Namjil, researcher of family studies said traditional Mongolian family structure is disintegrating. He has been studying traditional Mongolian family since 1995 and teaches at “Ulaanbaatar University”a south Korean invested private university in Ulaanbaatar.Current situation of Mongolia and global trend is directly affecting Mongolian families according...
This year 430 students will study abroad under government scholarship
According to Mongolian government's agreements with other countries, 430 Mongolian students will study abroad this year with government scholarship. The students will be selected from state accredited universities. The selected students will be required to come back to Mongolia upon graduation.
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True shamans or charlatans?
Lately, Shamanism, original spiritual practice of Mongolia is reviving. Majority of Mongolian tribes during Chinggis Khaan’s time were following shamanism. However, Khubilai khaan, founder of Yuan Dynasty were inclined towards Tibetan Buddhism. It was spread only among ruling elite Mongolians as nihilism and pacifism of Tibetan Buddhism was too difficult...
Opinion:The Swedish Model and Mongolia
Following is article by Jargalsaikhan Dambadarjaa (Jargal) Economist, President. Mongolians for Fair Taxes, Wise Spending, a non-profit, non-partisan org.Sweden is an exemplary model of social and economic development. Within a hundred years since 1868, when Londoners collected money for its starving children, Sweden surpassed the wealthiest country,...
Peabody Energy Aligns Global Coal Sales and Trading Groups as Part of Expanded Access to High-Growth Asian Markets
Peabody Energy, one of large private coal companies in the world and active in Mongolia released following press release about its corporate re-shuffling. MonInfo, News and Information serviceST. LOUIS, Aug 24, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Peabody Energy today announced that it has realigned its COALSALES and COALTRADE businesses as part...
Article by EurasiaNet on Medvedev visit in Mongolia
MONGOLIA: MEDVEDEV VISIT HIGHLIGHTS TRADITIONAL TIES BETWEEN MOSCOW AND ULAANBAATAR Joshua Kucera 8/27/09Mongolia and Russia inked several agreements during a pomp-filled official visit by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to Ulaanbaatar. But the bevy of signings does not mean that Mongolia is about to reenter Russia’s sphere of influence, Mongolian...
National Geographic TV's Wild Chronicles Program in Mongolia
In September 2008, National Geographic TV shot its Wild Chronicles program featuring a group of American and Mongolian environmentalists travelling together to see extent of gold mining in Mongolia. Very well shot TV story highlighting environmental damage caused by unregulated gold mining. After opening up in early 90s, Mongolia had unregulated gold...
Al Jazeera English in Mongolia:Part 2
Al Jazeera English Broadcaster based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia was in Mongolia early June this year doing some good TV stories on Mongolia. Here is part 2 of Mongolia story run on 101 East of AJE. Here AJE presenter Fauziah Ibrahim is interviewing President Elbegdorj Tsakhia right after his election victory in May, 2009....
Al Jazeera English Broadcaster in Mongolia:Part 1
Al Jazeera English Broadcaster based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia done quiet good TV stories on Mongolia. Here is part 1 of TV story by 101 East of AJE. Hope you enj...
2,000-year-old skeleton found in Mongolia
By Korea Herald Newspaper dated Aug 27, 2009The National Museum of Korea said yesterday it has unearthed a 2,000-year-old skeleton of a Mongolian nomad at the Xiongnu Tombs of Duurlignars, about 500 kilometers northeast of Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia.The skeleton of a man was identified as mortal remains of the Xiongnu, a confederation of...
Mongolian Judoka has won gold medal at World Championship
Mongolian Judoka Tsagaanbaatar Khashbaatar won gold medal in half-lightweight (66 kg) division in World Judo Championship held in the Ahoy indoor sporting arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands on 26 to 30 Aug, 2009.He won the bout with Sugoi Uriarte of Spain. Previously,...
Wife of former Sumo wrestler Kyokushuzan Batbayar gave birth to a son
Wife of Kyokushuzan Batbayar, former professional sumo wrestler and current politician and lawmaker of Mongolian Parliament gave birth in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Bayasgalan, wife of the former wrestler gave birth to a son weighing 3.6 kg in first maternity ward of Ulaanbaatar on Aug 25, 2009. It is second marriage for 36 year old lawmaker as he was...
