President
Ts.Elbegdorj was in St. Petersburg yesterday
and visited the Piskarevsky Memorial Cemetery and the Hermitage. At the museum what absorbed the interest of the President
and his team were items of historical craftsmanship from Mongolia, such as Buddhist
deities sculpted by Zanabazar and

D.Bold will present a
Mongolian pop performance in the Great Hall of Government House at 6 pm on June
4. The event will begin with the ritual of white felt that used to be part of
state ceremonies in the days of the

Each trip on a large bus now costs MNT100 more, a move leading to
resentment among middle- and low-income citizens who depend on public
transportation. The decision was taken yesterday by the bus owners’ union which
blamed accumulated losses, burden of debt repayment,

The Auditor General’s report on Government finances in 2010
was presented to Parliament yesterday. The state budget showed a surplus of MNT41.8
billion, with revenue reaching MNT3 trillion and 122.5 billion, and expenditure
totaling MNT3 trillion and 80.7 billion.

Higher copper prices
in the world

Horses are back on Sukhbaatar Square. Members of United Movements for
Rivers and Lakes and Gal Undesten Union requested on May 31 a meeting with
Prime Minister S.Batbold. His Senior Advisor, N.Dolgor, received the request
but when they received no reply even after

Parliament finally passed on Thursday the draft law on agriculture goods
and raw material exchange, with approval from 37 of the 41 members present. The
law comes into effect on January 1, 2012. Before that, the Government would
prepare rules and regulations and

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Under the amended law, mothers
with six or more children are now awarded Honored Mother Medal I, and those
with four or five children Honored Mother Medal II. Former MP B.Munkhtuya, who
initiated the draft law, greeted all honored mothers on May 31,

Ulaanbaatar Railway has canceled
18 trains to Bor-Undur, Zuunbayan, Shariin Gol and Nalaikh, and reduced the number
of wagons in other passenger and freight trains. This will save 60 tons of
diesel daily.

Three former Anod Bank officials
are back in jail just a day after being released on bail. The Chief of the
Representatives Managing Council, N.Enkhtur, and two of its members, N.Davaa
and E.Gur-Aranz, were released on bail on May 31, but the Ulaanbaatar
Prosecutors’