The Mongolian Health Ministry has decided to vaccinate children who live in the most air-polluted areas of Ulaanbaatar to prevent pneumonia. Children aged between 2 and 9 months will receive a pneumonia vaccine.

The annual New Year’s party will be held on Sukhbaatar square on the night of 31 December. Hundreds of Mongolians will welcome in 2018 on the nation’s main square with live music and fireworks.

News.mn can confirm that the fuel price of A-92 is to increase. Petrol-importing companies have said that they have not raised the fuel price of A-92 despite fuel reserves being low.

Mongolia’s traditional herders are bracing themselves for winter as frigid temperatures and heavy snow are predicted for the coming days. Already, 40 percent of Mongolia is covered with thick snow.

In order to help reduce the seasonal spread of flu, Prime Minister U.Khurelsukh has authorised several ministries to extend the holiday break for secondary schools.

News.mn, the first Mongolian news website, names the country’s Top 5 highlights in political, economic and sporting events.

Drug abuse is an increasing problem around the world; Mongolia is no exception.

International women’s grandmaster B.Munguntuul has won the gold medal at the ‘Sunway Sitges Open’ International Chess Festival 2017. The competition took place in the Catalonian resort of Sitges on 14-23 December.

The Mongolian National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet, by tradition, stages Tchaikovsky’s famous ballet the “Nutcracker” every December.

Mongolia’s anti-corruption agency is investigating Sh.Oyunchimeg, director of the Ulaanbaatar city administration’s general service department and D.Enkhjargal, an accountant, on suspicion of embezzling state funds.