The Mongolian team finished fifth
at the Moscow Grand Slam of the International Judo Federation that saw 459
wrestlers from 63 countries competing for honors on May 28 and 29. M.Bundmaa
(52 kg) won a gold medal, thus repeating her feat in the

Three wagons, each with 180 tons
of diesel, arrived from Russia today. Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy
D.Zorigt is visiting China to seek diesel and the Deputy Minister is in talks
with Russian officials to get more diesel from there.

The Government

Inner Mongolians in Mongolia demonstrated before the Chinese
Embassy on Sunday to protest against the Chinese Government’s actions following
the death earlier this month of an ethnic Mongolian herder, who was killed when
he was struck by a coal truck. The government has

MPs D.Damba-Ochir, D.Odkhuu and
D.Khayankhyarvaa have submitted a draft amendment to the Constitution to
Speaker D.Demberel, seeking renewal of the status of a city for Erdenet and
Darkhan. The three MPs, who were elected from electoral districts covering
these two places, have said local

Minister for Road, Transportation
and Urban Development, Kh.Battulga, told Parliament on Friday that 5
laboratories would be built in Ulaanbaatar and aimag centers at a cost of
MNT213 million to test the quality of building material. Agreements have been
concluded with companies that will

Microsoft Corporation CEO, Steve Ballmer, will actively
consider some general proposals for cooperation made by Prime Minister
S.Batbold in a letter to him. L.Bat-Olzii, an IT expert at the company who is
now in Mongolia to attend the state-level conference of the Information

The questions MP S.Byambatsogt asked Prime Minister
S.Batbold on implementation of the New Creation program were answered in
Parliament by Minister for Road, Transportation and Urban Development
Kh.Battulga on May 27. MPs were told 75,000 apartments would be built in
Denjiin Myanga, Yarmag, Buyant

The fourth meeting of the national committee to reduce air
pollution in the capital was held on Thursday, with the Chief of the Office of
the President, D.Battulga, in the chair. It discussed the establishment of restricted
zones, electricity supply to 6,000 households

The Judge General of
Ulaanbaatar Court, B.Sarantuya, sent on Friday to the Office of the President
and to the Speaker explanatory notes on her rejection of the appeals of Anti
Corruption Authority officials against their conviction by a primary court. She
asserted that evidence

Tourism professionals
from abroad gave tips to local participants at Balanced Tourism – 2011, a
seminar organized on Thursday by the Ministry of Nature, Environment and
Tourism. Among the examples covered were how to build a tourism complex, and
how to develop tourism orientation