Today, by order of President Ts.Elbegdorj, the President of the National Federation of the Blind, Ms. D.Bolor, has been appointed as an external advisor to the President. Ms D.Bolor will work on the issues regarding people with disabilities. Recently, she

Last year it was decided to merge the General Custom House with the General Taxation Authority and the National Statistical Office of Mongolia with the State Registration Office. Under the 2016 State Budget, the integration takes effect from 1st January

On the first day of 2016, Mongolia’s best young football club, “DMU”, organized their New Year Party and awards ceremony in the “Temuujin Restaurant” of Ulaanbaatar’s “Chinggis Hotel”.

The highlight of the event was when A.Munkh-Orgil received the “Best Player” award,

According to various sources Mongolian small and medium enterprises (SME’s) have been unable to repay their loans as a result of the economic crisis. Mr D.Erdenebat, who is the Minister of Industry, has denied this information saying that: “The loan

We have asked S.Orkhon, who is director at the Service Planning Authority at the General Taxation Office about the new VAT refund program.

S Orkhon noted: The “Law on Value Added Tax”, which was approved by Parliament on 9th July, came

The monthly MNT 20,000 child allowance for December 2015 has still not been paid. The reason why the alowance has not been made available is because the necessary finance has not been transferred to the “Human Development Fund”. For this

The Minister of Health and Sport, G.Shiilegdamba, has been released on bail. There are reports, that he was released from custody on 31st December.

The Anti-Corruption Implementation Agency arrested Minister Shiilegdamba on 4th November 2015, following which he was detained in

The World Chess Federation has released a ratings list for January 2016. This indicates that Mongolia stands in 57th place out of 172 countries. The rating is calculated by the average scores of the best ten chess players. The list

The new "Law on Value Added Tax", which was approved by Parliament on 9th July 2015 came into force on 1st January 2016. The new VAT Law provides the opportunity to retrieve 2% from all purchases (20% of the paid

During the autumn session of Parliament, a total of 27 decisions regarding legislation were taken, as a result of which, 10 new laws have come into force with effect as of 1st January 2016. These are:

1. "2016 State Budget Law"

2.