Today’s (28 December) regular session of the State Great Khural (Mongolian parliament) was suspended due to the fact that less than 50 percent of the MPs were present. This was the last session of 2018. Only 35 members were in

An unnamed foreign national living in Ulaanbaatar was arrested in October for allegedly spying. The foreign spy was taken into custody from C block of the Golomt apartment complex, which is located near the Western Road Intersection in Ulaanbaatar. According

The Mongolian minimum wage rate will be increased to MNT 1904 per hour or MNT 320 thousand per month from 1 January, 2019. Minister of Labour and Social Protection S.Chinzorig, President of the Confederation of Mongolian Trade Unions Kh.Amgalanbaatar and

Mongolian President Kh.Battulga has issued decree to declare E.Uujimsetgel as the Best Young Worker for her hardworking character, professional skill of welding and being a model. The announcement to give the award to E.Uujimsetgel was made earlier today (27 December).

Earlier today (27 December), a crowd of almost 1000 people demonstrated on Sukhbaatar square, in the centre of Ulaanbaatar demanding the resignation of Parliamentary Speaker M.Enkhbold. The event was organized by the ‘Mongolians Unite’ movement and was attended by some

The Bogd Khaan Palace Museum is discounting the cost of entry tickets by 50 percent on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Mongolia’s last ruler. Located in the southern part of Ulaanbaatar, it was the winter

The World Green Organisation, which has its headquarters in London has announced that Mongolia’s ‘Green Passport’ campaign being implemented by the Ministry of Environment and Tourism has been selected as best ‘National Environmental Governance-2018’. In addition the UK organisation has

The 15th China-Russia-Mongolia International Beauty Pageant was held in the city of Manzhouli in northern China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region.

Mongolian participant G.Sodgerel has been named as Beauty Ambassador and a Chinese contestant won Miss Talent.

A total of 60 contestants from

Seismic activity is relatively low in and around the Mongolian capital as compared to the western parts of the country. This year, a total of 873 mini-quakes occurred in Ulaanbaatar – mostly too small to be felt – however, this

A total of 531 foreign nationals from 29 countries have been expelled from Mongolia due to illegal stay or violating visa regulations. Most of them were Chinese (972), North Korean (42) followed by Americans (15), Russians (14), Australians (10) and