Mongolia assumed the Presidency of the Community
of Democracies on July 1 as Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius
Ažubalis
presented the CoD flag to President Ts. Elbegdorj at its
Ministerial Conference. The Minister said that during its two-year Presidency,
Lithuania had done its best

Premier S.Batbold received the Deputy Minister for
Foreign Affairs of Japan, Koro Bessho, on June 30. Bessho was in Mongolia to take
part in the ninth bilateral policy consultative meeting. Batbold
offered his condolence for the tsunami and earthquake deaths in March, 2011

Representatives of 30 NGOs and civil movement groups, as
well as members of the families of those who died in the July 1 incidents, attended
a press conference called by the civil movement “Homeland, fairness and
independence” on the anniversary of the violence.

Among

The Development
Aid and Cooperation Office of the European Commission has given  Mongolia 2.5 million euro to implement a
3-year project together with Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
and Uzbekistan. The project will cover the following issues related to uranium
exploitation in Central Asia:
-Formulation
of parameters

Khusugtun band of the National Song and Dance Ensemble will
produce a performance of “throat song” at the Cultural Palace of Confederation
of Trade Unions on July 9. Shuren LLC is sponsoring the performance.

Features of Mongolian nomadic life will be
displayed during

The head of the NGO Citizens’ Fair Court, Kh.Bat-Yalalt,
has announced he will defend members of the Managing Council of Gal Undesten Union
who have been detained in prison on charges of using firearms, causing damage to
others’ property, and organizing demonstration without

MP E.Bat-Uul called a press conference yesterday to
demand the resignation of S.Batbold as Prime Minister. Bat-Uul explained that
certain actions of the Managing Council of the MPP have gone against decisions
of Parliament which is the supreme authority of the state. Batbold

The head of the DP group in Parliament, Ch.Saikhanbileg,
has announced his group’s support to the MPP group’s suggestion to hold a
national referendum on the draft election law. The referendum is planned to be
held on the last Sunday of September, so

A census of the unemployed in Ulaanbaatar was jointly conducted
by The Ministry of Social Welfare and Labor and the Administration Office of
Ulaanbaatar between June 10 and 25. It found 38,636 citizens are unemployed,
55.2% of whom are women. Of the total

Advocates met yesterday in the Civil Chamber to discuss a
draft law on lawyers prepared in line with the judicial reform plans initiated
by President Ts.Elbegdorj. MP Kh.Temuujin opened the discussion and explained
the overall goals of the draft and explained its salient