The Office of the President and
the Standing Committee on the Budget organized a discussion on “Increasing
local authority with citizens’ participation” at Government House on May 27,
with the head of the committee, P.Khayankhyarvaa, in the chair. Among those who
took part in

Dr. Andreas Auer, Director of the
Center for Research on Direct Democracy in Switzerland, is in Mongolia on President
Ts.Elbegdorj’s invitation and read a paper on “The local-level structure of direct
democracy in Switzerland” at the International Relations School of the National
University of

The Ministry of Health and the
National Committee for Control and Prevention of AIDS/HIV are holding their
joint fifth national forum at Chinggis Hotel on Tuesday and Wednesday, with
support from UN and international organizations in the related field.

Present activities will be
reviewed and

Following a decision taken by bus
companies in the face of the diesel shortage, there are fewer buses on
Ulaanbaatar streets since Sunday, and ticket prices have also gone up. 26 bus
service companies run 800 buses on 64 routes.

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