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

The Privileges Sub Committee of Parliament could not discuss yesterday the complaint of MP S.Erdene against First Deputy Prime Minister N.Altankhuyag as the latter was not present. Erdene, a Democratic Party MP, had complained that Altankhuyag, who is also head

A U.S. Congressional team now on a visit to Mongolia as part of the “Partners in Democracy” program visited Bayanzurkh district yesterday and met with managing officials and citizens there. They asked citizens what they felt about the work of

The Standing Committee on the Budget yesterday discussed draft outlines of economic and social development in 2012. D.Zorigt criticized the allotment of only MNT15 billion to construct new roads in the capital city, when MNT123 billion was to be spent

The State Supreme Court yesterday refused to allow the Green Party to disband itself following its merger with the Civil Will. Its leader, MP D.Enkhbat, had asked the court to annul its certificate of registration as it has ceased to

During his visit to Hong Kong, Prime Minister S.Batbold was interviewed by journalists from Dow Jones, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and Fortune, who all asked about the Mongolian economy, especially the mining sector and the selection of