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NGO submits note on Khurts to British Embassy

The leader of the Citizens’ Fair Court NGO, Kh.Bat-Yalalt, delivered a note to the First Secretary of the British Embassy on February 23 demanding the release from custody of B. Khurts, Chief of Administration at the National Security Council. He

World Bank grant for new software at tax office

Crown Agents of Great Britain, Daewoo International Corp and Daewoo Systems of South Korea will install the Trips software, the latest technological software, at the National Taxation Office under a World Bank grant of USD2.3 million. This will make operations

Tourists’ number increases 10.8%

A total of 456,000 tourists came to Mongolia in 2010, an increased by 10.8% over 2009 figures. Tourism revenues reached USD222.4 million. The Tourist Office of Mongolia expects more tourists this year because of the 2220th anniversary of Khunnu states

Cambridge school board’s standards to be followed until 2018

Two officials of the University of Cambridge International Examinations (CIE), the world’s largest provider of international qualifications for 14–19 year olds and a part of the University of Cambridge and a not-for-profit organization, were in Mongolia for a week recently

Another gold medal for P.Lkhamdegd

P.Lkhamdegd followed her gold medal at the Dusseldorf Grand Prix last week with another victory in the 78-kg category in the Women’s World Cup in judo in Prague over the weekend. Altogether 247 women from 41 countries competed in the

8 taxi stations to be built this year

The Public Transportation Board plans to build 10 bus and 8 taxi stations in Ulaanbaatar in 2011.  The taxi stations will be located near the Sansar tunnel, at the bus stop of 16th micro district of Bayanzurkh district, at the

President happy that aimag courts post decisions on their Website

President Ts.Elbegdorj has said all courts must work with transparency and a sense of responsibility and should be subject to monitoring. This followed his talks with judicial officials in Dundgobi and Tuv aimags. Judge General of Dundgobi aimag, T.Byambajav, told

Team from Statistics Office attends New York meeting

A Mongolian team led by S.Mendsaikhan, Chief of the National Statistics Office, attended the 42nd meeting of such national committees in New York between February 18 and 25. It held talks with I Insil, head of the South Korean committee

How will the extra electricity be generated?

Air pollution has reached such a level that one Mongolian in ten has respiratory problems, according to doctors. Worse is their view that one in three newborns is likely to fall ill because of the smoke in the air we

Economic forum to discuss risks of commercial loans

Minister for Finance S.Bayartsogt answers some questions from our journalist.What is special about this year’s Mongolia Economic Forum to be held on March 2-3?We hope it will be even more successful than last year’s inaugural forum. This year’s theme is:

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