News.MN - The source of news

Winter festivals in Mongolia in February

With the weather set to be stable next month, we’ve compiled information on local, national, and international festivals you can visit over the weekend in Mongolia.

Advocates to work for better service from state officials

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

Move to grant voting rights to Mongolians abroad

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

DP supporters call for PM’s resignation

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

175,000 people work on Day of Public Labor

Last Saturday was the Day of Public Labor and 120,000 people of province organizations and 55,000 people of Ulaanbaatar city organizations marked the day by cleaning streets, weeding and planting trees, repairing roads, cleaning road signs, and repairing children’s toys.

Russia to supply only 10,000 tons of fuel

Mongolia’s fuel reserves have dropped to 13 days’ stock and Russia has said it would supply only 10,000 tons of petroleum in May. The Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy now has to find alternative sources to meet the country’s

MPP MPs set up working group on stamp fees issue

Among the issues the MPP group in Parliament discussed yesterday were the sale of bonds to plug the 2011 budget deficit, the draft of a protocol to grant long term apartment loans to state officials and citizens, an agreement on

MPs submit draft law on savings and loan cooperatives

MPs including Deputy Speakers N.Enkhbold and G.Batkhuu, S.Byambatsogt
and Ts.Bayarsaikhan submitted a draft law on Savings and Loan
Cooperatives (SLCs) to Speaker D.Demberel on Friday. The draft has been
prepared after careful study. It has 11 chapters and 57 Articles

Group set up to collect tax dues from Altandornod Mongol

The General Tax Office has established a working group to collect the outstanding tax dues of Altandornod Mongol LLC owned by S.V.Paushok. The gold mining company owes MNT67 billion in unpaid taxes. A court has already rejected the company’s plea

Exhibition of felt products opened

An exhibition of felt products was opened today in Chinggis Hotel. The felt producers organizations that have sponsored the exhibition will give an award to the best product and MNT1 million to the best idea. Models of Era agency displayed

MPs criticize possible distribution of cashmere loans

The Government will soon issue bonds for MNT110 billion and carrying 7% interest, to raise money to support the wool and cashmere sector. Several MPs say it has already been decided which companies will get most of the help. Reports

HeartHeartHahaHahaLoveLoveWowWowYayYaySadSadPoopPoopAngryAngry