The Mongolian Parliament has approved the Government’s railway
policy, developed mainly by the Ministry for Road, Transportation and Urban
Development. MPs took two sessions of discussion before the majority among them
voted in its favor.

The plan is to build four railroads with

The sixth international conference on study and
protection of carnivorous birds of Asia, held on Thursday at Chinggis Khaan Hotel, heard that
buzzards, field eagles, saker falcons and bearded vultures are getting rare in
Mongolia, where they traditionally nest.

The conference was jointly

Beijing’s decision to remove the peg on the exchange
value of the yuan has had almost no impact in the Mongolian market. On
Thursday, trade at the Naiman Sharga Exchange Market saw one yuan selling for
MNT 202.30 while the buying rate was

The French Ambassador, Jean
Paul Dumon, recently received from
President Ts.Elbegdorj the Nairamdal medal in recognition of his
contribution
to the
development of bilateral relations. He answered some questions from media on the
occasion.

How
did France and Mongolia reach the
stage of establishing diplomatic relations 45 years

Noted economist N. Dishevel says the
failure of the Mongol Bank to contribute anything to the state budget in 2009
shows the flaws in its policy in relation to foreign currency reserves. “That
tax payers’ money was wasted in loss-making currency deals shows

Ambassador to Australia J.
Tserendorj has said Mongolia is looking for foreign investors to help it boost
domestic crude oil production tenfold in the next three years,. The increase in
crude production to 10 million barrels a year from 1 million in 2009

There was criticism of both the
Government and the Central Bank at a recent meeting of the Standing Committee
on the Budget when it discussed the status of foreign loans. When Finance
Minister S.Bayartsogt said serious talks on a USD30-billion loan from the
Chinese

The
Human Rights Sub-Committee met yesterday to discuss all the information it has
gathered on four specific aspects of human rights violations following the
violent incidents of July 1, 2008. The information came from its investigation
of 47 complaints from those arrested after the

The
President’s Office has sent a letter to S.Batdelger, Judge General of the
Supreme Court and also Director of the General Court Council. The letter seeks
an investigation into the details of the legal training and qualification of 13
judges appointed between 2001 and

The
Standing Committee on Legislation yesterday decided to submit to Parliament for
discussion a draft law on the status of foreign citizens. The draft calls for
improving the system of keeping tabs on foreign citizens, especially on what
they do while in Mongolia. MPs