The Human Development Center and Globe International have announced that the UN Human Rights Council has decided to discuss the human rights situation in Mongolia in its ninth conference to be held in Geneva, Switzerland on November 23. The conference

The city administration has stored 230 tons of snow melting substances, 400 cmt of sand and 280 tons of salt for use during the 2009-2010 winter. Of this, 80 tons of substance, 110 tons of salt and 240 cmt of

The Ministry for Minerals and Energy has agreed to a proposal to raise the price of coal by MNT4,000 per ton. The decision follows the already announced increase in non-household heating and electricity tariffs from January 15. Coal mines demanded

In a speech in Parliament on Wednesday on the occasion of the 18th anniversary of adoption of the State Constitution, Speaker D.Demberel said setting up “a humane and democratic society” according to the Constitution was by itself no guarantee that

Minister for Health S.Lambaa, Ulaanbaatar Mayor G.Munkhbayar and the President of the Science Academy B.Enkhtuvshin told yesterday’s joint meeting of two Standing Committees, the first on the Budget and the second on Social Policy, Education, Culture and Science, that air

The second meeting of the Mongolia-India joint bureau which works for cooperation in the fields of politics, economy, trade, science and culture was held on January 11 in Delhi. The bureau was set up during the visit of President Ts.

South Korea”s bourse operator Korea Exchange (KRX) has prepared a wide-ranging reform plan that includes setting up a joint stock exchange in Mongolia.

Mongolia is attempting to attract fresh foreign investors to balance China and Russia, its dominant traditional partners and neighbors, as it embarks on a series of privatizations and initial public offerings of its extensive mineral assets, according to a report

According to a recent report issued by Eurasia Capital, senior executives of eight sovereign wealth funds (SWF) including from China, Singapore, Korea, the UAE, Kuwait, Libya and others, visited Ulaanbaatar in the space of the last three months.  Singapore’s USD120-billion

Domestic consumers have been given a respite until June 1 but commercial users will be paying more for their electricity from this Friday.  On an average, power costs will go up by 17.35 percent and those for heating by 14.5