{mosimage}The Mongolian population is only 2.6million, whereas livestock has reached 39.6million, according to the 2007 Preliminary Livestock Census of the National Statistical Office of Mongolia (NSOM), on December 23. Compared to last year’s census, the number of livestock has increased by 13.9 percent or 4.8 million.

{mosimage}Ts. Baldorj, Chairman of the Mongol News Media Group, is considered a forefather of Mongolia’s independent media, died of illness. Mongolian high-profile public officials, journalists, writers, poets, and ordinary people have expressed their condolences to the group.

{mosimage}Yesterday, S.Bayar, the Prime Minister of Mongolia, and V.A.Zubkov, the Head of the Government of the RF, talked over the phone. During it, the Prime Minister S.Bayar mentioned, some products price has been jumping in Mongolian internal market and adverse influence is being exerted to citizens’ livelihood.

{mosimage}Mongolia will receive assistance from the Asia Development Bank as it works to end border restrictions which impede trade and business.  The Asian Development Bank will provide a portion of a $3 million grant to Mongolia as a member nations of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation to create simpler systems to safely opena borders [...]

{mosimage}As climate change threatens agriculture in Asia, Mongolian representatives attended a three-day United Nations-sponsored meeting in Hanoi, to discuss sustainable farming practices to feed growing populations.

The stock market couldn’t develop earlier in Mongolia because the interests and rights of the small shareholders are not protected and they are the majority of the market, said D.Erdenetsogt, Member of the Core consul of small shareholders of the State Department Store.

{mosimage}Ch.Ganzorig, Deputy Minister of Finance, was appointed to replace Kh.Narankhuu as the acting Director General of the Mongolia-Russian Erdenet Joint Venture by an intergovernmental consultative meeting held on December 14-16.

{mosimage}News media in Japan are reporting that Mongolia will host its first-ever tournament of sumo wrestlers from The Japan Sumo Association next August.

A Clash between over 100 hand miners from Nalaikh Coal Mining and “Tsagaan Shonkhor” Holding Company workers continues. On November 25th, over 100 hand miners armed with spades, spuds and crowbars, attacked ten workers of the Tsagaan Shonkhor Holding company.

{mosimage}Asashoryu has been practicing intensely since he returned to Japan and has been competing in various sumo exhibitions to please his fans. However, it seems that Japanese sumo fans are split into two groups – one group welcomes him back to the ring, while the others are skeptical.