Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded on Thursday the Government of Mongolia’s long-term issuer ratings and the senior unsecured ratings to B3 from Caa1, and the senior unsecured MTN program rating to (P)B3 from (P)Caa1. The short-term issuer ratings are affirmed at Not Prime. The outlook remains stable.

D.Tsogtbaatar, Mongolia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs on Thursday said that the reports of Lithuania imposing sanctions against Mongolia are false.

An armed fugitive driving a Land Cruiser Prado-77 has opened fire at a police officer in Mongolia’s Bulgan province.

Newly promoted to the sumo rank of ‘Yokozuna’, Mongolian Kakuryu Anand, is currently leading the Hatsu basho tournament with 8 wins.

Rio Tinto plans to open an office in Mongolia’s capital and increase its workforce there, even as its Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold project has been hit with a new tax bill and has been blocked by protests from delivering to China.

Mongolia is to ban the burning of low-grade coal in households in the capital Ulaanbaatar from April 2019, MP D.Khayankhyarvaa, said, as the country tries to curb toxic air pollution.

A high-ranking delegation from the Mongolian parliament led by Speaker M.Enkhbold and his wife arrived in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, on 20 January for a three-day official visit.

This week has seen the “Buryat Investment Forum” take place in Ulaanbaatar. The aim has been to help facilitate trade on both sides of the border.

The adventurous camel journey of a Mongolian woman B.Baigalmaa is continuing successfully.

The head of the Russian Federation’s Republic of Buryatia, Alexey Sambuevich Tsydenov has been was awarded the Order of the Polar Star. The ceremony took place on 18 January in the State Palace in accordance with a decree by President of Mongolia Kh.Battulga.