From January 2009 government will start to pay for school lunch for all kids who attend public nurseries and pre-school education.

The presidential election promises to be the biggest event in Mongolian politics in 2009. Only political parties represented in Parliament are allowed to put up a candidate, and speculation is already rife about who will be nominated by which party.

Defense Minister L.Bold MP held a meeting with his Russian counterpart A.E.Serdyukov in Moscow by the end of 2008.

With the financing of the judicial reform program, courts of several aimags have been provided with long-distance training devices.

The MONTSAME National News Agency names ten highlights events that took place in Mongolia in 2008.