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Mongolian human right activists awarded by EU

The European Union has awarded several Mongolian human rights activists with the Human Rights Defenders’ Award. The Delegation of the European Union to Mongolia together with the Embassies of France and Italy has presented awards to nine Mongolians. Those honoured

Replacing Mongolia’s not-so-smart civil ID cards!

Back in 2012, Mongolia replaced the country’s previous personal identification system with a new electronic ID cards. Currently, the country’s 2.5 million people have these e-ID cards. However, these have been proving quite problematic and have been creating bureaucratic nightmares

‘Holy’ Noyon Mountain defeats gold mining firm

The Mongolian Court of Appeal decided today (9 December) to revoke four mining licenses on Noyon Mountain which are  owned by Centerra Gold. This is considered to be a “sacred place”. It is located in the Mandal Soum of Selenge

Mongolian Democracy: 30th anniversary of transition

At present, Mongolia is marking the 30th anniversary of the “Democratic Transition.” A celebration meeting marking the dramatic events which transformed Mongolia was held at Central Cultural Palace in Ulaanbaatar over the weekend. At the meeting, Z.Enkhbold, Chief of Staff

UB’s road tax to increase by five times

The Ulaanbaatar city administration has passed a decree to increase the annual road tax by five times from 1 January, 2020. This has come as a result of the increase in the number of vehicles; in 2018 it reached 850

Corruption in Mongolia: what the public thinks?

Mongolia has long been associated with corruption in political and judicial circles. How accurate is this opinion?

According to a survey conducted by the Sant-Maral Foundation in cooperation with the Asian Foundation, 93.6 percent of respondents consider corruption is very widespread

Workplace discrimination against Mongolian women

Since its ‘Democratic Revolution’ two decades ago, Mongolia has progressed dramatically. Yet, how modern is Mongolia exactly?

Statistical data indicates that much still needs to be done regarding women’s rights in the workplace. Society demands women work like just like men,

Children caught driving in Mongolian capital

Five children aged between 10 and 15 have been caught while driving a car in the centre of Ulaanbaatar. The incident took place earlier today (5 December). The police seized the car and arrested them.