News Updates from Mongolia http://www.mongolia-web.com 2008-05-09T18:11:32+01:00 http://www.mongolia-web.com http://www.mongolia-web.com/images/M_images/blank.png text/html 2008-05-08T23:31:32+01:00 http://www.mongolia-web.com http://www.mongolia-web.com/content/view/1749/2/ A bill has been drawn up to provide assistance to Mongolia’s poorest citizens in response to the rising costs of food. Parliamentarian S.Batbold has presented a bill offering food and nutrition subsidies to a variety... text/html 2008-05-08T23:30:09+01:00 http://www.mongolia-web.com http://www.mongolia-web.com/content/view/1748/2/ HealthMegaMall, a U.S.-based online pharmacy, has donated approximately one tenth of its annual payroll to aid Mongolian orphans. This contribution will help some orphanages repair their facilities and purchase much needed furniture, medicine and... text/html 2008-05-08T23:55:09+01:00 http://www.mongolia-web.com http://www.mongolia-web.com/content/view/1747/2/ LARGE COAL DEPOSIT FOUND BY TETHYS MINING Tethys Mining LLC announced that it has discovered a large coal deposit, Tugalgatai in Murun, Khentii aimag. The deposit is estimated to be 3 billion tons. The Baganuur mine... text/html 2008-05-08T01:59:18+01:00 http://www.mongolia-web.com http://www.mongolia-web.com/content/view/1746/2/ The Mongolian Foreign Minister is paying the first official to France since diplomatic relations were established between the countries 43 years ago. Sanjaasurengiin Oyun, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia, is meeting with French Minister... text/html 2008-05-08T01:56:58+01:00 http://www.mongolia-web.com http://www.mongolia-web.com/content/view/1745/2/ Mongolian teachers will meet this weekend to review new techniques for teaching English. The Second National English Teachers Conference will be held May 9-11 at the Mongolian University of Science and Technology. The theme for... text/html 2008-05-06T22:31:08+01:00 http://www.mongolia-web.com http://www.mongolia-web.com/content/view/1744/2/ In attempts to head off a crisis, the Mongolian government has announced strict price controls on wheat currently stored in the country, as well as soon to be imported wheat. The government also said it... text/html 2008-05-06T22:06:26+01:00 http://www.mongolia-web.com http://www.mongolia-web.com/content/view/1743/2/ Mongolian President N.Enkhbayar awarded state awards to citizens in a ceremony in Ulaanbaatar last week. Composer P.Khayankhyarvaa was awarded the title of People's Artist for what the President called his contribution to the development of... text/html 2008-05-06T01:02:11+01:00 http://www.mongolia-web.com http://www.mongolia-web.com/content/view/1742/2/ Mongolian children living in the USA, along with their parents, will have the opportunity to attend a summer camp this summer. For the second year, the summer camp will offer Mongolian children the opportunity... text/html 2008-05-06T01:00:40+01:00 http://www.mongolia-web.com http://www.mongolia-web.com/content/view/1741/2/ Entree Gold Inc. (TSX: ETG) has announced it will spend some $7 million on exploration activities in Mongolia as well as elsewhere. Company officials have set aside $2.5 million for work at Entree's Lookout Hill... text/html 2008-05-05T00:36:41+01:00 http://www.mongolia-web.com http://www.mongolia-web.com/content/view/1740/2/ A Mongolian and a Chinese university have joined forces to teach Chinese language classes in Mongolia. During a Friday ceremony, the Confucius Institute was opened in Ulaanbaatur by the Mongolian National University and China’s Shandong...