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

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade yesterday asked
the Standing Committee on Security and Foreign Policy to sanction more staff
for it, given the increase in its work in recent times. Minister G.Zandanshatar
also told the MPs about all the international agreements

Speaker D.Demberel
yesterday received a European Parliament team led by the head of its Central
Asia and Mongolia Section, Paolo Bartolozzi. The Chief of the Standing
Committee on Justice, D.Odbayar, Advisor to the Speaker D.Davaasambuu, and
other officials attended the meeting.
Demberel expressed his

The Standing Committee on Security and Foreign Policy approved
on Tuesday a proposal to establish consulates in San Francisco, USA, Osaka, Japan
and Hong Kong, China, and authorized O.Chuluunbat to submit the proposal in
Parliament. Earlier the MP had asked Foreign Minister G.Zandanshatar

The Supreme Court,
the Anti Corruption Authority and a UN project together reviewed the status of
implementation of the UN convention against corruption on Monday. The Director
of Research Center of the Court, Ch.Nyamsuren, spoke on how the convention aims
to curb corruption among

Pianist
S.Sayantsetseg, who was the first Mongolian to perform in New York’s Carnegie
Hall, will invite students and young pianists to take part in “Beyond Musica”
beginning on June 18. This will be the second year of the festival that she and
her husband

Advisor to the President L.Erkhembayar received on Monday
a team from Khalimag headed by the Director of Agriculture Research Institute there,
Arilov Anatolii Nimeevich. President Ts.Elbegdorj will soon visit Russia when
he will also be in the Khalimag Republic.

Nimeevich told Erkhembayar that