Stories about Mongolia from April, 2006
Mongolia: News of the Week
neweurasia rounds up and discusses the week's news from Mongolia.
Mongolia: Spring in the Gobi
Luke Distelhorst visited the Gobi and writes about conservation of argali sheep.
Mongolia: Casino Park
Shards of Mongolia notes that a plan for a massive development project including shopping, industry, an international airport, and a casino. Curiously, it will not be anywhere near the capital, but instead on the border with China.
Mongolia: Traffic
Shards of Mongolia reports that Ulaanbaatar's Peace Bridge, a major route for the tourists visiting for Mongolia's 800th anniversary this year, is being closed for improvements which will only make traffic in the capital more of a nightmare.
Voices from Central Asia and the Caucasus
Zhenkov Cathedral, Almaty, Kazakhstan Welcome to the latest roundup from the Central Asian and Caucasian blogosphere, brought to you (almost) bi-weekly by neweurasia's Ben, James, Peter and Luke. As usual, we take you through the countries alphabetically. Unfortunately, the Azeri blogosphere is still underrepresented in our roundup – so if...
Mongolia: Subsidized Flight
Luke Distelhorst writes on the higher prices for domestic flights in Mongolia, sparking a lively discussion in the comments.
Mongolia: Cleaning the Capital
Luke Distelhorst reports that Ulaanbaatar's governor's office is finally cleaning up the capital for Mongolia's 800th anniversary.
Mongolia: Updates
As usual, Luke Distelhorst has numerous updates on the ongoing protests in Mongolia at neweurasia including the news that the country's prime minister met with the leader of the protests and a transcript of a press release calling into question many of the protesters’ complaints about Ivanhoe Mines.
Mongolia: Sad Protest News
Luke Distelhorst has an update on the protests in Mongolia including the very sad news that a protester lit himself on fire.
Mongolia: Environmental Campaign
neweurasia reports on Mongolia's environmental protection campaign.
Mongolia: Protests
Luke Distelhorst has a few updates on the continuing protests in Mongolia.
Mongolia: HIV
neweurasia reports on Mongolia's 18th and 19th confirmed cases of HIV and the steps being taken in response.
Mongolia: Protests & Stability Agreement
Luke Distelhorst has an update on the ongoing protests in Mongolia.
Mongolia: Wikipedia Wars
Guido Verboom covers a war of words on Wikipedia over entries for Mongolian politicians.
Mongolia: Protest Updates
Luke Distelhorst has another update on the protests in Mongolia.
Mongolia: More on the Protests
Tom Terry also comments on the protests in Mongolia, calling on protesters to show a little more wisdom and restraint and warning them that Eagle TV, which he manages, will hand over any tapes of illegal acts by protesters in accordance with Mongol law.
Mongolia: Protests Updates
Luke Distelhorst of neweurasia has more updates on the escalating protests in Mongolia at his site including news of clashes between police and protesters and the Democratic Party showing signs of solidarity with the protesters.
Mongolia: Shadow Government
Luke Distelhorst of neweurasia writes that Mongolia's Citizens’ Will Party is forming a shadow government and hoping that the Democratic Party will join them.
Mongolia: Paid Protesters
Luke Distelhorst has an update on the protests in Mongolia and reports that one of the country's political parties has paid students to stage a counterprotest.
Mongolia: Protests Day 6
Luke Distelhorst has a report on day six of the protests in Mongolia.
Mongolia: Tom Terry-rist
Tom Terry has a translation of a Mongolian newspaper article charging Eagle TV (which is the Christian station that Terry runs) with terrorism for causing divisions among Mongols. Luke Distelhorst has additional comments.
