On 10th February, the proposed alterations to the “Nuclear Energy Law” were presented to the Speaker of Parliament. The main purpose of this legislative project are to replace the state shares in the nuclear field with a special fee for

In 2015, the Mineral Resource Authority of Mongolia contributed MNT 49.6 billion to the state budget. This can be broken down as follows: MNT 35 billion came from the payment of mineral resource exploration and mining rights, MNT 4.7 billion

During the 10th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, which took place in Windhoek, Namibia between 30th November and 4th December, UNESCO registered the Mongolian Coaxing ritual for camels. The purpose of the

The Grand Slam, which provides Olympic points, was held on 6th-7th February in Paris. In total, 386 male and 224 female judo wrestlers from 96 countries participated in the Grand Slam. The Mongolian team consisted of 20 wrestlers, three of

The United Federation of Mongolian Consumers’ Rights Protection groups has confirmed that their demand to reduce the price of petrol is being heeded. The announcement, made on the eve of Tsagaan Sar, stated that the price price is being reduced

In 2015, Mongolia extracted 24.1 million tons of coal, 14.6 tons of gold and 1.2 million tons of crude oil. Regarding the production of concentrates during this period: Mongolia produced 230,800 tons of flouride concentrate, 1,334,700 tons of copper concentrate,

The Democratic Party (DP) has invited the Civil Will Green Party (CVGP) and Mongolian National Democratic Party (MNDP) to join it. Last week, the CWGP concluded a memorandum with the DP confirming their intention of doing so. Under the “Law

As the member of the UN Human Rights Council, Mongolia has been appointed as leading spokesman on the working group responsible for studying the state of human rights on the Solomon Islands. This is the Mongolian first major task on

On 4th February, Parliament finished the first discussion of the project to exempt the cars which will be used for the ASEM summit from customs duties, VAT and special tax. Following this the draft bill was transferred to the standing

An exhibition of unique old photographs depicting Mongolian life from 1870-1910 is now on display in Ulaanbaatar. The exhibition entitled “Mongolia and Mongolians” can be seen at the “Gamma Gallery”.

The exhibition comprising photographs from the famous St Petersburg Ethnography and