On August 24, 2012, former President Elbegdorj issued a decree instituting a Book Day to promote reading and publishing books. The decree provides for instituting national Book Days on the third Saturdays of September each year.

Therefore, the ‘National Book Festival’

Today (18 September), a 59-year-old woman was discharged from the National Centre for Communicative Diseases after having fully recovered from the coronavirus infection. So far, Mongolia has had 311 confirmed cases of COVID-19; 302 of them haverecovered. The country of

The Rio Tinto Group is hunting for a new leader to restore relations with the communities where it mines after Jean-Sebastien Jacques was forced out over the destruction of ancient heritage sites of national importance.

Rio announced on Friday that Jacques

Contemporary art isn’t the first thing which comes to mind when one thinks of Mongolia. Nevertheless, today Mongolia has its own vibrant gallery scene. Mongolian artists are exploring modern art, fashion, literature, and visual arts from around the world, sometimes

Rio Tinto said on Thursday (17 September) that it plans to raise up to USD 500 million through additional lending to develop its giant Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in Mongolia. The Mongolian state has a 34% stake in the Oyu

Elixir Energy Limited has provided an update on operations in its 100% owned Nomgon IX coal bed methane PSC in the south Gobi region of Mongolia.

Following the positive results recently generated from the drilling of the Nomgon-2 core-hole and Nomgon

MIAT will conduct direct flights to Seattle, Washington later in September for repatriating 850 Mongolians stranded in the USA. Previously, the Mongolian airline has conducted two direct flights to Seattle on 3 August and 21 June. Over 2100 Mongolians who

The National Emergency Commission of Mongolia has planned 13 charter flights for repatriating its nationals stranded in pandemic-hit countries. Since 1 September, MIAT, Mongolian airlines has conducted six charter flights to foreign countries. Today (17 September), a MIAT Boeing aircraft

The great reopening of Mongolia’s cultural and public events, retail, production and entertainment centres re-opened by Cabinet decision from 16 September. In early February, Mongolia announced an advanced emergency readiness and preparation in order in order to prevent the spread

Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wang Yi returned today (16 September) to Beijing after concluding a two-day visit to Ulaanbaatar at the invitation of his Mongolian counterpart N.Enkhtaivan.

During the visit, Wang Yi held dialogue with N.Enkhtaivan and discussed wide range