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Success of the Ulaanbaatar coal ban

In March 2019, the Mongolian government decided to totally ban the use of raw coal in capital city of Ulaanbaatar. Since then, air-pollution in Ulaanbaatar has decreased visibly. According to official data, the levels of harmful microscopic particulate matter –

2021 Olympics – who will represent Mongolia?

Athletes who qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games will remain qualified for the postponed Games in 2021, the International Olympic Committee announced on Wednesday. Qualification has yet to be completed for 47 percent of all athlete spots for the Olympics.

Mongolian evacuation planes fly to Seoul and Tokyo

Two MIAT planes flew today (2 April) to Seoul and Tokyo to bring back Mongolian citizens trapped there. In the operation, a total of 251 people are being evacuated from Seoul and 255 from Tokyo.

The government-chartered flight to Seoul flew

Two Mongolian women show symptoms

As of today (2 April), Mongolia has reported 14 imported cases of coronavirus, two of whom have recovered. Among them are three foreign nationals, namely: the Frenchan, who arrived in Mongolia on 2 March becoming the first confirmed COVID-19 patient

Five Mongolian wrestlers listed in UWW’s Top 10

United World Wrestling (UWW) renewed the 2020 world rankings based on the wrestlers’ score which they harvested during their participation in tournaments including Matteo Pellicone, the European Championships, the Asian Championships, and the Pan-American Championships.

Two male and three female athletes

Australia’s master of Mongolian ger making

An Australian man, Scott Derrik, has become a master of making Mongolian gers (yurts) since he first started building the nomadic dwelling in 2015. He lives in Beachmont area of Queensland with wife. Scott visited Mongolia in 2017 in order

Shallow earthquake shakes Dornod Province

Yesterday (31 March), a 3.8 magnitude earthquake was felt in Mongolia’s easternmost province. The seismic event occurred 74km east from the center of Matad soum of Dornod province; it was felt by people living in the vicinity.

Ten days ago, at

Mongolia releases gold and silver coins featuring Mahatma Gandhi

The Bank of Mongolia has released their latest gold and silver Proof coins which are part of their ongoing numismatic series entitled “Revolutionaries” featuring political figures who impacted, for better or worse, the world around them and further afield. The

Canadian tries to smuggle gold from Mongolia

According to statistics released today (1 April), Mongolia issued fines of MNT 247.6 million and taxes of MNT 425.81 million for 210 violations of custom regulations in the first quarter of 2020. Most violations are connected with smuggling banned goods

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