Ralliers speed across Europe to reach Mongolia on the annual Mongol Rally run by the Adventurists. On 26th July the first team undertaking the Mongol Rally 2013 arrived at the finish line at the Mandukhai Hotel in Ulaanbaatar. Team Nafanchez,

The “Green Ulaanbaatar” project will be implemented by the Ulaanbaatar city Administration in collaboration with the Hokkaido Regional Environmental Office.The project will last three years starting from September 3rd 2013. During this period 280 individuals from nine different districts of

The fermented mare”s milk drink is something of a speciality in Saikhan Sum, Bulgan Aimag. This year the Airag Festival will be held on September 14th and 15th in Saikhan Sum by the Bulgan Aimag Administration along with the Saikhan

Takashi Osawa, specialist in Turkic history at the University of Osaka, discovered two Turkic monuments 400 km from Ulaanbaatar. The Chairman of the Turkish Language Association (TDK) Professor Mustafa Kacalin has declared that the two written epitaphs are influential to

The central band of the Mongolian Armed Forces will travel to Edinburgh, Scotland, to take part in the Military Tattoo 2013. The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is an annual event of a 90-minute cavalcade of military bands from around the

Ulaanbaatar is the home to a number of International schools where parents with sufficient income are almost spoilt for choice of Internationally recognized curriculum. In September another internationally renowned schooling system will be available in Ulaanbaatar; the official French curriculum.

Shares in Turquoise Hill Resources, operator of the massive Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia, dropped 18% after controlling company Rio Tinto said its putting on hold a $5 billion underground expansion of the mine.Rio Tinto said in a statement it

A breakfast meeting between British business representatives and Mongolia took place in London on July 16th at the Ritz Hotel. British business has great influence on the Mongolian economy and has an important role in economic relations with foreign countries.

It is not often that vertebrate paleontologists get awarded government medals. But it is also not often that these scientists get involved in international legal cases. Three paleontologists, all members of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, were recently awarded a

During the 2013 National Nadaam Festival two child jockeys died in unfortunate circumstances. This year additional regulations were put in place to protect the safety of children in the horse races but many international institutions believe this is not adequate.