A total of 1.3 million people had been screened for communicable diseases under the “Healthy Lives” programme.  Under the programme, 5,100 cases of hepatitis had been detected in four months.  Several thousand people had received treatment for hepatitis B and

The poverty rate in Mongolia was 27.8 percent in 2020, 0.6 percentage points lower than the 2018 level.  The Government was working to reduce poverty, but its efforts had been hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic.  There was a national programme

Prime Minister of Mongolia L.Oyun-Erdene takes part in the farewell ceremony for Shinzo Abe. The ceremony has held today (27 September) in Tokyo.

L.Oyun-Erdene made an official visit to Mongolia as part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic

A delegation from the EBRD’s Board of Directors will visit Mongolia on 26 October. During their five-day stay the Directors will meet senior Mongolian officials to discuss reforms and priorities for the country’s economy. The visit will also present an

This year, Mongolian Tugrik has fallen almost 15 percent against the US dollar. The declining currency has pushed up the cost of everyday goods for a country struggling to navigate global economic crisis.

According to the National Statistical Office,  inflation in

The former president of Mongolia, Ts.Elbegdorj, has accused Russia of treating its ethnic minorities, such as Buryats, Tuvans, and Kalmuks, as “cannon fodder”.
In a video address published on Saturday, Mr Ts.Elbegdorj, who was Mongolia’s president from 2009 to 2017, called

Long lines of vehicles were seen at a border crossing between Mongolia and Russia on Sunday as people fled the Kremlin’s call-up of hundreds of thousands of reservists for the war in Ukraine. The head of a checkpoint in the

The Car-Free Day was organized on Sunday to raise public awareness of air pollution and negative effects of traffic congestion and promote healthy lifestyle.

Both private cars and public transport vehicles were barred from all main roads of Ulaanbaatar on the

China imported 6.41 million  tonnes of coking coal in August, up by 5 percent from July and up 37 percent from a year earlier, according to Chinese customs data. January-August imports rose by 25 percent from a year earlier to

Miner Rio Tinto has announced USD 2.3 million in funding to help protect forests in Mongolia.
The company signed a three-year partnership agreement with the Ministry of Environment and Tourism of Mongolia and the International Conservation Caucus Foundation, which aims to tackle and reverse