Director General of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs L.Munkhtushig gave a statement earlier today (11 Aug) at a press briefing of the Operative Team of the State Emergency Commission (SEC).  Since 28 January, Mongolia has repatriated

The Mongolian Cabinet approved the decision of the National Emergency Commission to reopen the nation’s schools in September. To accommodate social distancing and safety guidance advice from Health Ministry, schools in Mongolia are planning to have children attend classes virtually

A total of 250 Mongolians returned home earlier today (11 August) on a chartered flight from Prague to Ulaanbaatar. The Czech Government chartered aircraft flew to Mongolia at the request of 192 Mongolians who had applied to return home via

Not far from the Ulaanbaatar Railway Station, six obsolete steam locomotives sit unmoving in a fenced-off garden adjacent to the tracks. The open-air display of trains, collectively known as the Mongolian Railway History Museum, is dedicated to history of the

Metals explorer Xanadu Mines is hoping to raise 12-million Australian dollars to fund exploration work at its flagship Kharmagtai copper/gold project, in Mongolia. Xanadu on Monday announced that it would issue 266.7-million shares, at a price of 4.5c each, in

The scandal over politicians granting themselves low-cost loans out of the fund to support small and medium enterprises became one of last year’s top news items. Earlier today (10 Aug), a Mongolian court decided to ban former Minister of Food,

Mongolian Mining Corporation’s (MMC, B/Stable) 1H20 results showed that the coking-coal miner’s financial profile deterioration was worse than Fitch Ratings’ expectations due to the disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Nonetheless, MMC is not expected to breach the negative leverage

Mongolia’s coronavirus cases reached to 293 on 3 August after two peacekeepers were confirmed as having COVID-19. Since then, three more recoveries have been reported with no new cases. So far, Mongolia has had 293 confirmed cases of coronavirus and

Ulaanbaatar Railway (UBTZ) has completed construction of the first 50km of the 414.6km Talvin Tolgoi – Zumbayan 1520mm-gauge railway. The new railway will connect with the UBTZ’s central line and will transport coking coal from Tavan-Tolgoi in southern Mongolia, one

A 41-year-old-man was killed and his 38-year-old wife injured when they were struck by lightning strike in southern Mongolia.

The couple from Deren Soum of Dundgovi Province were herding their livestock on Thursday when the lightning hit. The wife was badly