Photos of Russian President Medvedev's visit in Mongolia
Dmitry Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation visited Mongolia on Aug 25 and 26, 2009. Following are pictures of the Russian President's visit in Mongolia. The photos are courtesy of http://www.gogo.mn/, one of top news sites in Mongolia. Moninfo, news...
Opinion: Aftermath of the Russian President's visit in Mongolia
During recent visit of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Mongolia, President Elbegdorj Tsakhia mentioned about huge trade gap between Russia and Mongolia. In 2008 alone, Mongolia bought $ 1.2 billion worth goods and products from Russia and in return Russia bought only $ 86 million worth goods and products from Mongolia.Mongolia gets 98 percent...
Zorigt Dashdorj, Minerals Minister: now details of the agreement will be worked out
Zorigt Dashdorj, the Minerals minister spoke about Oyu Tolgoi investment agreement on national "Mongol" TV this evening. Details of the investment agreement will be worked out now within two-weeks, he said. Also proposals and suggestions of the lawmakers during the parliamentary hearings will be included in the final agreement, according to the minister....
Gloomy situation of the Mongolian construction industry
Mongolian construction industry is hard hit by the economic crisis facing the country. Commercial banks stopped giving loans to construction companies in fear of bad loan. Dozens of half-completed buildings can be seen today in Ulaanbaatar. Construction cranes sitting idle and thousands of construction workers joined ranks of unemployed. Thousands...
Sharavdorj, head of the Mongolian Parliamentary office is on a working visit in Poland
Mongolian delegation headed by Sharavdorj, General Secretary of the Parliamentary office is visiting Poland at the invitation of Wanda Fidelus-Ninkevich, head of the Chancellory of Sejm-Polish Parliament. Mongolian delegation met with the head of Chancellory of the Polish Parliament on Aug 24, 2009 in Warsaw, Poland. Sides exchanged opinions on inter...
Ivanhoe Mines Welcomes Votes in Mongolia's Parliament as Key Step Toward Finalization of Oyu Tolgoi Agreement
ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA --(Marketwire - Aug. 25, 2009) - Ivanhoe Mines (TSX:IVN)(NYSE:IVN)(NASDAQ:IVN) President John Macken said today that the company welcomes the Mongolian Parliament's approval of amendments to four laws, including the insertion of a sunset provision to cancel the three-year-old, 68% windfall profits tax on copper and gold effective...
Corporate tax law amendment approved by the Parliament
Earlier this afternoon, the Parliament also approved the corporate tax amendment thus allowing businesses to carry losses for 8 years instead of 2. MonInfo reporter was not at the parliament during the voting and therefore was not aware of this and did not report it. Later,we learned about the approval from other reporters.MonInfo News Serv...
Breaking news:legal amendments on water law is approved
Mongolian Parliament just passed legal revision on law of water by vote of 50/5. Total of 55 lawmakers were during the discussion.Reported by Ganbat, reporter of MonInfo News Serv...
Breaking news: the windfall tax is annuled
State Great Khural or Mongolian Parliament just annuled the windfall profits tax by 42/8 vote. Total of 50 lawmakers were present during the final hearing of the draft law. Reported by Ganbat, Reporter of MonInfo News Servi...
Mongolia still owes Soviet-era debt to Russia
Visiting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev confirmed that Mongolia still owes remaining debt of Soviet times to Russia. During joint press conference of the Mongolian and Russian Presidents held in Mongolian Government house, he said " there are remaining debt. We want to solve this problem within the framework of developing strategic partnership between...
Russian President is in town
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has landed in Mongolia at noon. He was received in central square of Ulaanbaatar by President Elbegdorj Tsakhia and Mongolian government officials with honor guards.Then later, Russian and Mongolian Presidents met in the Government house for official meeting.The leaders are expected to have joint press conference in...
Looking for Democratic Harbingers
(August 20) – Citizens of Afghanistan and the global community have held their collective breaths over the safety and outcome of this week’s elections in Afghanistan. Enthusiasm at the polls provides a wonderful reminder of the power of the vote, with the BBC broadcasting many excited voices. The mobilization of Afghans in the electoral process flies...
MongolBank Governor calls major shareholders of Anod bank cheaters who have lost moral right to work in banking sector again
During parliamentary hearing on fiscal and banking policy of Government of Mongolia, Purevdorj, governor of the central bank (mongolbank) called major shareholders of Anod, a commercial bank which was seized by state regulators in December, 2008 cheaters who have no moral right to work in the banking sector again. He accused them for attempting to...
