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Domestic violence explained

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

Hearing of Khurts’s appeal postponed to June 21

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

Fuel shortage to affect coal export

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

Mongolia denies report on taking others’ nuclear waste

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

Development Bank to sell bonds in phases over months

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

Gal Undesten and others send second note to President, all MPs

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.
Head

Meeting on road building held in Civil Chamber

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 discusses bond issue

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

MPP council rejects demand for resignation of D.Zorigt

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

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