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UB administration suspends road tax increase

At a meeting of the Citizens’ Representative Hural of Ulaanbaatar city, the decree of increasing road tax by five times has been postponed. Mayor S.Amarsaikhan said that although Ulaanbaatar needs to increase road taxes, the decision to do so now

‘Mad’ wolf attacks herder family in Mongolia

A mad wolf attacked a herder family in Tariat Soum of Arkhangai Province at the weekend. According to our sources, the wild animal attacked and killed a horse and dog. Fortunately, no one was injured.

The wolf was shot, and its

Mongolia and Russia to cooperate on counter-terrorism

The Mongolian government signed an intergovernmental agreement with Russia on counter-terrorism cooperation on Wednesday 11 December.

Under the agreement, law enforcement agencies from the two neighbours will closely cooperate to prevent and suppress terrorist activities by sharing information on possible attacks

Raw coal ban reaps benefits in Ulaanbaatar

Mongolia’s capital Ulaanbaatar recorded a year-on-year decrease in the density of hazardous fine particulate matter PM2.5 in the first two weeks of November, the city’s Air Pollution Reduction Department said. The average concentration of PM2.5 in the air of Ulaanbaatar

Mongolia’s population to reach 4 million by 2030

As at the end of 2018, Mongolia’ population was 3.2 million; an increase of 61.6 thousand on the previous year. According to S.Chinzorig, Minister of Labour and Social Security, the population in Mongolia should reach four million by 2030 and

Three new HIV cases recorded in Mongolia

Three new HIV cases have been recorded in Mongolia during November; these bring the number of HIV carriers and AIDS sufferers to 284.

To date, 44 people registered with HIV/AIDS have died – 32 of them of AIDS. The first HIV

UB distributing free smoke detectors

Since residents started using the coal briquettes in October, there have been eight more deaths—mainly children, pregnant women, and the elderly. Nearly one thousand have been hospitalized in Ulaanbaatar’s outer slum districts, prompting fears that this “safe fuel” can cause

Silver dragons discovered in Mongolia

A rare pair of silver dragons discovered in Mongolia has been added to a prestigious list of archeological discoveries. The two silver dragons, each 8 cm in length and with a gesture looking back to its vertical tail, is a