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Eight Mongolian athletes qualify for Tokyo-2020 Olympics

As of today (8 November), a 3×3 women team and eight Mongolian athletes have qualified for the Tokyo-2020 Olympics on shooting, track-and-field athletics, para-taekwondo, para-shooting and para-powerlifting sports.

Mongolia has established the ‘Tokyo Olympics’ Foundation to provide financial assistance to athletes

Three new HIV cases recorded in Mongolia

Three new HIV cases have been recorded in Mongolia during November; these bring the number of HIV carriers and AIDS sufferers to 284.

To date, 44 people registered with HIV/AIDS have died – 32 of them of AIDS. The first HIV

UB distributing free smoke detectors

Since residents started using the coal briquettes in October, there have been eight more deaths—mainly children, pregnant women, and the elderly. Nearly one thousand have been hospitalized in Ulaanbaatar’s outer slum districts, prompting fears that this “safe fuel” can cause

‘Nutcracker’ to be performed for children from vulnerable groups

It has long become a New Year’s tradition that the famous ballet the ‘Nutcracker’, (Russian ‘Shchelkunchik’) by Pyotr Tchaikovsky is performed at the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Mongolia (NATOB). This year, D.Altankhuyag, State Honoured Artist and

Making airag in khokhuur registered by UNESCO

The technique of making Airag in Khokhuur and its associated customs is the 15th element to be registered by Mongolia on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This new addition includes the traditional method of

Silver dragons discovered in Mongolia

A rare pair of silver dragons discovered in Mongolia has been added to a prestigious list of archeological discoveries. The two silver dragons, each 8 cm in length and with a gesture looking back to its vertical tail, is a

Miss World: Mongolia’ M.Tsevelmaa – beauty with a purpose

The 2019 Miss World pageant has been underway in London for three weeks, putting its over 100 contestants through a rigorous series of competitions and challenges on the way to naming the Top 40 quarterfinalists who will compete in the

Mongolian human right activists awarded by EU

The European Union has awarded several Mongolian human rights activists with the Human Rights Defenders’ Award. The Delegation of the European Union to Mongolia together with the Embassies of France and Italy has presented awards to nine Mongolians. Those honoured

Boosting cashmere demand in Russia

The Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce and Industry has signed a cooperation agreement with the Russian Federation during Prime Minister U.Khurelsukh’s visit in Moscow. In addition, the two sides signed an agreement to establish a ‘Business Market’ cooperation platform for

Mongolia to increase bilateral trade with Kyrgyzstan

Mongolian Foreign Minister D.Tsogtbaatar has agreed with his Kyrgyz counterpart Chingiz Aidarbekov to enrich bilateral relations and cooperation, and to expand bilateral trade and economic cooperation. The two sides met during the 26th meeting of the Ministerial Council of the

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