However, horse racing will be held as planned during Tsagaan Sar (White Moon) as it is considered the beginning of Spring, and it will take place on February 16th-19th.

A. Urgamal from the ‘Oddariya’ foundation met US billionaire Bill Gates on Thursday in Davos in a meeting held under the Chatham House Rule. She is one of fifty young ‘Global Shapers’ who have come to Davos.

The Mongolian Agricultural Stock Exchange has signed a cooperation agreement with the Bohai Stock Commodity Exchange to sell cashmere on the Bohai Exchange from April, 2018.

Secondary school teachers were demonstrating on Friday about a salary increase outside the IMF Representative Office in Ulaanbaatar. Such demonstrations have been held regularly since Mongolia started receiving aid from the IMF.

The Mongolian Foreign Minister, Mr. D. Tsogtbaatar, made a speech at the “The Belt and Road Impact” session on January 24th.

Trampolining is fun for all ages. Mongolia’s first ever trampoline park has opened at the Zaisan Hill Complex. The park has four sections; which are called Slamdunk, Climbingwall, Dodgeball and Freejump.

The Ulaanbaatar City Representatives Khural (assembly) has formed a working group tasked with relocating the construction materials market which has long-since been situated in the so-called ‘Zuun Ail’ which is part of the central Sukhbaatar district.

Yesterday,Speaker of Mongolian Parliament M.Enkhbold returned from three-day visit in Vietnam with a high-level government delegation.

A cousin of Asashoryu Davgadorj has become a sumo wrestler. S.Byambasuren, who is the son of Asashoryu’s brother, is following in his uncle’s footsteps.

Earlier this year, the State Great Khural (parliament) decided to raise seven taxes following Mongolia’s enrollment into the IMF’s extended fund facility.