The 8th yearly meeting of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage, which is being held in Baku Azerbaijan, delivered good news for Mongolians today on Friday December 6th, 2013. According to an official, the Committee for

During the 8th session of the Intergovernmental Committee meeting on December 4th, 2013, the 24 members of the Committee for implementing UNESCO’s Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage have accepted by a unanimous vote to register the traditional

The Government backed vocational training program provided the national labor market with 3300 trained personnel in 2011 and 2012, and 6600 in 2013 since it was launched three years ago.In 2014 vocational training centers have targeted to provide 6600 trained

Mining entrepreneur Robert Friedland said on Wednesday he would “fully” participate in a rights offering next month by Turquoise Hill, owner of the giant Oyu Tolgoi copper gold mine, which aims to raise up to $2.4 billion.Turquoise Hill, majority owned

As part of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence in Mongolia, the NGO National Center Against Violence are holding a photography exhibition including the stories and photos of four survivors of domestic violence (who are now safe) across

There are so far 11 Mongolian heritage items including khuumii, reed pipe, the long throat song, the horse head fiddle that are ingrained with traditional culture and custom have been added to UNESCO`s List of Intangible Cultural Heritage items in

The Mayor of Ulaanbaatar City, E.Bat-Uul, issued a decree on Thursday December 5th to organize a New Year`s festival for children. Under the decree the Ulaanbaatar municipality is to organize a New Year`s festival for 1000 children who live in

The Information and Technology Authority of the Capital City and Kewiko company have jointly added free wireless Internet access services for all citizens by installing Wi-Fi facilities in 99 places across Ulaanbaatar in order to create an internet service area

The Russian government’s international radio broadcasting service Golos Rossii (Voice of Russia) will stop its shortwave broadcasts from January 1st next year. The shortwave service is closing due to funding cuts.  Voice of Russia is to broadcast several programs in

Minister for Defense, D.Bat-Erdene, accompanied by Mongolian defense delegates, is paying an official visit to Qatar at the invitation of the Minister of State for Defense Affairs, Maj Gen Hamad bin Ali Al Attiyah, between December 3rd and 7th, 2013.