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Winter festivals in Mongolia in February

With the weather set to be stable next month, we’ve compiled information on local, national, and international festivals you can visit over the weekend in Mongolia.

New copper zone found at Erdene Resource’s Zuun Mod project

Erdene Resource Development Corp. has discovered a new copper zone located over two km northwest of the existing Zuun Mod molybdenum/copper resource. “We look forward to the resumption of drilling in the near future,” said President and CEO Peter Akerley.

D.Tsogtbaatar to attend B.Khurts’s trial on Friday

State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, D.Tsogtbaatar, will attend the next hearing of the trial of B.Khurts, Chief of Administration at the National Security Council, in London on February 18. Khurts, who has been in a

PM opens Chinggis Khaan exhibition in Singapore tomorrow

Prime Minister S. Batbold takes time off tomorrow from his busy political schedule in Singapore to open an exhibition on Chinggis Khaan at ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands. “Genghis Khan: The Exhibition” is the largest collection of Chinggis Khaan

2 US universities jointly hold Mongolian Culture Days

California University and Stanford University organized Mongolian Culture Days in Berkley, California between February 2 and 6. Our journalist asked Ts.Uranchimeg, lecturer at California University, what took place.What was special? This was the first joint festival organized by two universities

Standing Committee to seek herders’ views on draft law

The Standing Committee on Nature, Environment, Food and Agriculture yesterday reported that it met 15 times during the Autumn session to discuss 42 issues, including draft laws on hunting, animal classification, hunting fees, fees for animal catching permission, wild plants

Money supply up

The National Statistics Office has said consumers’ price index in January increased by 3% over December and 13.8% in over January, 2010. Besides inflation, cash supply, cash in citizens’ hand and loan amounts have also increased. According to the Mongol

Coal transport damages roads, leading to fatal accidents

The Professional Inspecting Agency has blamed the recently increasing number of road accidents in Umnugobi aimag on the deterioration of road conditions because of coal transportation. There were 31 accidents in 2010, resulting to 11 fatalities and 15 serious injuries.

Budget committee reports on work done

D.Khayankhyarvaa and S.Oyun, head and member respectively of the Standing Committee on the Budget, told journalists about work done by it during the just concluded Autumn session. Among the major draft laws it discussed and which were later passed are

New Russian Consuls in Darkhan, Erdenet

Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade B.Bolor today handed over consular rights to Ivan Sergeevich Mostika and Alexander Valentinovich Fedulov. They will work as the Russian Consul in Darkhan and Erdenet respectively.

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