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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.

Grey water to be supplied to Gobi

The Cabinet has approved a project entitled  the ‘Songino-Gobi’ to provide people living in the Gobi region with purified technical and industrial water. Each day, 200 thousand meter cubic of water from the Wastewater Treatment Plant will be purified to

Pollen allergies and air pollution

According to the Mongolian Dermatology Centre, 2-3 percent of the country’s population has pollen allergies. Recently, allergy related diseases have been increasing due to urbanization, environmental pollution, ecological deterioration and desertification.

In the winter, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia’s rapidly expanding capital, is choked

International media and artists to present works in Ulaanbaatar

The ‘Ulaanbaatar’ International Media Art Festival (UBIMAF) will be held from 28 June to 13 July at the Central Museum of Mongolian Dinosaurs and during the ‘Playtime’ festival. Under the theme ‘Limitless’, the festival is aimed at developing cultural diversity,

By appointment only: Singapore gallery displays modern Mongolian art

The Art Fund Gallery (TAF Gallery) currently holds the largest contemporary art collection by Mongolian artists outside of Mongolia. The space is the doing of three first-time gallerists — Singaporeans Dr Lanz Chan and Mark Foo, plus A.Boldkhet from Mongolia.

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Eight Mongolian children under investigation for drug crime

A total of 91 drug-related cases were registered in Mongolia in the first half of the year, up 78.4 percent from the same period in 2017. The statistics were reported by a division of the Mongolian State Investigation Department onTuesday.

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Mongolian political parties only ‘half democratic’

The DeFacto Institute, an independent research think tank based in Ulaanbaatar, announced an index of the internal democracy of Mongolian political parties earlier today. The survey was conducted on four subjects namely, internal participation, competition, transparency and budget. Only six

Khentii re-election to be held on October

Mongolia will hold a parliamentary re-election in Khentii Province after MP D.Gantulga submitted his resignation amid what he called a ‘politically motivated’ rape allegation. During the meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on State Development on Wednesday, the re-election was

Failed attempt to sell Mongolian dinosaur bones

The illegal sale of dinosaur bones is a sophisticated business, involving foreign contacts with links to wealthy clients around the world. However, a recent case, involving the bones of a rare plant-eating dinosaur from the Cretaceous was anything but sophisticated!

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International College of Surgeons opens section in Mongolia

A Delegation led by Guan Wei Lui, director of the Asian Section of International College of Surgeons has visited Mongolia in order to  participate in a conference for establishing a branch section in Ulaanbaatar. The conference was held on 21-25

‘VI International Festival- Morin Khuur Competition’

The ‘VI International Festival- Morinkhuur Competition’ is to be held in the Mongolian capital, Ulaanbaatar, between 30 June and 5 July. The event is being organised by the World Morin Khuur Association, which was set up by presidential decree in

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