The Mongolian National Emergency Commission has met to discuss the serious situation of the forest fires.

‘Mazaalai’, Mongolia’s first satellite of, began its operations in space last week, offering high resolution images of the Earth from an altitude of 400 kilometers; it also broadcasted the country’s national anthem.

Currently, 22 forest fires are raging across Mongolia and the capital Ulaanbaatar is covered by smoke.

Mongolia’s central bank renewed a currency swap agreement with the Bank of China.

B.Shijirbat, a Mongolian dancer on ‘America’s Got Talent’ who’s blown everyone away with an incredible performance that makes excellent use of a computer-animated background.

Mongolia has bought 43 new buses from South Korea.

Night-time electricity costs in Ulaanbaatar’s ger districts have been reduced by 100 percent. It is planned that each provincial and soum (district) centre with a population of over 10 thousand population will receive 50 percent night-time electricity discounts.

The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) on July 5 said that security forces from Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and the U.S., as well as observers from Kazakhstan, will conduct the multinational annual Regional Cooperation (RC) 2017 command-post exercise in Dushanbe, Tajikistan from July 10 to 23, 2017.

The Mongolia Open Chess Tournament, which was attended by 40 participants from six countries, was held in Ulaanbaatar at the Central Palace of Culture of Mongolia’s Trade Unions, Ulaanbaatar from June 17th-26th.

The extended spring session of the Mongolian Parliament officially closed today (6th of July).