Parliament yesterday passed into law a draft on air pollution reduction submitted by President Ts.Elbegdorj. Voting for the passing was 85.1%. The law calls for special zones to be set up in Ulaanbaatar where residents would pay 50% for using

In his closing speech at the Autumn session, Speaker D.Demberel yesterday noted that this had been the fifth of the eight sessions the present Parliament is expected to hold. Among the major decisions taken in this session, he said, were

Parliament yesterday approved the draft law on establishment of the Development Bank to be responsible for financing large projects and programs passed by Parliament. Its capital would come from the budget that would allocate a certain percentage of the mineral

EDGE Fellow B. Bayarbaatar has sent in his latest update on the progress of his saiga research in Mongolia. The saiga (Saiga tatarica) is one of the world’s fastest animals and poaching has caused a huge population decline. The project

Human rights organisations have told Polish Radio that the possible deportation of a Mongolian family from Poland, in the country for eleven years, would be cruel and inhumane and against the European human rights charter. “In Mongolia they have nobody

The strategic rights offering by Ivanhoe Mines last month generated USD1.18 billion in gross proceeds to be used to advance development of the Oyu Tolgoi project. Upon the closing of the rights offering, the company issued a total of 84,867,671

Монгол хэмээх нэрийг дэлхийд гаргаж яваа зөндөө бахархмаар Монголчууд буй. Харамсалтай нь дийлэнх нь Монголд бус тухайн гадаадын улс оронд ажиллаж амьдардаг тухай бид олонтоо сонин хэвлэлээс уншиж байгаа. Эдгээр нөхдүүдийн гадаад улсуудад үүсгэн бий болгосон энэхүү биет бус хөрөнгийг

The State Commission for Census and Apartment Counting today discussed the data collected. The population on November 19, 2010 was 2 million 650 thousand and 673 from 714, 784 households. This does not include those who registered through the Internet,

The price of consumer goods increased by 3% in January over December, 2010 and by 13.8% over January, 2010. The prices of food, beverage and water increased by 6.3%; of alcohol and cigarettes by 1.8%; of clothes and shoes by

According to National Statistics Office data, industrial  production in 2010 was MNT1,874 billion, MNT169 billion more than in 2009. Increased mining production influenced the rise. Coal output increased 91.8%, oil and nature gas 16.7% and other mineral resources 19.5%.