The National Statistics Committee
said on July 10 that the consumer price index rose 0.4% in June over May. Core
inflation stood at 9.8%.

The state budget has a surplus
but unemployment has increased not only in Ulaanbaatar but also in the
provinces. Foreign

The New Construction program passed by Parliament in 2010 calls for
motor roads to connect Ulaanbaatar with all aimag centers. This year’s budget has
allocated MNT6.4 billion for construction of such roads.

The Auto Road Office recently arranged for representatives of 21

The SME program of the Government has been making good progress in Khovd
aimag. Altogether MNT216 million has been lent to individuals and organizations
in the last two years and a number of new manufacturing units have come up.
More than 150 units 

The State Specialized Inspecting Agency has checked conditions in 61
petroleum and inflammable gas storage facilities, and 636 petrol stations in
Ulaanbaatar and all 21 aimags. It has found that 72 of these did not have
permission from any proper authority. Many fuel

The Foreign Minister of North Korea, Park Ui-chun,
is officially visiting Mongolia between July 17 and 20. Foreign Minister G.Zandanshatar
visited North Korea in 2010. Apart from holding talks with officials in the
Foreign Ministry, Park will call on Prime Minister S. Batbold.

Welfare Service Department Chief at
the Ministry of Social Welfare and Labor D. Choijilsuren has said that the
Motherland Allowance will from now on be distributed through the Savings Bank.
All related data held by Khan Bank, which was responsible for the work

The Ministry of Food, Agriculture
and Light Industry says this year’s sowing covered 343,300 hectares. Grains
account for 300,900 hectares of this, potato for 14,600, and vegetables for
7,200.

Another 280,000 hectares has been
prepared for next year’s sowing. The weather so far has

The Chinggis Khaan statue in
Tsonjin boldog in Erdene soum of Tuv aimag would soon have figures of 10,000 cavalry
troops on its right, and the rest of the 140-hectare area will have figures of
women and children representing the 13th century. The

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The United Arab Emirates
(UAE) has begun constructing a village in Mongolia that will provide houses,
schools and healthcare facilities to Mongolian Muslims, says a report from Abu
Dhabi. The “Village”
is a humanitarian project by the Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Charitable and
Humanitarian