On 6 June, MIAT, Mongolian airlines conducted the first ever direct passenger flight from Ulaanbaatar to Australia’s largest city, Sydney. The Boeing aircraft returned home the next day after evacuating 266 Mongolians who had been stranded in the country. The

Yesterday (29 July), Mongolia conducted coronavirus tests on 520 samples collected from 439 people who have recently returned and those caring for them.  These include, the last passengers repatriated from Seoul, four suspected people isolated in the National Center of

Earlier today (30 July), a Mongolian student who studies in the Czech Republic crossed the Altanbulag border crossing after spending 25 days travelling 7800 km alone. For some of the journey, she hitched in an international transit and successfully exited

As of today (29 July), one US dollar is being sold for MNT 2844.58 at commercial banks,while one Euro for MNT 3331.29, and one Russian Rbl for MNT 39.51. The Mongolian Tugrik continues to fall against the US dollar, theChinese

Mongolia closed its borders and cancelled all flights in mid-February in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus from China. Over 12 thousand foreign nationals from 51 countries staying in Mongolia have applied to leave the country; 20-30 percent of

Mongolia has planned 14 charter flights in August for repatriating its nationals from pandemic-hit countries. According to L.Munkhtushig, Director General of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, some 100 Mongolians stranded in Czech Republic have applied to

Earlier today (29 July), the Mongolian Cabinet approved the decision by the National Emergency Commission to reopen the nation’s schools in September. However, it made some changes to the proposal. For example, kindergartens and secondary schools will reopen on 1

The Constitution of Mongolia states that every citizen has fundamental rights to live in a healthy and safe environment, to study, to develop and express their opinion freely. However, in reality, these fundamental rights become a most difficult task to

Two Mongolians have been confirmed as having coronavirus. The confirmations come after testing 630 samples in four laboratories at the National Centre for Communicative Diseases and the National Centre for Zoonotic Diseases in Ulaanbaatar and Darkhan-Uul province. A 50- year-old

Grand Champion Hakuho claimed his 10th win for the sole lead at the July Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday (28 July). The Mongolian-born Hakuho is sitting a win ahead of two wrestlers after the 10th day of the relocated tournament