A meeting of the Consular Sections in the Foreign Ministries
of Mongolia and Russia was held in Ulaanbaatar on May 17. The two section
heads, D.Gankhuyag and A.G. Karpov, led their country’s delegation to the meeting
which discussed the visa issue, various subjects

A team of visiting Canadian rangers will share patrol
experience with the Mongolian police, according to an agreement reached earlier
this week between the Chief of the General Police Department, Gen.  D.Sandag-Ochir,  and Canadian Ambassador J. Gregory Goldhawk,
on a suggestion from the

The President and Executive Director of Oyutolgoi LLC,
Cameron McRae, has offered condolences to the families of the two contract
workers who died yesterday after falling into a sewage channel in the project
area. The company has begun an enquiry into how the

Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy D.Zorigt answers
our journalist’s questions on his report at the Government meeting on Wednesday
on the status of implementation of the Oyutolgoi project.

What decision did the meeting take on your report?
The Government decided to start

“Eleg negtnii ulgii”, an exhibition of paintings by
D.Enkhtaivan, opened at the UMA hall today. The former MP graduated from Fine
Arts School in 1975 and the State Academic Institute of Fine Arts of I.Repin in
St Petersburg in 1984.
Most of the

The State Specialized Inspection Agency will hold an open
day on May 23, where people can ask about their complaints. It will also
display goods that do not meet proper standards. The head of the Agency,
R.Sodkhuu, and inspectors will also answer questions

Deputy Prime Minister M.Enkhbold addressed today’s annual
meeting of senior officials of construction companies at Misheel Expo and Mayor
G.Munkhbayar spoke on what opportunities will be available for the sector in
the capital city under the New Creation program. The meeting reviewed the

Parliament yesterday decided to send back to the Standing
Committee on Justice a draft law on insurance for drivers of vehicles. The
draft proposes that drivers paying an annual premium of MNT53,000 would be
eligible to receive MNT5 million from insurance companies in

First Deputy Prime Minister N.Altankhuyag recently
visited some of the 114 business organizations in Bayan-Ulgii aimag that have
altogether received MNT1.5 billion in loans from the SME Fund in the last two
years. He also heard complaints that several loans given to officials’
relatives

The Office of the President organized on Wednesday a discussion
in the Civil Chamber on suitable legislation to achieve a “Mongolia without
alcoholics”. Representatives of the Ministries of Health, of Social Welfare and
Labor, of Education, Culture and Science, the State Specialized Inspecting
Agency,