The NGO Responsible Mining for Stable Development is working on preparing a list of 38 standards to be followed by mining companies working responsibly. The list, covering all areas and phases of mining from exploration to post-closure rehabilitation, should be

The Chief of the Nuclear Energy Authority (NEA), D.Enkhbat, has denied reports in the foreign media that the USA and Japan have held talks with the NEA to store spent nuclear fuel in Mongolia. “The NEA has not talked to anyone,”

Spring planting officially begins today, and the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry hopes it will be over in two weeks. Some farmers, however, started planting last week.Altogether 130 agriculture organizations have bought 3,800 tons of wheat seed from

The Standing Committee on the Budget today approved proposals to issue one set of bonds worth MNT55.5 billion to plug the budget deficit in 2011 and another worth MNT72 billion for long-term apartment loans to state officials and citizens. Ts.Sedvanchig

Minister for Health S.Lambaa talks our journalist on the law on health that Parliament passed last Thursday. How is the new law different?The emphasis has shifted from treatment to prevention. We shall work more for a healthy and disease-free Mongolia.What

The World Bank has said in its latest quarterly report that Mongolia’s economic prospects in the medium term look excellent from the perspective of both growth and fiscal management. Staying the course in the medium term, however, means implementing the

A South Korean team headed by the Director of the National Scientific Museum there, Li San Hi, visited Mongolia between May 5 and 9 at the invitation of President Ts.Elbegdorj. They called on the Chief of the President’s Office, D.Battulga,

The Chief of the State Service Council, D.Zumberellkham, and the President of the Union of Advocates, B.Purevnyam yesterday signed a memorandum of cooperation to institutionalize measures to ensure a more competent and responsible civil service. State officials will not have

The Civil Will-Green Party and an NGO, Tsahim Urtuu Kholboo, yesterday signed an agreement of cooperation to grant voting rights to Mongolians abroad. Secretary General G.Gankhuu and D.Sainbayar signed the agreement for the CW-GP and the NGO respectively.There are 120,000

The Union of DP Members and Supporters yesterday announced at a press conference that it had submitted an urgent note to Prime Minister S.Batbold, reaffirming the Constitutional rights of residents of ger districts to live and to study in a