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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.

Two Mongolian boxers included in Asian Top Team

Two Mongolian boxers, namely B.Chinzorig and E.Tsendbaatar have been included in the Asian Top Team. A boxing competition between the Asian and European top teams will be held in the Czech capital, Prague, on 2 February, 2019.

International master of sports

“Tamgagui Tor” to be restaged

Meaning, literally, ‘The State Without Stamps’, ‘Tamagui Tor’ is a historic and tragic drama by state-honoured artist B.Lkhagvasuren.

The play, which consists of ‘three chapters and six acts’ is to be staged in a new production at the State Academic Theatre

Winter Festival of Altai Nomads

A popular 2016 documentary film about Aisholpan, a young eagle huntress who won the festival’s hunting competition in 2014, helped bring the Altai Kazakh culture to international attention. The number of foreign tourists coming to the festival is growing, with

Japanese Bitcoin miners migrate to Mongolia

Mongolia is attracting Japanese miners for Bitcoin mining. Tokyo-based e-wallet company Ginco has now set up shops in Mongolia’s capital Ulaanbaatar. Ginco has set up two mining firms to be specific. These consist of 600 ‘mining rigs’ and there are

Mongolia wins two prizes at Asian Television Awards

At the 23rd Asian Television Awards held in Malaysia on 12 January, Mongol HD Television became an award winner of two programming categories: Best entertainment and Best adaptation of an existing format, with its programme ‘The Voice of Mongolia’.

In the

Remembering Mongolia’s first fatal Mi8 accident

Exactly 18 years ago (14 January, 2001) an MI-8 helicopter carrying Mongolian government officials, United Nations staff, journalists and the flight crew crashed in Uvs province, killing over twenty. The people on board were flying by Mongolian Airlines (MIAT) flight

Mongolia’s economic growth set to continue in 2019

The Mongolian economy is on track to exceed previous growth estimates for 2019, according to data from the Asian Development Bank.

A new report from Mongolian Properties indicates the ADB has been forced to revise its growth estimates following the economy’s

Mongolia to construct yak museum

Mongolia has the second highest yak population in the world after China. For centuries, the yak has held a great value for nomadic breeders. It has many uses and is necessary for the good development of a farm. Known in

Tracking the endangered Mongolian antelopes

The WWF-Mongolia has started an antelope study using satellite collars to determine their seasonal movement and pinpoint the factors resulting in declining populations. Specialists collared 25 female and male antelopes in 2018. However, by December, 2018, two of them had

President’s chief of staff to lead Mongolian judokas

On Friday (11 January), the Mongolian Judo Association appointed Z.Enkhbold as its vice-president. Mr Z.Enkhbold, who is also chief of staff to Mongolian President Kh.Battulga, will lead the judo team at the Tokyo Olympics-2020.

Previously, Kh.Battulga was president of the Mongolian

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