Mongolians
won two silver medals and one bronze in the Asian Para Archery Tournament in
Bangkok between May 10 and 18. Paralympics champion D.Baatarjav won a silver
medal in the men’s category while B.Javzmaa (silver) and B.Oyun-Erdene (bronze)
were the successful women. Archers trained

A factory to produce
sugar from sugar beet has come up in Bayangol soum in Selenge aimag and will
begin working once the sugar beet is harvested. The soum Governor, B.Enkhbat,
has said sugar beet for the factory would this year be grown

Opera singer
E.Amartuvshin and students Ch.Enkhtaivan and J.Byambajav will take part in an international
contest in Moscow and St Petersburg between June 14 and July 2. The contest, named
after P.I.Tchaikovski, has been organized every four years since 1958 and is intended
to give

An international meeting
on “Energy in Mongolia 2011: Policy-Investment-Technology” will be held in
Ulaanbaatar on May 27 and 28, organized by the Ministry of Mineral Resources
and Energy. Representatives of state organizations and the private sector, domestic
and foreign investors, international banks and financial

During his recent visit to the work area of PetroChina
Daquing Tamsag LLC, Prime Minister S.Batbold saw the truth in the complaints
from residents of Matad soum of Dornod aimag that the Chinese oil exploration company
did little or nothing for environmental protection.

Uvs aimag, where he
was born and grew up, was the first stop in First Deputy Premier N.Altankhuyag’s
visit to the western aimags last week. He took part in discussions on the DP’s Mongol
Citizen 2020 program and heard citizens’ views.
SMEs in the

The
Standing Committee on Justice today decided to discuss in Parliament the draft
amendments on the criminal law relating to some types of corruption. Speaker
D.Demberel agreed with several members that election-related corruption must be
curbed.

He,
however, opposed a provision in the draft that

MNT1.5 billion from
the Millennium Challenge Foundation will be spent on a program to neutralize
soil pollution in Ulaanbaatar, to be implemented by the Mayor’s Office
throughout June. Surveys have revealed that toilet waste has severely affected
the soil quality in the city, especially

The Ulaanbaatar Court
has fixed May 24 for hearing the appeal of the Chief of the Anti Corruption
Authority, Ch.Sangaragchaa, his Deputy, D.Sunduisuren, and the head of its
administration, U.Altangadas, against their conviction. The court has rejected
their plea to be released on bail.
The

One reason for the lack of progress in setting up a
copper smelter  near the Erdenet Factory,
as resolved by Parliament, is that there has been no agreement among
specialists on what to do with the sulfuric acid that is released during the
refining