MONGOLIA IS 100TH IN PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia /MONTSAME/ Mongolia has been ranked the 100th by its press freedom index among the world's countries. The ranking for 2011/2012 was released on Wednesday by the Reporters without Borders (RWB) international NGO. According to the report, Mongolia's rank went down against the previous year, followed by Gabon, Cyprus and Chad. By the index of 2010, Mongolia was the 76th. Finland and Norway have been considered as the freest for the press countries, keeping their ranks of the previous years, whereas Syria, Turkmenistan, the DPRK and Eritrea are the least free. B.Khuder