Russia has been accused of covering up the extent of radioactive contamination after a mysterious explosion at a military site in the country’s remote northwest. Elevated radiation levels — of up to 16 times the average — were detected 40

The celebration of the Khalkh Gol Victory will start with a concert by the Russia’s A.V.Alexandrov Army Academic Song and Dance Ensemble on Ulaanbaatar’s Sukhbaatar Square on 28 August. Following a deadly plane crash that killed its 64 members, the

According to statistics from the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Mongolia received a total of 215780 tourists in the first half of the 2019; this represents an increase of 6.48 percent or 13,132 people on the same period last year.

The

A venomous snake named Gloydius Halys has been discovered lurking in a street found behind the ‘Achlal’ Department Store in Bayangol District of Ulaanbaatar. On Monday, 19 August, a local called  B.Oidovdorjil on sighting the creature telephoned 310005. Experts from

Mongolia’s memory athletes have been very successful in international competitions in recent years, earning them the admiration of their fellow countrymen as well as deserved international acclaim. Mongolia’s memory athletic success has been demonstrated by several IQ rankings placing the

Mongolian folk metal/rock tribe ‘The Hu’ are getting ready to launch their third single, “The Great Chinngis Khan,” in music video form this Friday, 23 August. The song comes off the band’s full-length album, The Gereg, due out on 13

On 24 January 2015, a baby girl was born in Umngovi Province, becoming Mongolia’s three-millionth citizen. Named Mongoljin, by then President Ts.Elbegdorj, she was born 27 years after the population hit the two million mark. Now, four years on, how

At Wednesday’s session, the Mongolian Cabinet discussed establishing an eco-zone at the Khuvsgul Lake National Park with the assistance of the Asian Development Bank; it also decided to limit the number of tourism licenses for the area.

Khuvsgul Lake holds 70

The ways of involving Mongolia in the programmes of China’s Belt and Road initiative and the intensification of its business cooperation with the Hainan Free Trade Zone (FTZ) have been discussed at a conference held in Ulaanbaatar. The event, organised

Earlier today (21 August), the Mongolian Cabinet took the decision to suspend a total of 23 mining licenses of 19 companies over failure to meet environmental obligations.

Interestingly, 1 of the 23 mining licenses were held by ‘Mongol Gazar” LLC which