Prime
Minister S.Batbold told Parliament on Friday that following the 30% raise in
minimum wages, the Government would consider paying salary and pension at increased
rates, but only after making a careful study of the whole issue. He was taking
part in a debate

Two Mongolian kickboxers won medals at the WPKA World
Championship in Kiev that ended on May 15. U.Turbayar (65 kg) won the gold
medal and B.Naadam (75 kg) the bronze. Naadam defeated opponents from Afghanistan
and Ukraine before withdrawing because of injury, but

Parliament on Friday discussed several draft laws, on
education, health, excise tax and on additional payment for state officials in remote
regions, including the Gobi. Members approved further discussion on the last.

The
draft identifies 170 soums of Bayan-Ulgii, Bayankhongor, Gobi-Altai, Zavkhan,
Uvs, Khovd,

A group of prosecutors led by the State Prosecutor
General, D.Dorligjav, visited Belgium, the Netherlands and European Union
offices on May 18 and 19. At a meeting in the Ministry of Justice of Belgium they
discussed cooperation between legal organizations of the two

A meeting of the Consular Sections in the Foreign Ministries
of Mongolia and Russia was held in Ulaanbaatar on May 17. The two section
heads, D.Gankhuyag and A.G. Karpov, led their country’s delegation to the meeting
which discussed the visa issue, various subjects

A team of visiting Canadian rangers will share patrol
experience with the Mongolian police, according to an agreement reached earlier
this week between the Chief of the General Police Department, Gen.  D.Sandag-Ochir,  and Canadian Ambassador J. Gregory Goldhawk,
on a suggestion from the

The President and Executive Director of Oyutolgoi LLC,
Cameron McRae, has offered condolences to the families of the two contract
workers who died yesterday after falling into a sewage channel in the project
area. The company has begun an enquiry into how the

Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy D.Zorigt answers
our journalist’s questions on his report at the Government meeting on Wednesday
on the status of implementation of the Oyutolgoi project.

What decision did the meeting take on your report?
The Government decided to start

“Eleg negtnii ulgii”, an exhibition of paintings by
D.Enkhtaivan, opened at the UMA hall today. The former MP graduated from Fine
Arts School in 1975 and the State Academic Institute of Fine Arts of I.Repin in
St Petersburg in 1984.
Most of the

The State Specialized Inspection Agency will hold an open
day on May 23, where people can ask about their complaints. It will also
display goods that do not meet proper standards. The head of the Agency,
R.Sodkhuu, and inspectors will also answer questions