The Chief of the Border Protection Office, Ts.Sergelen, told the Standing Committee on Justice yesterday that the decision to use professional army personnel on contract to protect parts of the borders from 2010 has led to a fall in the

Judge General of the Court of Administration Matters of Ulaanbaatar, Kh.Batsuren, talks to our journalist about the court.Since yours is a relatively new court, will it be easier to introduce reforms here? We have jurisdiction over 200 state administrative organizations

The Government meeting yesterday approved a concession agreement between the State Property Committee and New Asia Mining Group LLC to build a power plant  based on coal from the Mogoin Gol mine. Concerned Ministries will now prepare the papers to

Delegates from Laos headed by the Vice President of Women’s Union of Laos are visiting Mongolia on an invitation from the DP Democratic Women’s Union. They will be here for a week and study the work of NGOs and other

Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy D.Zorigt answers our reporter’s questions on the proposal to increase electricity and heating rates that he submitted at yesterday’s Government meeting.Is the increase certain?The Energy Regulatory Authority (ERA) has independent status and has the

Members of three civil movements -United for Rivers and Lakes, Khuder River, and Gal Undesten – converged on Sukhbaatar Square yesterday morning with 100 horsemen and horse carts and put up eight gers there. An earlier plan to demonstrate had

The birthday of S.Zorig, a leader of the democratic movement who was killed in his prime with the murderer yet to be caught, was observed this morning in the way that has become a tradition, with family members, friends, political

The Standing Committee on the Economy yesterday reviewed a performance report from the National Statistics Committee on implementation of a program to improve collection and analysis of data between 2006 and 2010. Seven objectives and 288 items on the program

Three fires have damaged 11.2 hectares of forest so far in April. The last five years saw 759 recorded fires causing damage worth MNT496.9 billion. MNT88.8 billion was spent on extinguishing them. Since 2001, 590 hectares of forest have suffered

The Police Department of Ulaanbaatar yesterday organized a training for senior classes of 33rd secondary school, aimed at preventing children from getting involved in crime. The police initiative followed reports that 161 students of secondary schools, mostly between 14 and