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Mongolia faces critical water shortage, UNEP report says

Mongolia needs to invest about one billion dollars in the Tuul River ecosystem and improve its national water management if its population is to have access to clean water, a United Nations report warned Tuesday.   Climate change and rapid

Petro Matad increases resource

Shares in Mongolia-focused oil and gas explorer Petro Matad have jumped by more than one-third after the company explorer said that the reinterpretation of its seismic data had led to an increase in the resources of the Davsan Tolgoi prospects.

Parliamentary journalists’ problems to be discussed

The Managing Council of the Union of Parliamentary Journalists yesterday decided to organize a meeting to highlight the problems of journalists covering Parliament and to seek ways to resolve them. Senior officials of the Parliament Office have promised to attend

Trilateral agreement on mining signed

After watching the signing of a trilateral agreement today to resolve problems and disputes relating to natural resources exploitation, Prime Minister S.Batbold thanked civil organizations for their help in formulating the agreement that will ensure responsible mining and encourage citizens’

Cosmonauts recall flight 30 years ago

Mongolian J.Gurragchaa and Russian V.Janibekov on Monday spoke to journalists on the 30th anniversary of the Mongolian-Russian joint space flight. Three other Russian cosmonauts, V.Lyahov, V.Garbatko and V.Savinih were also present at the meeting.  M.Ganzorig, the second Mongolian chosen for

Political parties debate parliamentary reforms

The MPP yesterday organized a debate on how political parties can work for parliamentary reforms. It was held at Government House and was attended by the DP Chairman, N.Altankhuyag, the Leader of the Civil Will Party, S.Oyun, the Leader of

Sumo wrestlers watching the situation in Japan

Former sumo wrestler and now MP,  D.Batbayar, answers our journalist’s questions about the tsunami and earthquake in Japan.What is the latest you have heard from Japan?Japan has not asked for international help and people affected by the calamity have the

Altan Taria staff donate MNT15 million to Japan

All employees of Altan Taria LLC and its daughter company Star Estates LLC, have donated one day’s salary to a relief fund for  Japan. The MNT15 million thus collected has been deposited with the Embassy of Japan.

Ts.Davaasuren to work to bring MPP and MPRP together

MP Ts.Davaasuren has told TV-5 that he will work to bring about a rapprochement between the MPP and the MPRP, as the split will be bad for both in next year’s election. He has disclosed that he and some other

Jindong Cai: Mongolian musicians are good to perform anywhere

American conductor and musicologist Jindong Cai is now in Mongolia at the invitation of the Director of the State Opera and Ballet Theater to conduct Bizet’s Carmen on March 26 and Tchaikovski’s Swan Lake on March 27. Our journalist asks

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