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Census begins in Mongolia

A regular nationwide population and housing census started today (9 January). According to the National Statistics Office (NSO), the census is being conducted online and using conventional questionnaires. Over 500 workers with 128 auditors have begun distributing the questionnaires in

News from Bear Mountain

Mongolia is an amazingly rich country in natural resources. As technology changes and develops, different materials can generate real wealth. Bear Mountain, or to use its Mongolian name – Baavhai-Uul is no exception – it contains reserves of lithium!

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Mongolian mine workers demand longer paid holidays

Delegates from the Workers’ Union of Energy, Geology and Mining held a press conference on Wednesday (8 January) for demanding longer paid holidays. The delegates said that mining workers must have 14 days of paid holidays after working 14 days

Mongolia produces nearly billion liters of milk

Mongolia produced 902.4 million liters of milk in 2018. The milk production consists of 11,500 tons of camel milk, 83,900 tons of mare milk, 553,300 tons of cow milk, 103,800 tons of sheep milk, 149,800 tons of goat milk.

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Good news as Mongolian reindeer population rises

The reindeer population in Mongolia rose to 2,636 head at the end of 2019, up by 240 from a year ago.

There were more than 2,000 reindeers in Mongolia during the 1970s. However, the number plummeted to 926 at the end

Preventing China’s mystery virus entering Mongolia!

The Mongolian health authorities have been warning about the risk of a mysterious virus spreading from China. Mongolia shares an important border with China and is an important rail and road transit country to Russia and Europe. There is major

Making Mongolia’s bad drivers pay up

Mongolia has over 871,000 cars; 57.6 percent, or 501,000, of them are in Ulaanbaatar. According to Captain B.Zorigoo, an expert at the Transport Police Department, road traffic accidents in Mongolia resulted in financial losses of MNT 31.8 billion during the

Extended school break in Ulaanbaatar due to flu outbreak

In recent years,  outbreaks of flu have become common occurrences in Mongolia’s capital Ulaanbaatar during winter. These have been made worse by suffocating air-pollution. Earlier today, the Mongolian Cabinet decided to, once again, extend the holiday break for secondary schools