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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.

Speaker meets with Mongolians in USA

A Parliamentary delegation led by Speaker D.Demberel stopped over in the USA on its way to Panama to take part in the 124th conference of the Inter-Parliamentary Union between April 15 and 20, and met with representatives of Mongolians in

G.Zandanshatar receives Hungarian delegation

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade G.Zandanshatar yesterday received a team of members of the National Assembly of Hungary headed by Deputy Speaker Istvan Ujhelyi. The two sides underlined the importance for both to have mutually beneficial cooperation in trade

MPRP talks of political pressure on judges

Speaking at the National Forum on Judicial Reform and Justice, MPRP MP Ts.Shinebayar yesterday said that the State Supreme Court had transferred the case of registration of the MPRP to the Constitutional Court as it was unsure of how to

Judges’ number should be increased

In a forceful speech yesterday at the National Forum on Judicial Reform and Justice, the head of the Free Union of the Elderly, G.Baasan, said reforms should have been initiated much earlier. She said honest lawyers are outnumbered and called

Mining fatalities rise

The State Specialized Inspection Agency has found that fatalities from mining accidents have been increasing every year. Altogether 1,223 industrial accidents were registered between 2008 and 2010, killing or injuring 1,479 people. The mining sector accounted for 302 of these

PM among those blamed most by National Audit Office

Prime Minister S.Batbold and Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy D.Zorigt are among those the National Audit Office has blamed most for accounts irregularities and faulty reporting in Ministries and Agencies under them. The audit has found many instances of

London Olympic medals to be made of Mongolian gold

Mining major Rio Tinto will provide the metal for medals awarded at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. “Rio Tinto will provide all the gold, silver and copper to produce the 4,700 medals for the two events,” the London

British company working on Oyutolgoi Lift 1

AMEC, the UK-based international engineering and project management company, has been commissioned by Oyutolgoi LLC to undertake the feasibility study for Lift 1 of the underground Hugo North block cave operation of its copper and gold mining project in Mongolia.

Defense team visits Poland

A Mongolian team led by the Advisor of the Minister for Defense, Ts.Ganbold, recently paid a working visit to Poland on an invitation from the Ministry of Defense there. The two sides held extensive talks and decided that an inter

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