Russia has finally
agreed to supply 80,000 tons of diesel in May, according to the Mineral Resources
and Petroleum Authority (MRPA). This will meet the normal monthly demand of
34,000 tons plus this month’s special needs for spring planting.
The MRPA does not

The Standing Committee on the Economy and the Subcommittee
for SME Development yesterday held a joint discussion on the present and future
status of SMEs. The head of the Standing Committee, D.Zorigt, later answered our
journalist’s questions about the discussion.
How effective has the

The Chief of the Human Rights National Commission (HRNC),
J.Byambadorj, and one of its members, J.Dashdorj, left on Monday for Geneva, to
attend the three-day 24th Annual Meeting of the International Coordinating
Committee of national human rights organizations, beginning  on May 17.

The ICC

A working group headed by the Deputy Minister of
Mineral Resources and Energy, B.Ariunsan, was in Russia to seek more diesel and
their efforts yielded some result. Rosnefti would provide 30,000 tons of diesel
altogether in May and TNK LLC 13,000 tons. Officials

Neither President Ts.Elbegdorj nor any of the 76 MPs
replied to the charter of demands sent to them by Gal Undesten Union and United
Movements for Rivers and Lakes on Friday before the stipulated deadline expired
on Monday. However, the Head of the

Four-time Asian champion and World Draughts Federation
Grandmaster D.Erdenebileg is among the 20 players from 12 countries taking part
in the 10×10 World Draughts Championship 2011 being held in Emmeloord and Urk
in Holland from May 7 to 28. He was in joint

As part of the cooperation program between the General
Police Department and the Human Rights National Commission, the two
organizations jointly organized an event on May 14 for workers of the Criminal
Complaint Registration Office. Commission representatives explained the laws
about domestic violence, which

The hearing of the appeal of B.Khurts, head of
Administration at the National Security Council, scheduled for May 13 has been
postponed to June 21 and 22 as the judges in the London court  found it will take more time to get

A firm in Mioam,I, USA,  has reported successful handling of a time-
and temperature-sensitive consignment of fresh foods for the Oyu Tolgoi mining
project, one of the largest in the world, with thousands of personnel on-site
at all times. The value of the

SouthGobi Resources has warned that fuel shortages  may force it to curtail operations. Russia is
the primary supplier of fuel to Mongolia and it has substantially cut fuel
exports to Mongolia for the month of May, the company said.

SouthGobi said its fuel