now
continue until 2013. The Asian Development Bank financed the program while the
Government is responsible for implementation. The Ministry of Social Welfare
and Labor has

The President of the
International Criminal Court, Sang Hyun Song, was in Mongolia from July 27 to
30. He held talks with his host, Judge General of the State Supreme Court and
Chief of the General Courts Council, Ts.Zorig, on expansion of cooperation
between

Following orders issued by the Mayor on July
20, several organizations have been working to prevent the occurrence of marmot
plague in Ulaanbaatar. The program will continue until October 15.

Among those who are
participating in the program are the Police and the Traffic

B.Battsetseg has won
a bronze medal in the women’s 59-kg category at the World Youth Championship in
Bucharest where free style wrestlers from 55 countries are competing. She had
earlier won a gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games in 2010. Male wrestlers
will

According to a
decision of the Mayor’s Office, 100 ger district households were marked for
relocation from their present dwellings in the most flood-prone areas. The
Deputy Chief of Ulaanbaatar Emergency Office has told reporters that 20 of
these have been relocated in Khan-Uul

he Indian President, Mrs.
Pratibha Patil, who is in Ulaanbaatar on a three-day visit, has said her talks
with President Ts. Elbegdorj were held in a warm, friendly and cordial
atmosphere. “My visit seeks to strengthen our relationship, building upon the
momentum generated by

Mongolia”s state-owned
Erdenes Tavantolgoi LLC has signed its first-ever term contract to sell coal
from the giant Tavantolgoi coking coal deposits, possibly using the income to
fund costs of an initial public offering. Erdenes TT will supply up to 15
million metric tons of

Much of the road repair work is finished but
in some areas the greenery has gone and pavements damaged during the road
repair have not been restored. Both are the contractual responsibility of the
repair companies. The tender allotment provided for money on

A Russian team has recently begun a search
for remains of planes destroyed during the Khalkh Gol war against Japan in the
late 1930s. It is reported to have located the remains of one plane in the
Khalkh River and is making arrangements

Representatives
of Dashvaanjil LLC and Teplotsentral LLC told a press conference on Wednesday
about the advantages of the new eco-friendly heater for gers that they are
introducing after two years’ research. Dashvaanjil asked the Buriatia company
to work on it and it is now