Earlier today (18 June), a Mongolian court decided to detain three more candidates in next week’s parliamentary election. The trial of former PM S.Bayar and other six people started at the Ulaanbaatar’s Chingeltei, Sukhbaatar and Bayanzurkh Criminal Court this morning
Four Belarusian truck drivers who arrived in Mongolia have been confirmed as having coronavirus, making total number of COVID-19 in the country to 201. The truck drivers entered Mongolia through the Altanbulag border crossings with Russia and have been quarantined
Since January, 2020, a total of 29 children have died from road accidents in Mongolia; 12 of the fatalities were a result of the drivers’ fault. It is heartbreaking statistic for the country that has a population of just three
A Mongolian team training for the Tokyo Paralympics has been stranded in Yaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, for more than three months, with no prospect of returning home because of the coronavirus pandemic.The athletes have received encouragement from locals, and the team
A total of 97 forest and steppe fires have been recorded across Mongolia since the beginning of this year, which have destroyed 213,433 hectares of forest and grassland, the country’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Thursday (18 June).
Hannes Takacs has been appointed to lead the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in Mongolia. He will start his new role as head of office on 14 July and move to Ulaanbaatar as soon as conditions allow.
Mongolia has halted uranium explorations in three soums (districts) of the Dundgobi Province after the Gurvansaikhan Company failed an inspection conducted by a working group from the Metropolitan Professional Inspection Department and nuclear and radiation experts. It was discovered that
The National Emergency Commission has announced that MIAT, Mongolian airlines is sending three emergency charter flights to South Korea to bring back its nationals. The first of the flights departed earlier today (17 June) from Chinggis Khaan international airport at
Young Mongolian wrestler E.Oyunbold from the eastern Khentii province has been banned from competitions for two years following a doping scandal. Therefore, his victory in the traditional wrestling at last Naadam festival was cancelled and his title of Titan was
Ulaanbaatar is known as the coldest capital city in the world, with temperatures dipping below -40 Celsius. However, summers can be very warm due to Mongolia’s extreme continental weather; summer has definitely arrived in Ulaanbaatar with daily temperatures between +25
