A formal ceremony on Monday saw Satbir Singh present his
credentials as Indian Ambassador to Mongolia to President Ts.Elbegdorj.
Singh is not new to the region as he earlier served at India’s embassy in Moscow and was for some time acting
ambassador there.
The

At a meeting in Ulaanbaatar
on May 24, First Deputy Premier N.Altankhuyag, who is also head of the
Mongolian side of the Mongolia-Russia Intergovermental Commission, and the new Governor
of the Sverdlovskaya province in Russia, A.C. Misharin, stressed the
long tradition of friendly bilateral

The biennial World Harmony Run, first organized by a
US-based Indian philosopher and campaigner for peace, Sri Chinmoy, in 1987,
reached Mongolia
on May 15. As always, it was flagged off at the UN headquarters in New York and will cover
more than 100

A strike by technical staff led to the cancellation of this
morning’s MIAT flight to Seoul.
J.Bat-Erdene, State Secretary of the Ministry of Transport, Construction and City
Planning, some 90 workers are involved. If they continue to refuse to work,
replacements will be brought

Waves of migration from the
provinces have meant that almost half of the Mongolian population now lives in
its capital city, straining its infrastructure and increasing various forms of
environmental pollution. Parliament therefore had no hesitation when it
recently approved the Government’s Smokeless Ulaanbaatar

Ivanhoe Mines Ltd., building the Oyu Tolgoi project with Rio
Tinto Group, has said it may bring in another partner. “This is likely to have
another participant before it’s all over,” Deputy Chairman Peter Meredith has
said. “We’ve had a lot interest from

SouthGobi Resources Ltd. has identified the following as
highlights of its operational and financial results for the quarter ended March
31, 2010.

— Total shipments were 426,000 tons.

— Average realized selling price was USD36 per ton,
approximately 24% higher than in Q1 2009.

— Significant

The 27th annual Himalayan Fair on May 29 and 30 will
celebrate the mountain cultures of Mongolia,
Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan,
India, Burma, and Pakistan
at Live Oak Park, Berkeley,
California. Visitors will enjoy
the food, art, jewelry, clothing, antiques and crafts of the Himalayas.

Proceeds from

Opera singer S.Mungunchimeg, who has fond memories of her
years of study in Bulgaria and considers it to be her second homeland, will gives
a free performance on May 24 at Arte restaurant in Ulaanbaatar, at a ceremony
to celebrate the 60th anniversary

Parliament on Thursday approved a resolution whereby the Mongolian
Livestock program will now cover veterinary and breeding services, improving quality
of herds, maintaining a proper balance between the number of different animals
in a herd, etc. The program, initiated by a group of