The Morin Khuur Ensemble of the State Philharmonic will perform Bizet’s Carmen Suite in the Culture Palace on April 16. N.Jantsannorov arranged the music for the morin khuur in 1999.The Arts Council is organizing the evening, with the Tavan Bogd

Minimum wages have been increased by 30% or to MNT140,400 from April 5. Minister of Social Welfare and Labor T.Gandhi yesterday announced this at a press conference attended by, among others, the Executive Director of the Mongolian Employers’ Federation, Kh.Ganbaatar,

The Government’s weekly meeting yesterday approved some measures to support national production, particularly in the processing sector. These include a list of services and goods produced locally that will be bought with money from the state and local budgets. Organizations

Prime Minister S.Batbold received on Wednesday a delegation of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) headed by its CEO, Xavier R. Rolet. The LSE has been selected to restructure the Mongolian stock exchange. Batbold said it was very important for Mongolia

M.Enkhbold, Deputy Prime Minister and Chief of the National Committee of Apartments (NCA), yesterday reported to the Government meeting his plans on construction of apartment and infrastructure. The NCA wants to spend MNT437.8 billion on this, including processing of blueprints. Enkhbold

May 11 is the deadline for responding to last month’s advertisements from the State Property Committee (SPC) for projects to be implemented under the concession law. These include an auto road project in Tavantolgoi-Khanbogd-Khangi, another in Nariinsukhait-Shiveesuren, a highway project

The third meeting of the National Committee of Employment Support Year was held yesterday at Government House. Prime Minister S.Batbold opened the meeting and said that family business activity would be supported, and the focus should be on permanent job

A discussion yesterday on a draft budget law, jointly organized by the Standing Committee on the Budget and the Confederation of Trade Unions (CTU), was attended by representatives of 18 organizations, including the Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The State Emergency General Board yesterday   held a training course for earthquake damage protection, with help from the U.S. Asia Pacific Center for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance and the Embassy of the USA. Deputy Prime Minister M.Enkhbold, senior officials,

Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade B.Bolor yesterday received the head of the Asia and Pacific Regional Office of the UN Population Fund, Mrs. Nobuko Horibe, and noted the happy coincidence that her visit to Mongolia was in the