A memorandum recently signed between the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Budget and the Confederation of Mongolian Trade Unions (CMTU) is likely to have long-term and far-reaching significance, according to S.Ganbaatar, CMTU President. It allows direct popular involvement in debates
Garrison International has resumed construction of a processing facility in its Tovshiir gold project in south-eastern Mongolia. Blair Krueger, President of Garrison, has said that “the financial crisis that significantly delayed” the work “is now behind the company”. Once the
Ulaanbaatar’s population has been growing by 30,000-40,000 a year ever since free migration was allowed a couple of decades ago. This not merely puts pressure on the city’s infrastructure, but also hampers development of the countryside.
Serious consideration is being given
Sale of meat from the State stock through seven companies will begin on March 15. Mayor G.Munkhbayar signed the necessary orders on Wednesday. No beef has been stocked this year, but 2,000 tons of mutton and 700 tons of goat
Parliament Speaker D.Demberel has met with a team from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development led by Olivier Descamp to discuss areas of cooperation. Demberel said Mongolia is coming out of the economic crisis and expected to be back
Prime Minister S.Batbold began an official visit to Austria yesterday. His fiest meeting was with Antonio Maria Costa, head of the UN office in Vienna. Batbold recalled Mongolia’s fruitful membership of the UN for 50 years and thanked the world
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