Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the fiftieth anniversary of Mongolia’s membership in the United Nations:
It is a great pleasure to congratulate the Government and people of Mongolia on the fiftieth anniversary of the country’s membership into the United Nations.
United Nations agencies first became engaged in Mongolia...
Truck kills herder in China Inner Mongolia protest: group
(Reuters) - A
herder in northern China's Inner Mongolia who had been protesting
destruction of traditional grazing land has died after being hit by an
oil transport truck, an overseas rights group said on Monday.
A similar incident in May, when
another herder died after being struck by a coal truck, set off rare
protests by minority ethnic...
Mongolian Mines Are Open for Business, But Just Who’s Making the Money?
Mongolia’s resource riches are bringing it new attention. While activity
in the extractive industries is creating a spike in government revenue,
extreme winters are killing livestock and driving nomadic peoples into
the slums of Ulan Bator. Mongolia is confronting the same question all
resource-rich countries eventually face: how to distribute...
BBC blasted over Edinburgh Woollen Mill's workers claim
A high street clothes chain whose boss lives near Carlisle has hit back
at a claim from the BBC that it has handed over foreign workers’ wages
to the totalitarian regime in North Korea.
Bosses from Edinburgh Woollen Mill have described the allegation –
aired in on the BBC's Newsnight show on Thursday – as inaccurate and
“sensationalist”.
The...
Mongolia abandons nuclear waste storage plans, informs Japan of decision
PARIS -- The Mongolian government told Japan government officials and
others concerned in late September that it had decided to abandon its
plans to cooperate with Tokyo and Washington and build facilities to
temporarily store and dispose of nuclear waste, it was learned on Oct.
14.
Mongolia appears to have judged the plan unfeasible because...
Mongolian contract just the beginning - Macmahon
WEST-Perth based Macmahon Holdings
boss Nick Bowen says the company’s latest $491 million contract in
Mongolia is an “enormous opportunity”.
In a statement to shareholders, the company announced it would team
up with German Operta GmBh to work on the state-owned Tavan Tolgoi Coal
Mine in Mongolia.
Mr Bowen said the new contract...
Mongolian company employing North Koreans exports to UK, according to BBC report
ermel factory manager David Woods shows Newsnight reporter Edinburgh Woollen Mill products ready for despatch to Scotland
By Simon...
Release of Alleged Spy Angers German Investigators
nly weeks before German Chancellor Angela
Merkel's visit to Ulan Bator, a court in Germany ruled that a Mongolian
official detained as part of an investigation into an illegal kidnapping
must be released. Criminal investigators here say the decision was
"removed...
Chechen terrorist leader talks about Mongols as destroyers of Muslim community in middle century
Extremist Chechen terrorist leader Doku Umarov fighting with Russians in Caucasus mountains used example of Mongols in the middle century for his appeal to other Chechen terrorists.
This was published in Kavkazcenter.com news site of the Chechen terrorists .
This shows Mongols delivered lethal blow to Muslim world and it is not forgotten...
Mongolia Relaunching Key Mining Talks Later This Month
By SIMON HALL
BEIJING–Mongolia is relaunching talks with
international miners on developing its huge Tavan Tolgoi coking coal
reserves following the controversial award of a contract in July and its
cancellation just two months later.
Negotiations, which are set to kick off later this month, will
include Japanese and Korean companies...
Germany's Merkel plans first visit to Mongolia
Berlin - Angela Merkel will be the first German chancellor to visit
Mongolia when she heads to Asia for a three-day visit next week,
officials in Berlin said Friday.
Merkel, who will be
accompanied by a delegation of businessmen, will also be visiting
Vietnam, where she plans to meet with Vietnamese Premier Nguyen Tan
Dung on Tuesday....
Joint Statement by the Government of Mongolia, Ivanhoe Mines and Rio Tinto
Ivanhoe Mines, Rio Tinto and the Government of Mongolia have
concluded discussions on the two aspects of the Investment Agreement
that were raised by the Government of Mongolia, and are pleased to
confirm that all parties have reaffirmed their continued support for the
Investment Agreement.
The Government of Mongolia has once again confirmed...
Ivanhoe Mines overreliant on a benevolent Mongolia
By
PIERRE FOURNIER
Investors should consider last week’s events in Mongolia as a warning shot for the long-term geopolitical risks associated with Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.’s (IVN-T15.540.946.44%)massive copper and gold project in Mongolia.
The
Mongolian government’s brazen attempt to renegotiate the terms of
ownership of the Oyu Tolgoi mine comes less...
Ivanhoe, Rio Reject Mongolian Bid to Change Oyu Tolgoi Deal
Oct. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. and Rio Tinto Group, the
world's second-largest mining company, rejected an approach by Mongolia
to increase the country's 34 percent stake in the $10 billion Oyu Tolgoi
copper mine.
Both companies got a letter from the Mongolian cabinet
last week inviting them to discuss changes to the investment agreement,
...
Inner Mongolia: Mongolian Rights Activist Is Believed To Have Been Severely Beaten By Authorities
ovruud Huuchinhuu, a writer and
advocate for equal rights and the preservation of Mongolian culture, who
has been missing since January 27th, is believed to have been severely
beaten while being held by Chinese authorities.
Below is an article by Radio Free Asia:
An ethnic Mongolian dissident writer has
been subjected to repeated harassment...
Inner-Mongolian Throat Singers Take the Stage
By Benjamin Soloway, Features Editor
Last Friday, Inner Mongolia’s AnDa Union
played a vigorous fusion of songs from various steppe traditions for a
full house at Crowell Concert Hall. They succeeded in tearing the roof
off the building.
AnDa Union, a tight-knit group of ten musicians, has a mission: to
preserve and breathe new life into...
Director General of NATO International Military Staff meets senior officials in Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia), 29 Sep 2011 - Lieutenant
General Juergen Bornemann, Director General International Military Staff
(DG IMS), concluded a three-day visit to Mongolia’s capital today at
the invitation of the Mongolian Minister of Defence.
During the visit, Lt Gen
Bornemann and the delegation from NATO HQ had the opportunity to...
