The Government has fixed the amount of health insurance payment for 2010. Salaried workers will continue to pay 4 percent of their total income, but rates have changed for those whose insurance is paid by the Government.  They include children,

The recent changes in the health insurance system have confused citizens and they cannot easily find an explanation of the new rules. N.Oyungerel of the Ministry of Health answers our questions on the issue.

What are the new areas now covered

Canada-listed mining group SouthGobi Energy Resources Ltd plans to raise about USD400 million from a Hong Kong initial public offering this month, according to a term sheet obtained by Reuters. SouthGobi, which started IPO premarketing earlier this week, is focused

Head of the Mongolian Labor Union S.Ganbaatar has asked for a meeting with the Prime Minister to discuss the increase in electricity rates. He is yet to receive a reply to his letter sent just before the New Year.
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More than a year after the Economic Crime Department of the State Investigation Authority named him as a suspect in the Anod Bank case, L.Ulambayar was arrested on December 15 last when he landed in Chinggis Khaan airport after seeking

Parts of Khuvsgul province continue to be under quarantine to halt the spread of the A/H1N1 influenza virus.  Schools and kindergartens have remained closed since December 28. According to L.Damdinsuren of the provincial hospital, six of the 49 registered cases

Parliament Speaker D.Demberel told a Press conference on Monday that MNT324 billion from the Human Development Fund will be distributed to citizens in 2010. He was supported by Ts.Davaasuren and D.Arvin, head of the Standing Committees on the Budget, and

Klaus Rohland has been named the next World Bank Country Director of Mongolia, China and the Republic of Korea. He will be based in Beijing. This is his fourth term as Country Director with the Bank. He has served in

It is time to start some serious thinking on how Mongolia is going to manage the flow of mining revenues so that most people benefit in the best way. That these revenues must be used to boost the national economy

The second meeting of the National Council on Vocational Education and Training (NCVET) was held earlier this month. It was organized by the Millennium Challenge Account-Mongolia (MCA-M) Technical and Vocational Education and Training Project in cooperation with the Policy and