The Mongolian embassy in Vienna has flatly denied that it
has been in talks about importing nuclear waste from other countries. The
denial comes after a report that Japan and the United States planned to build a
spent nuclear fuel storage facility in

Chairman of the Development Bank Ch. Khashchuluun has told
Bloomberg that it aims to sell USD700 million of domestic-currency bonds in
2011, with sales scheduled to begin this month. Investors will be offered
tugrik-denominated bonds due in five, 10, and 15 years in

Members of Gal Undesten Union and United Movements for
Rivers and Lakes demonstrated with 50 horsemen in Sukhbaatar Square on Friday
and delivered an urgent note to President Ts.Elbegdorj and 76 MPs. Today is the
deadline they set for receiving a reply.
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The first meeting of
the Road and Transportation committee under the President was held at the Civil
Chamber on May 13, with members of the committee joined by state organization
officials, representatives of NGOs, the private sector, individual citizens and
several people who worked

Parliament discussed on
May 13 the proposal by the Government  to
issue two bonds, one to raise MNT55.5 billion to meet the budget deficit, and
the other for MNT72 billion to grant apartment loans to state officials and others.
Minister for Finance S.Bayartsogt, noted

The Managing Council
of the MPP has concluded after a meeting that there is no reason to support
some DP MPs’ demand for the resignation of D.Zorigt, the Minister of Mineral
Resources and Energy. The council feels, contrary to arguments put forward by
those

Gal Undesten Union yesterday dismantled five of the gers it had put up in Sukhbaatar Square, with one of its leaders, Ts.Enkhbayar, explaining that the decision had been taken because those who are taking care of the protesters’ horses at

Minister for Health S.Lambaa is leading the Mongolian team at the 64th Forum of WHO in Geneva. The Minister will report on the progress in reaching Millennium Challenge Goals in the health sector, and on cooperation with WHO.

The Development Bank is getting down to business following its inauguration yesterday. It is expected to make a big contribution to national development in the coming days. The DB has been set up primarily to finance large projects such as

South Korean Prime Minister Kim Hwan-sik recently received a team of visiting MPP leaders headed by Secretary General U.Khurelsukh in his official residence. The team’s other members were MPs D.Ochirbat, D.Zagdjav and B.Bat-Erdene, and the party Secretary, Ya.Sodbaatar.  Mongolian Ambassador