Minister for Finance S.Bayartsogt, leading the Mongolian team, told the Spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group, held in Washington on April 16 and 17, that the country’s tax policy in the mining sector was

Former U.S. Secretary of State and the first woman to hold that office, Madeleine Albright, is visiting Mongolia on invitation of Prime Minister S.Batbold. During her stay, she will call on President Ts.Elbegdorj, the Prime Minister, and the Chairman of

Minister for Nature, Environment and Tourism L.Gansukh yesterday announced several projects related to the Tuul and Selbe Rivers and to water supply to be taken up shortly.  Chungsuk Engineering of South Korea will pave the banks of the Tuul and

The Civil Will Party and the Green Party yesterday invited leaders of other parties to join a discussion on election reforms. Those who came included the Chief of the DP, N.Altankhuyag, its Secretary General, D.Erdenebat, the Chief of the MPP

The Ministry of Road, Transportation and Urban Development is planning to set up a National Laboratory that will test 16 types of material used in building houses. This follows a host of complaints that construction companies have built apartments and

The Confederation of Trade Unions (CTU) held a press conference yesterday to warn people that the rise in electricity and heating costs from May 1 was very likely to lead to an increase in the price of most consumer goods.

B.Batbold, who sponsors a program on TV9 channel to encourage viewers to plant trees in their yard to make the city greener, feels that most of the trees planted every year in Ulaanbaatar do not survive because of lack of

Representatives of the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry and the National Chamber of Commerce and Industry attended a discussion on the proposed raw material exchange yesterday, organized by the Standing Committee on Nature, Environment, Food and Agriculture. There

A 25-year-old man died in Nalaikh yesterday morning when he was digging for coal in a mine owned by B.Nergui. The Chief of the district emergency office, N.Damjin, said that the man had not checked the condition of the air

Mongolian and Austrian businessmen held a round table meeting in Vienna in last week organized by the Embassy of Mongolia and the Austrian Chamber of Commerce. The Vice President of the Chamber opened the meeting and noted that the volume