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Three Mongolians repatriated from Kazakhstan have COVID-19

Three Mongolians, recently repatriated from Kazakhstan were confirmed today (12 June) as having the coronavirus infection, making total number of COVID-19 in the country to 197. Mongolia evacuated 175 of its nationals from Nur-Sultan, the capital city of Kazakhstan with

State Department Store to re-open before Naadam

On 7 June, a huge fire destroyed the fifth and sixth floors of Mongolia’s most famous store, located in the heart of Ulaanbaatar. The rest of the building was filled with dense black smoke.
After the fire incident, 13 tonnes food

Naadam Festival to be held at XIII Century Complex

This year, Mongolia will organise the traditional Naadam Festival at same time in Ulaanbaatar and the 339 soums of the country’s 21 provinces on 10-13 July. Traditionally, there are ‘little naadams’ in different parts of the country, which occur independently from

Big rise in Mongolian transit rail freight

A total of 810 China-Europe freight trains passed through the border crossing of Erenhot in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region between 1 January and 9 June  of this year, an increase of 23.7 percent year-on-year, according to the local

Mongolian Democratic Party calls for release of imprisoned candidate

Earlier today (11 June), Democratic Party of Mongolia released a statement demanding the release of imprisoned election candidate N.Nomtoibayar. The statement noted that the imprisonment of N.Nomtoibayar – who has different opinions to those of Prime Minister U.Khurelsukh – is

Mongolian rock sensation the HU to play online concert

Mongolian rock sensation the HU will hold an online concert on June 23 at the White Rock Centre to support the National Emergency Commission of Mongolia in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

With the sponsorship of MobiCom and KhanBank, the

Mongolian nominated as member of International Olympic Committee

The President of Mongolian Badminton Association, B.Battushig has been nominated for membership of the international Olympic committee (IOC). The IOC executive board was proposed earlier today (11 June); being nominated are five new members – three women and two men.

Naadam Festival during global pandemic

Originating from the Mongolian Empire of Chinggis Khaan, Naadam is a festival of which the nation is proud and a symbol of unity among the nomads. Meaning, ‘the games’, Naadam is celebrated every year from 11 to 13 July across

Four Mongolians stage sit-in protest in evacuation plane

Yesterday (10 June), Mongolia repatriated 175 of its nationals from Nur-Sultan, city of Kazakhstan with a government-chartered flight at their request. However, four of the passengers disturbed the evacuation process for 30 minutes by staging a sit-in protest whilst still

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