The Ministry of Road,
Transportation and Urban Development of Mongolia and the Ministry of
Infrastructure of Japan have recently concluded a memorandum of cooperation in Tokyo,
following a visit by a Mongolian team led by Minister Kh.Battulga. According to
the Japanese Ministry of Infrastructure,

London will have a statue of
Chinggis Khaan in January, 2012. Dashi Namdakov, Master of Modern Fine Arts of
Buriatia, has been commissioned by Halcyon Gallery of Great Britain, for the
work, and he is now busy supervising the bronze cast.

Mongolian Mining Corporation
concluded agreements on July 22 with NIK LLC and Uniservice Solution LLC for
fuel and food supply. NIK will supply fuel to offices of MMC in Ulaanbaatar,
Ukhaakhudag mine, deposit mine of Baruun Naran and Tsagaan Khad up to the

Italian legendary football player
Franko Baresi arrived in Mongolia on an invitation of Mayor G.Munkhbayar on
July 24. Deputy Mayor A. Baatarzorig received him and his manager Marco in
Khangarid Palace.

Baresi will spend four days in
Ulaanbaatar teaching football to children. Some formal

The Chief of the Technical
Department of Agriculture Policy of the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light
Industry has said that sowing in the central and western regions has been
satisfactory and successful. Wheat is being grown in 42,700 more hectares than
last year.

The Chinggis Khaan Management Union (CKMU) and the Institute
of International Studies jointly organized on Monday the second national
symposium on “The life and culture of Mongolians in Khunnu and Chinggis Khaan’s
Great Mongol states”, their living, culture and mind” in Government House.

MNT160 million has been allocated
from the Ulaanbaatar city budget to give a bronze cover to the statue of
Kh.Choibalsan in front of the University of Mongolia, to put it on a stone pedestal,
and to plant greenery around it. The statue was

The
items on the agenda for discussion in the Autumn session of Parliament
beginning on October 4, as revealed by Speaker D.Demberel today, include the
following drafts:

1.    – Budget for 2012;

2.    – Budget of the Human Development Fund for
2012;

3.    – Budget of the

Despite official reassurance that
there is enough fuel in stock, consumers in Arkhangai, Selenge and Khuvsgul
aimags see several signs of shortage. Admitting this, Deputy Governor of
Arkhangai aimag G.Chuluunbaatar told the Uls Turiin Toim newspaper that
customers at petrol stations were not being

The
5.9-meter-tall Morin Khuur made by Ch.Enkh-Otgon and his son before the Naadam
celebration will be on display in Ulaanbaatar in August. It took them nine
months and needs four people to lift it. However, it cannot be used to produce
music.

Enkh-Otgon
made a 3-meter-tall