{mosimage}ULAANBAATAR will have a new international airport by 2015. This will be built with Japanese assistance in Khoshigt valley in Tov aimag, at a place close to Zuunmod, the aimag center, which is about 54 kilometers from the capital.

{mosimage}Today, the 39th session of the Council of Joint Enterprise Erdenet of Mongolia-Russia was launched in Moscow, the Russian Federation. The session is being chaired by D.Sugar, a chairman of the State Property Committee, from the Mongolian side and S.V.Sysiev, a deputy of the Federal Agency for the Federal Committee of the RF.

{mosimage}Imported wheat will be released from VAT until July 1, if the government’s resolution is approved by parliament. The Standing Committee of Budget supported it on December 18. The members realize that the flour price is rising and the country does not have enough reserve for this year’s need.

{mosimage}The Japanese Government has decided to finance the project to build a new international airport. Mongolian-Japanese relation has been developing successfully in all branches in the line with the “Basic Programme of 10 years of the Mongolian and Japanese cooperation” agreed by the two sides in 2007.

Uranium 308 Corporation announced Thursday that it had purchased two additional uranium exploration licenses. The sites are the 15.4 sq. kilometer Tsagaan Chuluut property and the 31 sq. kilometer Khar Balgast site.

{mosimage}Mongolia has announced it will send its fifth group of soldiers to the Sierra Leone. Acting as part of a U.N. force, the 200 Mongolian troops will serve to protect the Special Court for Sierra Leone and its staff.

USA President George Bush has sent a letter to President Enkhbayar of Mongolia.   In it, he wrote : “ I am happy that your visit to the White House on 22nd October was successful.

{mosimage}THE 21st Morin Khuur Festival for composers will be held on January 25 and 26. This year’s festival, to be organized jointly by the Union of Mongolian Composers (UMC) and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, differs from last year’s in that there will be just three categories of contestants – public, professional and [...]

{mosimage}THE first tournament of the year began on January 13 at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. It is still early days in the current basho, the first in which Yokozuna Asashoryu is participating after a long lay-off, but his Mongolian fans have already been disappointed by his showing.

{mosimage}A CAMEL polo competition will be held in early February for camel riders of the Gobi. The camel riders of Omnogobi aimag are known for their camel polo skills. The players from there are looking forward to the coming tournament to reconfirm their supremacy in the sport.