Prosecutor General
D.Dorligjav yesterday sent a note to Speaker D.Demberel explaining why he had
decided against pursuing charges of tax evasion against Altan Dornod Mongol Director
S.V.Paushok. It says that the Ulaanbaatar Prosecutors Office decided on May 17,
2010 to withdraw from investigating the

President
Ts.Elbegdorj has discussed possibilities of student exchanges and more opportunities
for Mongolian students during his visit to Stanford University.  He was particularly interested in Mongolians
getting enrolled in mining, renewable energy, agriculture and environmental
studies courses. University President John Hennessy assured the president

The members of the
Standing Committee on Social Policy, Education, Culture and Science yesterday decided
to proceed with further discussion on the draft law submitted by President
Ts.Elbegdorj on financing students’ higher education through enhanced stipends
and social guarantees. Members felt granting every student

Deputy Speaker
G.Batkhuu and 16 other MPs including P.Altangerel, N.Batbayar and S.Byambatsogt
yesterday submitted a draft amendment to the law on the Human Development Fund.
They want the HDF allocation to herders, SME operators and the elderly to be
diverted toward repayment of their

Mongolia imports cigarettes from 30 countries including
Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Russia, South Korea and Singapore. Counterfeit cigarettes
can be imported through small border points where customs inspection work is lax
and uses out-dated systems.
Customs organizations annually gather MNT26.7 billion from alcohol and
cigarette excise

Judge General of the
State Supreme Court and Chief of the General Council of Courts, Ts.Zorig, returned
from South Korea on Tuesday after attending the 14th conference of senior judges
of Asian and Pacific nations. The meeting discussed how to improve courts’ performance,
and

The founder of the NGO, Citizens’ Fair Court, lawyer
Kh.Bat-Yalalt announced at a press conference on Tuesday that he was forming a new
political party. He invited people to take part in a discussion of the
party’s platform following its formal birth in Kempinski

Following an
agreement signed on Tuesday, 20-25 students of mining, after attending courses
in the Mongolian University of Science and Technology for two years, will go
for further studies at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. The cooperation
agreement between the Mongolian and the U.S.

Gal Undesten Union and United Movements for Rivers and Lakes yesterday met with representatives of Puraam and Centerra Gold and handed over a note containing several demands. Puraam said the company would stop exploitation activity after August 15 and start

Several participants at a meeting yesterday in the General Tax Office (GTO) referred to anomalies in the tax structure, specially criticizing the state of affairs that sees citizens with high income paying less tax than low-income groups. For example, wholesale