The 30% rise in salaries and
pensions will take effect on  October 30
and will apply to  148,223 government
employees. Parliament has included MNT78.2 billion on this account in the budget.
The money is expected to come from the next installment of the Oyutolgoi
advance

German Minister for Economic Cooperation
and Development Dirk Niebel returned home yesterday after a five-day visit to
Mongolia. During his stay, Niebel met with Prime Minister S.Batbold, Foreign
Minister G. Zandanshatar, Finance Minister S.Bayartsogt and other Mongolian
leaders. He announced that his Ministry would

The Meteorology Institute has warned
people who live near rivers and herdsmen to be careful about floods due to rise
in the water level. The stretch of the Kherlen river in Tov aimag”s Mongonmorit
soum could overflow, as its average level might rise

Prime
Minister S.Batbold yesterday told Dr. Karl A. Lamers, Deputy Chairman of the
Defense Committee of the German Bundestag, that Mongolia accepted the Federal
Republic as a “third neighbor”. Economic cooperation, especially in education
and defense, has been getting stronger and the large number

The teenager who fatally shot 15-year-old Ichinkhorloo
“Iko” Bayarsaikhan in 2007 has been sentenced to 50 years in prison.
The Mongolian girl was hanging out with her brother and their friends on
Halloween evening in Alameda”s Washington Park when she was shot in

What do the Greek, Mongolian,
Latvian and British Armies have in common? They’ve all been in Afghanistan
before: the Greeks under Alexander; the Mongols under Chinggis Khaan; the
Latvians as part of the Soviet Union; and the British more than a few times.
They

R.Sarantsetseg, Chairman of Currency Policy Sector of Currency
Policy and Research Board, has said it is too early to say that the recent drop
in inflation will continue for the rest of the year. Many factors have to be
kept in mind and

A consultative meeting of Mongolian and German Foreign
Affairs Ministries was held last week in Ulaanbaatar. The Mongolian side was
led by D.Tsogtbaatar, State Secretary at the Ministry, while S.Nunn, of the
Asian Desk in the Ministry, headed the German delegation.  Both said

Deputy Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Light Industry
Kh.Zoljargal has said that contrary to the prevalent practice of entrusting the
National Emergency Mitigation Agency with the responsibility of storing hay and
fodder, this year every district has been asked to prepare 100-180 tons

Mongolia remains among the 10 least unattractive places
to work in, according to an update of the Fraser Institute”s annual survey of
mining companies. The other 9 in the bottom square are Ecuador, Kazakhstan,
Bolivia, Venezuela, Zimbabwe, Russia, Colorado, Indonesia, and Tasmania.

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