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Mongolia resumes its Blue Horse infrastructural programme

Mongolia has resumed its Blue Horse infrastructural programme. The country’s water security programme envisages the construction of 33 dams on 13 rivers. According to the government, it aims to boost the national energy sector, agriculture and water security and supply more

Mongolia experiencing  extreme cold weather this week

Most parts of Mongolia are experiencing  extreme cold weather from Monday and through the entire this week, with overnight temperatures fell to 35-47 degrees Celsius below zero.

The heavy snow and snow storms are hitting the country’s eastern and western parts,

Concerns over restrictive Mongolia’s human rights defenders law

The ‘Law of Mongolia on the legal status of Human Rights Defenders’, has been in the making for over two years, with participation from civil society, human rights organisations (including ISHR, Front Line Defenders and Forum Asia), the National Human Rights

Mongolia provides housing mortgages to 6,469 borrowers

Mongolia has provided housing mortgages to 6,469 borrowers since the beginning of this year, the country’s Ministry of Construction and Urban Development reported.

Over 80 percent of the housing mortgages were provided to residents in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar, which

No new Covid related deaths were recorded since March, 2022

Mongolia’s healthy ministry reported 163 new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, taking the national tally to 988,054.

No new related deaths were recorded since March, 2022,  leaving the death toll unchanged at 2,179.

Last week, Mongolia reported the first case of new COVID-19

Ulaanbaatar’s ger district starts moving to renewable energy

In Ulaanbaatar moving to renewable energy is of particular importance to the approximately 200,000 households living in the unplanned “ger” districts, where energy insecurity is a continuing challenge. In winter, coal burning is essential for survival, and often costs ger