Mongolia’s National Amusement Park has been covered with a million LED lights for an amazing light show.

The ‘City of Ice’ consisting of sculptures by famous ice-artists has opened in Ulaanbaatar. This winter wonderland has been created along the banks of the Selbe River between the Beijing Street bridge and the Sky Department store.

On 15 December, Mongolia signed a prisoner extradition agreement with China’s Special Administrative Region of Macao. The signing ceremony was conducted by S.Erdene, Mongolia’s Consul General to Macao, Chan Huifan, Secretariat on Macao’s Justice Ministry, D.Gankhuyag, Mongolian Ambassador to China and Yuan Hengge, Deputy Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China.

Recently, Deputy Prime Minister U. Enkhtuvshin visited Zamyn-Uud soum of Dornogobi province, which is located on the Chinese border and urged the administration to officially open the special economic zone (SEZ).

Mongolia’s customs has suspended the clearance of coal deliveries at a key border checkpoint into China for mining companies in the Gobi desert as it works to clear the road of a dangerous traffic jam. “It should last until the long queue at the border crossing clears, approximately one week to ten days,” said a ministry spokesperson about the suspension on Friday.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Mongolia have signed a USD 3 million grant to pilot community-based approaches to farming in the country’s central growing region of the Tuv, Selenge, Darkhan-Uul, and Uvs aimags (provinces). The grant will improve the livelihoods of smallholders involved in vegetable production.

On 15 December 2017, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the first and second reviews of Mongolia’s performance under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF). programme.

The final International Judo Federation event of 2017 – the IJF Masters in St. Petersburg has begun. At stake are 1800 ranking points; in addition, the top 2017 judoka will receive a bonus USD 50,000

The annual ‘Burte Chono’ Awards will be held on 20 December. The Mongolian National Olympic Committee will name the top athletes of 2017, after receiving votes from sports journalists.

‘Moon Dance’, a Mongolian dance group has won the Finalist Cup at World Championship Latin Formation which took place in Vienna on 9 December.