More than 3,000 teachers of kindergartens, secondary schools and universities demonstrated yesterday at Sukhbaatar Square, demanding a doubling of their salary. If Parliament does not accede to the demand by April 9, the teachers announced they would go on strike.

A Mongolian team led by Minister for Education, Culture and Science Yo.Otgonbayar was in Beijing recently to hold talks on how to avoid conflicts in asking for UNESCO heritage status for cultural practices that are common to both countries. The

Judo wrestlers working in police organizations in five countries will come together in a tournament in Ulaanbaatar in May. Khuch sports center of General Police has sent its wrestlers to Suuj camp for training.

The wife of President Ts.Elbegdorj, Kh.Bolormaa, has established a foundation called Trust-Mongolia without Cancer. It will work for prevention of cancer, spreading awareness and information, encouraging early diagnosis, improving the quality of treatment, training oncologists, and for more attention to

Officials have been declaring their assets and reporting their income for four years nowe and even though people take the figures with a grain of salt, annual comparisons are often interesting reading. For example, the figures released by the Anti-Corruption

U.S. Ambassador Jonathan Addleton has stressed that “successful businesses bring development, add jobs, strengthen people-to-people relationships and provide the revenues needed to fund needed health and education services”. The U.S. Embassy would “do everything within our power” to support the

The Trade and Development Bank celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. In an interview with The Mongol Messenger, its President, Randolph S. Koppa, has expressed confidence that the estimated rise in the country’s GDP will see significant growth in the

Chinalco Executive Director Liu Xiangmin has said his company is currently in talks with Rio Tinto on the joint development of the Oyu Tolgoi deposit. With a USD15.5-billion investment for around a 9% stake, Chinalco is already the single biggest

V.V. Morozov, recently unanimously elected the new chairman and chief executive officer of the General Council of the Ulaanbaatar Railway, has said that he has a long-term strategy to achieve higher growth and efficiency in the joint venture. Sources of

The Mongolian Government announced on Thursday that it had confirmed that the procedural and administrative conditions contained in the Oyu Tolgoi Investment Agreement had been satisfied within the allocated six-month period that has followed the agreement”s official signing on October