Seasonal flu vaccination programs can be a critical component to help countries combat disease outbreaks and pandemics. This is particularly so in Ulaanbaatar, which is regarded as the world’s coldest capital and regularly experiences bone-chilling winter lows of minus 40

Mongolia has registered 313 confirmed cases of coronavirus since 10 March when a French national diagnosed positive for COVID-19; becoming first case in the country. So far, of that number, 305 patients with coronavirus have recovered from the infection; 291

Snow and blizzards are expected in most parts of Mongolia in early October. According to the meteorological agency, snow is expected to fall in the western provinces tomorrow (29 September), moving to the  central provinces on 30 September, then spreading

There are many pressing environmental issues in Mongolian capital, Ulaanbaatar where half of the nation’s population lives. A Centre for Ecological Education along with an Arboretum have been established in Ulaanbaatar for providing know-how on planting trees; the new trees

A special unit for fighting against fake news was established yesterday (23 September) at the National Police Agency. The unit will focus on investigating fake news that can be a possible threat to national security or a defamation and insult

Last year, the Mongolian Cabinet approved a project for establishing an eco-zone at the Khuvsgul Lake National Park with the assistance of the Asian Development Bank; it also decided to limit the number of tourism licenses for the area. However,

On Monday (20 September), two earthquakes rocked the Irkutsk Oblast in East Siberia. Tremors from Russia were felt across the border in the  neighbouring Mongolian provinces of Selenge, Orkhon, Khuvsgul and Darkhan-Uul. According to Russian sources, the epicenter of earthquakes

A total of 309,670 children are expected to be enrolled in kindergartens for the 2020-2021 school year; 23 percent, or 77235 children, are two- year-olds. However, Mongolia does not have enough kindergartens to accept all these children. Therefore, only 17550