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Winter festivals in Mongolia in February

With the weather set to be stable next month, we’ve compiled information on local, national, and international festivals you can visit over the weekend in Mongolia.

Mongolian VAT Lottery winner to take MNT 225 million

In the VAT Lottery Draw held on January 20th, one person won the jackpot of MNT 225 million (over $84,000).  Although it has not been confirmed, one source says that the winner is an elderly person from the Bayangol District

Plastic bag fines to be enforced in Mongolia

Fines of up to MNT 1 million will be enforced in Mongolia from 1 March, 2019 for producing, selling or even using plastic bags. The Mongolian Cabinet decided in June to ban plastic bags nationwide with a thickness of less

See gemstone-carved dinosaurs and turtles on show in UB

Based on the famous painting ‘A day in Mongolia’, a version made in chalcedony is on display at a Mongolian Gemstones Exhibition in the National Dinosaur Museum in Ulaanbaatar. The carving was crafted by Ts.Luvsandash and made from dark green

Success in Peru for Mongolian Auto Sport Olympic racers

Mongolian racers IM U.Byambatsogt and U.Byambadelger came in 32nd place in the SxS category with overall scores, however they retained their 3rd place in UTV Open class category. The final, or 10th stage, was conducted with a 100 km race

From Khuvsgul to Lake Sevan – visa-free travel with Armenia

The foreign minister has updated the list of countries where Mongolian passport holders travel visa free. Currently, citizens can enjoy visa-free access to 55 countries; 32 of them for diplomatic or official passport holders.

On October, 2018, Mongolia signed a visa-free

More flights between South Korea and Mongolia

Another South Korean airline will be allowed to operate flights to Mongolia, ending Korean Air’s three-decade monopoly on the route.

Korean and Mongolian aviation officials agreed after a series of meetings on Wednesday and Thursday to allow multiple carriers to fly

Mongolians to take US driving test in their native language

Mongolians living in California will now be able to take their driving test in their native language. Interpreters are to be provided by the Californian transportation divisions. The Mongolian General Consulate in San Francisco has made the agreement with the

Mongolia’s population to reach 5 million by 2045

The National Statistics Office has forecasted that Mongolia’s population will reach five million by 2045. The experts at the NSO claim that they estimated correctly when they said that Mongolia’s population would reach three million in 2015. In that year,

Taxi fares to rise in Ulaanbaatar

Ulaanbaatar City Transport Department has announced that taxi fares will increase from 1 February. The fares will cost MNT 1500 up to the first km and MNT 1000 from the second km.

African swine fever hits Mongolian pig farms

Mongolia has reported its first outbreak of African swine fever, just five months after the deadly pig disease was first discovered in China.

The Mongolian outbreak occurred in a “backyard” pig farm in the centre of the Bulgan province, which borders

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