The Ulaanbaatar City Administration has banned hiking and trekking activities since 26 February in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus infection. However, following popular demand, the UB Administration has decided to open mountain roads for hiking and trekking.

Earlier today (31 March), a total of 43 Mongolian soldiers, who have been participating in the training in Qatar, flew back to Ulaanbaatar. The Qatar army chartered flight landed at 10.20 a.m. at Chinggis Khaan International Airport. The flight was

On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the launch of a feasibility study for the Power of Siberia-2 Pipeline to export natural gas from Russia’s Western Siberia to China, Xinhua reports.

Russian gas giant Gazprom has conducted preliminary technical and economic

Earlier today (30 March), Mongolia resumed coal deliveries to China through the Shiveekhuren border crossing in the South Gobi province. The Gashuunsukhait border crossing which was closed for two months due to Covid-19, was re-opened on March 23 to restore

The National Emergency Commission decided on 27 March to extend the quarantine period of people suspected with COVID-19 to 21 days from 14 days. Currently, 2368 people have been isolated in Mongolia; 43 of them are pregnant women and 56

On 28 March, a rare snow leopard was spotted near a herder settlement in the Delger soum of the Gobi-Altai Province of Mongolia. Then endangered animal has been chased back to mountainous area 18 km from the settlement, reported a

A small wooden house that has stood for almost a century on the south side of Peace Avenue in central Ulaanbaatar was demolished in October 2019. The house had been the home of Mongolian Prime Minister P.Genden (1895-1937) and has

The global COVID-19 pandemic is happening at a time when sorting facts from fiction is becoming increasingly difficult. In Mongolia, a tsunami of misinformation and disinformation has accompanied the spread of the virus’, provoking fear and exploiting vulnerabilities. Mongolia is

The Ulaanbaatar City Administration has decided to extend the closure of sports, cultural and public services such as resorts, pubs, saunas, places of worship and education centres until 30 April. Previously, the administration had considered the possibility of opening fitness,

Mongolia reported its 12th case of COVID-19 on Saturday after one passenger evacuated from Istanbul tested positive. On 19 March, Mongolia evacuated 252 of its citizens from Istanbul; however, two of them were diagnosed as having the coronavirus infection. A