Politics
- ExplainerMongolia's parliament explained: how the State Great Khural works
The State Great Khural is the only body that can make Mongolia's laws. Here is who sits in the 126-member parliament elected in 2024, who leads it now, and how citizens…
- November 7, 2026Ulaanbaatar mayor B. Purevdagva elected head of the ruling party's capital city committee
The 36th conference of the ruling Mongolian People's Party's capital city committee, held on November 7 at the Independence Palace, elected Ulaanbaatar mayor B.…
- November 6, 20262027 budget moves to its fifth reading with a MNT2.3 trillion deficit
Parliament held the fourth reading of the 2027 budget bills on November 6 and sent them back to the budget committee to prepare the fifth. The consolidated budget plans…
- November 5, 2026Opposition asks whether the MNT3 trillion is really an Oyu Tolgoi dividend, and calls on the president to settle questions about his assets
Two days after the president's proposal, Democratic Party chairman O. Tsogtgerel told the party's regular press briefing on November 5 that it must first be established…
- November 3, 2026President urges the government to pay the first Oyu Tolgoi dividend straight into citizens' accounts
On November 3 President U. Khurelsukh called in Prime Minister N. Uchral and Finance Minister Z. Mendsaikhan and told them the Oyu Tolgoi dividend due in 2027, MNT3…
- October 31, 2026Petition to pay the Oyu Tolgoi dividend to citizens passes 100,000 signatures, so parliament must take it up
100,000 in six days. A petition asking for every citizen to get MNT857,000 (US$238) from the MNT3 trillion (US$833.5 million) Oyu Tolgoi dividend crossed the…
- October 30, 2026MPs submit a full rewrite of the Health Law, amended 31 times since 2011
Four MPs submitted a rewritten Health Law to Speaker S. Byambatsogt on October 30. The bill aims to move Mongolia's health system step by step from a hospital-centred…
- October 29, 2026Doctors, nurses and other public service staff get pay rises from November 1, and welfare pensions go up to MNT600,000
Rises of MNT233,000–328,000 (US$65–91) a month. The cabinet has set new minimum pay levels for public service staff, lifting pay for doctors, health workers and staff…
- October 21, 2026Government launches a 100,000-home plan to move ger district families into flats with no down payment
Prime Minister N. Uchral launched a national programme on October 21 to "remove 50,000 chimneys" and house 100,000 families. The state plans to build 40,000 flats by…
- October 15, 2026The 2027 budget moves to its third reading
On October 15, Parliament moved the draft 2027 state budget to its third reading, together with the budgets of the Sovereign Wealth Fund, the Social Insurance Fund and…
- October 13, 2026Women parliamentarians from 32 countries meet in Ulaanbaatar and call for influence, not just seats
The World Women Parliamentarians' Forum, held under the President's patronage on October 12–13, closed by adopting an outcome document that will go to the…