Ulaanbaatar Court postponed on Thursday its
hearing of the appeal in the case against the Government by The United
Movements for Rivers and Lakes because of the absence of Deputy Minister for
Mineral Resources and Energy B.Ariunsan, who is accompanying the President in
Russia.

Prime Minister S.Batbold did not make his scheduled statement on the
Altandornod Mongol case to Parliament on Friday. He was to give details of the
expenses incurred on the case in the international arbitration council and also
explain why Prosecutor General D.Dorligjav has

Minister for
Mineral Resources and Energy D.Zorigt has returned from China where he sought diesel
for Mongolia and also took part in the second meeting of the commission for cooperation
in mineral resources and energy sectors. He called on the Chief of the
Development

Parliament agreed today to extend to December
31, 2011 the ban on granting new mineral resources exploration licenses as proposed
by President Ts.Elbegdorj. The Government plans to prepare a new law on mineral
resources and wants the ban to continue until this new

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