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May 25 is car-free day in UB

46 countries celebrate this day annually in order to prevent traffic accidents and encourage people to give up cars.

No visa needed to travel to Cyprus

Mongolians and Cypriots can now travel to each other’s country without visa. This was among the several agreements signed in Nicosia yesterday between Mongolian Ambassador Ts.Gankhuyag and various officials of Cyprus. One of these was a memorandum of understanding between

Deputy Speaker receives Chinese Ambassador

Deputy Speaker G.Batkhuu yesterday received the recently appointed Chinese Ambassador to Mongolia, Wang Xiaolong, to discuss bilateral relations. The Ambassador said he would work for strengthening relations based on mutual respect and understanding.  Batkhuu, who also heads the China-Mongolia parliamentary

Ruling on Altan Dornod case likely in April

Official sources expect the International Arbitration Court to give its ruling on the dispute between the Government of Mongolia and Altan Dornod Mongol LLC this month. Mongolia has so far spent MNT6 billion on pursuing the case. Executive Director of

Parliamentary journalists talk about their difficulties

Parliamentary journalists today discussed the problems they face at a meeting in Government House attended by Speaker D.Demberel, Deputy Speakers N.Enkhbold and G.Batkhuu, MPs R.Amarjargal, P.Altangerel, D.Altai, N.Ganbyamba, Su.Batbold, and Ch.Saikhanbileg, Advisors of Ministers, other officials, teachers of Journalism at

Trans DB officials deny rumors about bank

The Chief of the Representative Managing Council of the Transportation and Development Bank (commonly called TransBank), D.Enkhtaivan, and the lawyer of the bank, Batzaya, today called a press conference to deny all rumor about a secret meeting of share holders,

Brokerage companies to hold open day tomorrow

Some 50 brokerage firms and companies dealing in shares are registered with the Mongolian Stock Exchange. They will all become busy once citizens receive their Tavantolgoi shares. These companies will tomorrow organize an open day to provide information on the

J.Batzandan: Jail terms reveal the rot in the ACA

J.Batzandan, a member of the Public Council which is responsible for monitoring the activities of the Anti Corruption Authority (ACA), answers our reporter’s questions.How does the Public Council react to the jail terms handed out to the ACA head and

GDP likely to increase by 12%

The National Development and Innovation Committee estimates GDP will increase by 12% in 2011 over the 2010 figure of MNT4,154 billion. The main contributions to the increase will come from the mining and extracting industry, the processing industry, the construction

Mongolians collect more than MNT2 billion for Japan relief

Deputy Prime Minister M.Enkhbold yesterday handed over MNT2 billion and 167 million to Ambassador T.Kidokoro for earthquake and tsunami relief in Japan. The money has been donated by employees of 894 organizations and 352 individual citizens.

Defense Minister meets senior officials in USA

Minister for Defense L.Bold left on March 29 for his first official visit to the USA, at the invitation of his US counterpart, Robert Gates. He is accompanied by MP and Chief of the Standing Committee on Security and Foreign

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