Representatives of the civil movements that are organizing the present protest against the Government told a press conference yesterday that they have formed a nine-member temporary council. Six of the members are from the provinces while three are from Ulaanbaatar.

The National Development and Innovation Committee has developed general policy directives for Mongolia for 2011. The human development index now standing at 0.731 is planned to be raised to 0.758 by next year. Norway tops the index with 0.971. Russia’s

Mining at Boroo Gold’s mine at Zuun Kharaa is expected to be over in about six months unless the company is allowed by the Minerals and Energy Ministry to extract gold from sand. The company has succeeded in producing 1.2

Khan Resources CEO Martin Quick has said the company plans to ask a Mongolian court to overturn a decision by the country”s Nuclear Energy Agency to invalidate mining and exploration licenses held by the company”s subsidiaries with effect from October

Confirming the cancellation of Khan Resources Inc.’s permit to exploit the Dornod resource, T. Bayarbayasgalan, nuclear materials chief at Mongolia’s Nuclear Energy Agency, has told Bloomberg in an e-mailed response to questions that Mongolia will develop its biggest untapped uranium

Prime Minister S. Batbold told a forum organized by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange during his recent visit there that Mongolia plans to raise up to USD1 billion through a sovereign bond offering in the fourth quarter, and is also

The mother of one of the children of secondary school No.53 in Bayanzurkh who suffered from food poisoning has said the company that supplied the product that is blamed for the infection gave MNT 50,000 to MNT70,000 to the parents

The public hearing on events relating to the July 1 incidents has once again been postponed. It was listed in Parliament’s business on April 21 but Speaker D.Demberel announced the postponement because the State Prosecutor General did not agree to

Tripartite talks have begun on revising the salaries of teachers and hospital staff including doctors. The Mongolian Labor Union demands a 50% raise over the present in 2010 and a rise of another 10 percent next year. The Ministry for

The Prime Minister”s foreign policy advisor O.Och has briefed media on the recent visit of  S.Batbold to the 2010 Annual Boao Forum for Asia in Hainan province in China, and then to Hong Kong. Terming the visit a success, Och