Sukhbaatar Square will spend the winter without the
statue of the national hero who gives the place its name. It was been removed
for repairs on September 15 and will not be back before February. The pedestal
will also be rebuilt in granite.  

Official
sources such as The Embassy of Mongolia in London, The National Security
Council and The Ministry of Foreign Affairs would neither deny or confirm the reported
arrest in London of B.Khurts, Chief of Administration at the National Security
Council. Ever since Baabar wrote

President
Ts.Elbegdorj yesterday received members of the joint Mongolian-German  archeological  team working for the last two and half years
at  Kharkhorin, the ancient capital of
the Mongol Empire. He heard from them how the project has been using new
techniques and technology to take

The Mayor’s Office has ordered that four khoroos of
Bayangol district, five of Chingeltei, and three of Sukhbaatar will burn only
processed coal supplied by the National Air Quality Office. These are all areas
that emit the most smoke but the number of

The Labor Office says 22% of the registered unemployed
are highly educated while 68% have no professional training. This lack of
qualification is why many working places cannot be filled. Offices and
organizations do not have skilled professionals, health organizations look in
vain for

On Monday’s open debate on corruption in the private
sector was marked by a series of complaints from participating businessmen.

The owner of a sewing company said, “I have had to pay
bribes, small and big, for all the 17 years I

Some 25,000 households in Bayangol, Chingeltei, and
Sukhbaatar districts have been told that burning raw coal in the coming winter
will be punishable with a fine ranging between MNT216,000 and MNT324,000. They
will be provided with an alternative fuel which is expected to

A team of meat producers led by the Executive Director of
the Meat Union, M.Lkhachinbal, told the head of the President’s Office,
D.Battulga, and the President’s Advisor on Development, L.Erkhembayar, at a
meeting last week that the recent Russian ban on import of

Joseph Deiss, the
president from Switzerland of the 65th session of the UN General Assembly, said
his meeting with Prime Minister S.Batbold on Saturday “is an expression of the
great importance the UN attaches to its ties with Mongolia”. The Premier
noted the important

The 13th Annual Investors Conference
in Ulaanbaatar of  The North
America-Mongolia Business Council begins on Tuesday evening, and concludes
Thursday evening, September 30. US Ambassador Jonathan Addleton will deliver
the keynote address on the morning of September 29.

The conference includes a special
“Dinner with