The Cabinet has reshuffled the director of the Mineral Resources and Petroleum Authority of Mongolia (MRPAM). Kh.Kherlen, former Chairman of Board of Directors of Darkhan Metallurgical Plant JSC has been appointed as Director, succeeding D.Baatartsogt.

Mongolia has the highest levels of gender equality in East Asia. In global rankings, the vast and sparsely populated country sits in the 52nd place. The United States ranks 43 out of 188 surveyed countries, even though Mongolia is 15 times poorer than the United States.

The International Investment Bank (IIB), the Moscow-based multilateral development bank, together with Slovakia will advise Mongolia on how to fight money laundering and the financing of terrorism, it was announced at an IIB council meeting in Bratislava on 6 December.

Turkey’s state-run aid agency has provided training to Mongolian doctors and nurses in Mongolia’s capital Ulaanbaatar.

Kh.Battulga, President of Mongolia has attacked the country’s anti-corruption agency for serving political interests. During a discussion entitled ‘Corruption is not Force Majeure’, held today at Citizens’ Chamber of State House, the President lambasted the Mongolian Independent Authority against Corruption (IAAC) as being a tool of politicians.

Top Russian rock band ‘Lyube’ arrived today (8 December) in Ulaanbaatar. A favourite of Vladimir Putin and millions of Russians, the group has performed on Red Square on Victory Day and has won numerous awards and accolades.

The Ulaanbaatar city administration has decided to create a city of ice consisting of sculptures by famous ice-artists. This winter wonderland will be built along the banks of the Selbe River between the Beijing Street bridge and the Sky Department store.

B.Shijirbat aka Canion got a very important “yes” when he went down on one knee and proposed to his girlfriend in front of an awe-struck audience and millions of viewers.

The Citizenship and Migration Authority of Mongolia has reported that 90 percent of visa offenders were in breach of visa extension rules, in other words, they had overstayed the period set in their visas; some travellers, however, have been arrested for trying to enter Buyant-Ukhaa border zone located within Chinggis Khaan International Airport using fake visa approvals.

A remarkable fossil from the final age of the dinosaurs70 million years ago, smuggled from Mongolia is being studied in Belgium. It is of a creature which roamed Earth’s ancient wetlands and may have looked like a duck and hunted like a duck—but was really a dinosaur related to Velociraptor.