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New Mongolian PM appoints his Cabinet

“The geopolitical situation is becoming increasingly complex. The government decided to immediately begin work and maintain the continuity of state policy. Therefore, a third of the previous government is retained,” G.Zandanshatar said.

Electoral law projects accepted for parliamentary discussion

Four “additional changes to the electoral law” projects have been presented to Parliament during this autumn session. Today, the Parliament organized a poll, to decide whether to discuss these law projects. Here are the proposals and the polling results:

The “Additional

Dollar – Tugrik rate raised in 2016 Budget Law

The dollar was rated MNT 1800 in this year’s budget. The new budget law has changed the dollar rate to MNT 2030. The “Naiman Sharga Currency Center” is currently selling the dollar at MNT 1995, and buying at MNT 1993.

12% of teenagers are overweight

Research carried out by the Mongolian Ministry of the Health and Sport and the World Health Organization (WHO), show that 54% of all adults, 14% of the children under the age of five and 12% of all teenagers are overweight.

Possibly 18000 with autism in Mongolia

The Control and Prevention Center for Autism has conducted a study which has concluded that one in every 68 children is autistic.  The number of boys with autism is five times higher than girls. If it is true that 0.62%

Mongolia and France sign cooperation documents

Following the official talks, President of Mongolia Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj and President of the French Republic Francois Hollande attended the signing ceremony of bilateral documents. During the ceremony, the following documents were signed:

An Intergovernmental Agreement on Educational, Cultural and Technical Cooperation

Public smoking ban – largely ignored

Under the 2013 “Cigarette Control Law”, smoking cigarettes in public places is banned. In the meantime  a total of 1441 people who have been caught smoking in public places and three commercial organisations which have let people smoke have been

B.Gundavaa is leading in the “Malta-Open”

The “Malta-Open Chess Competition” is currently underway. This is the fifth time the event has being held. The winner of last year’s competition, Mongolia’s B.Gundavaa is representing the country once again. A total of 207 chess players from 31 countries

“Made in Ulaanbaatar 2015” fair trade

The Ulaanbaatar Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Support Center traditionally organizes a “Made in Ulaanbaatar” trade fair each year. The opening of the 2015 fair was held today at 11.00 am at the “Misheel Expo Center”. The “Made in Ulaanbatar

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