The Mongolian football
team has left for Irkutsk for 10 days’ training under a French coach, along
with national coach Erdenebat and manager Enkhbayar. This is in preparation for
their match against Myanmar on June 29 in the Asian region preliminary rounds
for the

Eight writers from France will be attending today’s
inauguration in Ulaanbaatar of “Days of Culture – France and Mongolia” before
leaving for the scenic area of Bat-Ulzii soum of Uvurkhangai aimag to interact
with Mongolian writers between June 21 and 25. It is

Honored lawyer B.Chimid, who played a major role in
framing the country’s Constitution, was among the participants at a meeting in
Government House on Thursday on the development of Mongolian legislation.
Speaking on problems facing the Constitution, he said since 1995 the
Constitution Court

A specialist at the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and
Light Industry, G.Odonkhuu, has said sowing of grain and potato has ended,
while agriculture workers have been advised to finish sowing of vegetables by
June 20, as the weather is likely to worsen after

Executive Director of the state-owned Mongol Post, G.Chinzorig, Head of the
Union of Mongolian Newspapers R.Khadbaatar, and Head of the Union of Daily
Newspapers B.Temuulen today signed a memorandum of understanding to improve
postal services to help more people access information.  The memorandum

A meeting of the Executive Council of the Union of Asian Alpine
Associations will be held in Olympic House on June 18, with 20 delegates from
10 countries taking part. Mongolian mountaineers will climb the highest peaks
of Mongolia between June 18 and

Heavy rain on June 15 washed away 103 gers and 50 cars in Bayanzurkh and
Songinokhairkhan districts, and also fences. The extent of damage has not been computed
yet. Rescue teams were busy saving people caught in the flood and pulling back
cars.

The Government has allocated MNT486 million to pay compensation to 1,700
disabled miners. The money should be distributed before Naadam.
The miners were rendered incapable of further work either because of some
occupational disease or following an accident. They worked in 16

Mongolia opened its first official
U.S. consulate on Tuesday in San Francisco and that was not just to help out
the local Mongolian population (approximately 3,000, mostly in the East Bay),
or to help with various cultural exchanges. “We”re interested in business
partnerships,” said

Prime Minister S.Batbold and
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao signed a strategic partnership deal in Beijing on Thursday
while Beijing agreed to provide a USD500-million loan to Mongolia. They signed
the partnership agreement and oversaw the signing of eight other deals on
economic and technology