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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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