IFC Launches Project to Promote Good Corporate Governance, Trade Finance in Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, August 24, 2009-IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, signed a memorandum of understanding with the Mongolian parliament for a training program to help private companies improve economic performance through increased transparency and accountability.
(Media-Newswire.com) - Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, August 24, 2009—IFC, a member...
News update:Parliament discussion on legal amendments necessary for OT investment Agreement
State Great Khural or Mongolian Parliament decided to send the draft laws on annulling windfall tax and amendments of corporate tax law and water law to respective standing committees for final wording of the drafts after incorporating proposals made by the lawmakers during the full session. Now Purevdorj, Governor of Mongolbank (central bank) is making...
State Great Khural passes legal amendment on law of motor road
Today, full parliament session started at 10 am and continuing.The hearings on legal revisions needed for conclusion of the Oyu Tolgoi investment agreement are being held in tense atmosphere. Opinions of the lawmakers are varied on the legal revisions. However, Khural passed the legal amendment on law on roads by vote of 53/7. This amendment allows...
Parliamentary committees made headway in Oyu Tolgoi investment agreement
Parliamentary budgetary committee discussed the the annulment of the windfall profits tax law this afternoon. Batbayar Nyamjav and Enkhbold Zandaakhuu, lawmakers of the Democratic Party proposed to raise the threshold of price of copper to be taxed from $ 2600 to $ 4400 per ton and reduce the 68 percent tax to 34 percent instead of complete annulment....
Bayartsogt Sangajav, the Finance Minister to the lawmakers of the Khural: there are things that can not be measured by money and profit terms
Today during the parliamentary hearing, the Finance Minister was under intense pressure from the lawmakers which questioned why Government proposed to annul the tax which generated nearly 1 trillion Tugrig for government coffer. Much of the revenue was spent on social wellfare programs for poor as cash handouts.One third of it was spent for infrasructure...
Parliamentary hearing on annulling the windfall profits tax to continue next week
Today was first day of full parliament-Khural's hearing on annulment of Windfall Profits tax and amendment of Corporate tax laws needed for conclusion of the Oyu Tolgoi investment agreement. Government of Mongolia proposed four draft laws needed for conclusion of the Oyu Tolgoi investment agreement with Ivanhoe Mines Mongolia Inc, a joint venture...
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Ninja mining in Uyanga soum of Uvurhangai aimag of Mongolia
Following photos are courtesy of MonInfo, Mongolian News and Information Services Company in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Photos are shot in Uyanga soum of Uvurhangai aimag where large number of ninja or artesanal miners work in group panning and digging for gold....
Job ads in Mongolia:Office Assistant for WCS NGO
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Further parliamentary discussions on Oyu Tolgoi investment agreement
Tomorrow, Parliamentary standing committees on Budget, Environment and Food and Agriculture and Economic issues are expected hold separate hearings on the legal revisions needed for conclusion of Oyu Tolgoi investment agreement. Full parliament session is scheduled on Friday and the voting will take place. Depending on the voting result, further development...
Mongolian Civic groups calling for resignation of the Government it considered failed during Oyu Tolgoi negotiation
While, bipartisan lawmakers were discussing legal amendments needed to move forward the giant Oyu Tolgoi mine project, civic group activists got busy-outside the Parliament house. About dozen supporters and members of "Radical Reform", "My Mongolian land" civic groups staged protest outside the parliament holding banners with pictures of Premier Bayar...
Irregular session of the Khural started; parliamentary minority group endorsed legal amendments necessary for Oyu Tolgoi investment agreement
Irregular session of the State Great Khural started today with Speaker Demberel Damdin's speech. Speaker highlighted significance of exploitation of Oyu Tolgoi mineral deposit and said " full exploitation of the Oyu Tolgoi gold and copper deposit can boost our economy tremendously.We understand very well that passing Oyu Tolgoi investment agreement...
MONGOLIA TO GET LOAN FROM INDIA
Ulaanbaatar,/MONTSAME/ The State Great Khural has approved the agreement of "Stability loan" of USD 25 million to be granted from the government of the Republic of India to the government of Mongolia. Mongolia will take out the loan in frames of the program of stabilizing the budget and policy measure for financing the deficit, with the...
