· April, 2006

Stories about Mongolia from April, 2006

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,...

27 April 2006

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...

26 April 2006

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,...

25 April 2006

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...

20 April 2006

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.

19 April 2006

Mongolia: HIV

neweurasia reports on Mongolia's 18th and 19th confirmed cases of HIV and the steps being taken in response.

17 April 2006

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...

13 April 2006

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...

13 April 2006

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.

11 April 2006

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.

11 April 2006

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...

7 April 2006