MNT150 million is planned to be spent under the
Mayor’s orders to make life for pedestrians in Ulaanbaatar easier. Inspection
of squares and pavements has identified 77 structures that will be relocated
and 215 more that will be demolished. The official notice for

The most important event of the start of the new academic
year this morning was President Ts.Elbegdorj teaching a class on Mongolian history
in Secondary School No. 28. Parliament Speaker D.Demberel was present in the
opening ceremony of Secondary School No. 106, while

The latest International Judo Federation ranking retains
Kh. Tsagaanbaatar at the top in the 66-kg category with 1276 points. S.
Miyaragchaa is third with 996 points.

S.Nyam-Ochir is placed 12th in the 73-kg
category, B.Temuulen 20th in the 100-kg category and Olympic
champion N.Tuvshinbayar 

Altogether 21 Mongolian financial analysts participated
in a seminar last month on Economic and Financial Analysis of Mining
Developments and Fiscal Regimes sponsored by USAID/Mongolia’s Economic Policy
Reform and Competitiveness (EPRC) project. Facilitated by Dr. Robert Conrad,
Associate Professor from Duke University, the seminar

The National Statistical Office has reported that coal
extraction in the first seven months of 2010 was 83% more than in the same
period last year. Extraction of crude oil and gas increased by 64.8%, whereas
that of other minerals rose by 24.2%.

State Secretary of the Ministry of Mineral Resources and
Energy  Khurelbaatar has said that work
on the Asgat silver deposit can begin if investment issues are resolved. Over
50% of the total territory of Bayan-Ulgii province is covered by exploration
licenses, but this large

The New York Society of Security
Analysts (NYSSA) will hold its first conference on investing in Mongolia on September 23.
Regional experts will discuss the country’s economic outlook and investment
potential, and executives from Mongolian public companies will discuss their
businesses.

Mongolia is expected

Three British participants have
returned home after delivering an ambulance to a hospital in Mongolia, at the
end of the 16,000-km Mongol Rally in which they drove the ambulance through
Germany, Poland, and Russia, before arriving in Ulaanbaatar. The three men,
named Team Alliance,

The State Property Committee is yet to announce its
choice of the company to restructure and privatize the Mongolian Stock
Exchange, following the tender announcement two weeks ago. Unconfirmed reports
say five of the 10 applicants are now in the running for the

Foreign Minister G.
Zandanshatar and Mrs. Kiran Bhatia, Asia-Pacific Regional Advisor for Gender
and Socio-Cultural Research at United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA),
discussed the status of gender equality in Mongolia when they held a meeting
yesterday.  The Minister expressed his
confidence that sufficient progress would