Irregular session of the Khural is on Aug 19, 2009
It has been announced today that irregular session of the State Great Khural will be held on Aug 19, 2009. This session is called in order to debate four laws related to conclusion of the Oyu Tolgoi investment agreement with the Ivanhoe Mines and Rio Tinto. These draft laws are: windfall profits tax law, motor road law, water law and corporate tax...
Khan Quest Military exercise to be held in August
Since 2001, Mongolian Military of Defense has been organizing “Khan Quest” international peacekeeping exercises in partnership with U.S. Pacific Command.
This year's exercise will take place from Aug. 15 to 25 at “Tavan Tolgoi” training camp, about 40 miles west of the capital Ulaan Baatar.
About 450 troops from some 20 nations, including US, Germany,...
What happened seventy years ago in Khalkin Gol?
This year is 70th anniversary of Victory over Japanese invaders in Khalkhin Gol. In 1939, joint Mongolian-Soviet military repulsed Japanese military force supported by Inner Mongolian cavalry which attempted to occupy the Khalkin Gol area in Eastern Mongolia.Khalkhin Gol is a river in eastern aimag of Dornod that borders with China. In 1939, Inner...
Government working group on Oyu Tolgoi submitted draft laws to the Parliament; Speaker Demberel is happy with the results of the OT negotiation
Bayartsogt Sangajav, the Finance Minister and Gansukh Luumed, Minister of Environment and Tourism, Zorigt Dashdorj, the Minerals Minister visited Khural Speaker Demberel this afternoon and submitted the draft laws (water law, motor road law, draft law to annul the WPT and Corporate tax law) in relation to the conclusion of the Oyu Tolgoi Investment...
Editorial of the Mongolianviews: Will Ivanhoe Mines and Rio Tinto really pay 68% windfall profits tax?
According to the Minister of Finance Bayartsogt Sangajav, the miners agreed to pay all taxation of Mongolia including the controversial windfall profits tax. The minister added that the windfall profits tax law fulfilled its role and now it is time to move on and abolish the tax. How many taxes are there in Mongolia? There are Corporate tax, Customs...
Breakthroughs on Oyu Tolgoi copper deposit Investment agreement:no tax breaks for Rio Tinto and Ivanhoe Mines
Tomorrow PM Bayar is going to request the Speaker to call for irregular session of the parliament next week. Bayartsogt Sangajav, the Finance Minister said "Government is proposing to amend four laws in relation to the OT agreement. These are Windfall Profits tax law, Corporate tax law to allow tax loss carried for eight years, Water law and Law on...
Ivanhoe Mines and Rio Tinto agreed to pay windfall profits tax.....
Mongolian Government ministers told to reporters today Rio Tinto and Ivanhoe Mines agreed to pay all relevant taxes of Mongolia including 68% Windfall Profits tax. Earlier, the miners refused to pay the tax citing future operational loss. Finance Minister Bayartsogt Sangajav said " Government is planning to submit a draft law on abolishing the windfall...
Prime Minister Bayar's casual remarks on the Miners and the Khural letters
Today, Prime Minister made a very casual remark about the letters of the Rio Tinto and Ivanhoe Mines and the Khural today. He said " well, it is not proper to interfere between two persons who sent each other letters. Cultured people will understand each other...
Mongolian Parliament responded to the letter of the Ivanhoe Mines and Rio Tinto companies and now asks the companies to apologize
The letter sent by the international miners to Mongolian Parliament or State Great Khural backfired and now the companies are asked to apologize.On July 27, the international miners Rio Tinto and Invanhoe Mines sent letter to the members of the Mongolian parliament-State Great Khural.The letter emphasized importance of passing the Oyu Tolgoi investment...
Cabinet meeting on Oyu Tolgoi Investment Agreement was held behind closed doors on Friday
Special cabinet meeting on Oyu Tolgoi was started at 2 pm on Friday and continued until 6:45 pm. The meeting was held behind closed doors and therefore, no official statements and information on outcome of the meeting were provided to the media.However, after the meeting Zorigt Dashdorj, Minerals minister gave following information to the waiting media.-today,...
Pictures from Mongolian Rock Festival-Playtime 2009
Pictures of Mongolian rock musical festival "Playtime 2009" held on Aug 1, 2, 09 in Gachuurt area of Ulaanbaatar. Gachuurt is about 30 km east of Ulaanbaatar.Hundreds of die-hard rock fans gathered at the site for 2 days. The photos are courtesy of Batgerel, photographer...
