As for today (23 March), a total of 21,000 Mongolians have returned home following the rapid spread of coronavirus in China and 190 other countries. Mongolia has closed its borders with China and Russia and suspended flights until 30 April

The National Centre for Communicable Diseases (NCCD) confirmed on 21 March that four more Mongolian citizens have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of the confirmed cases in the country to 10. The people in question arrived in

Amidst Mongolia’s coronavirus lockdown, Minister of Road and Transportation, B.Enkh-Amgalan has reported that construction on the road connecting Ulaanbaatar with Darkhan city has begun once again.
The Mongolian Government decided to not to bring in 6000 foreign workers for constructionthis year, however,

Global travel restrictions are dramatically ramping up amid the growing coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile Mongolia is frantically evacuating its citizens from abroad. In Italy, where the government is extending its large-scale lockdown, the death toll climbed to 3,405 on Thursday. More people have now

The National Emergency Commission of Mongolia has decided to again extend the period of quarantine – this time until 30 April in order to prevent the spread of the highly infectious coronavirus. All schools, universities and kindergartens in the country

The National Emergency Commission of Mongolia decided on Friday (20 March) to extend the period of advanced emergency readiness and preparation for a month in order to prevent the spread of the highly infectious coronavirus. Therefore, all schools and universities

A total of 252 Mongolian citizens returned home on Wednesday night from Turkey on a chartered flight, bringing the total number of Mongolian nationals evacuated from virus-hit countries to 982, D.Tsogtbaatar, Minister of Foreign Affairs reported on Thursday.

Mongolia has been

Earlier today (20 March), a 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck Gobi-Altai, a western province of Mongolia. According to the Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, the epicenter of the earthquake was 30 km east of the centre of the Tonkhil Soum at

The tourism sector which is critically important for the Mongolian economy has been suffering enormously from the impacts of the  coronavirus pandemic which has killed over 9000 people globally. Revenue of world tourism has suffered loss of USD 30-50 billion

Mongolia has announced plans to restore the use of its traditional alphabet by 2025, replacing the Cyrillic script adopted under the Sovietperiod as it moves away from Russian influence.
It will take transitional measures to prepare for the “comprehensive restoration” of