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
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
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
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
