A conference of member states of the Organization for Security and Co-operation (OSCE) will take place in Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia, on 20-21 June.  The event will focus on preventing and countering violent extremism and radicalisation that lead

The modernisation of the highway connecting Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia, to Darkhan, a city near the Russian border, has just begun. The Asian Development Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have financed a total

Asian folklore artists have gathered in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar to participate in the Asian Championship of Folklore. The competition will take place from 12-15 June. More than 200 folklore artists from over 12 Asian countries, including China, India,

Earlier today (11 June), another demonstration took place outside the Mongolian Ministry of Justice and Internal Affairs. They protestors demanded that Justice Minister Ts.Nyamdorj should resign.

The demonstration took a bizarre turn, when the protesters tried to deliver a television as

Summer is definitely the open air season; causing an overdose of park life, barbecue outings, ice cream, Instagram shots and…live music! Check out our Ulaanbaatar summer music festival guide to make the most of the sunshine season.

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Mr B.Gankhuyag, Chief Executive Officer of state owned Erdenes Tavantolgoi, a joint stock company where every citizen of Mongolia is a shareholder and owns and operates the largest undeveloped coking coal mine in the world. Erdenes Tavantolgoi JSC alone controls

Mongolian President Kh.Battulga will visit Kyrgyzstan on 12 June to attend a high-level meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). Heads of state and government from 11 countries such as Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Iran, India and Belarus will participate in

It may be more than three years off, but the first goal of the World Cup 2022 qualifying matches has already been scored. Nine minutes into their first-leg match against Brunei, Mongolia won a free-kick about 25 yards from goal.

“These are the dogs that could stop Mongolian grasslands turning to desert,” say the directors of Mongolian Bankhar Dog Project. The bankhar, a guard-dog, is being reintroduced to protect livestock from predators and remove herders’ incentive to keep more animals

Well-known ‘Eagle Huntress’, Aisholpan is co-starring with her father in a new video called ‘Altai’ from Mongolian folk band ‘Boerte’.

Aisholpan is an ethnic Kazakh, from Bayan Ulgii in the far west of Mongolia. Amidst the towering peaks of the Altai