An ice festival is to take place on the frozen Khar-Us Lake in Khovd province, which is located in the far west of Mongolia. Called “Mungulug Shagshuurga” – meaning “Silver Reed Cluster” – the event will take place at on 24-25 February.

Oleg Belozerov, head of Russian Railways informed the President of Mongolia about the plans to develop the infrastructure of Ulaanbaatar Railways in order to handle the growing transportation volumes.

Mongolia can build a power plant at its Tavan Tolgoi coal mine by 2021 to supply the Oyu Tolgoi copper project, energy officials said on Tuesday.

A third Mongolian athlete will compete in the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang. B.Ganbold, who qualified by competing at the Para Nordic Skiing World Cup will compete in para-Nordic skiing.

During the autumn session of parliament, which concluded just before Tsagaan Sar, Mongolia’s lawmakers approved an amendment to the Law on Organ Donors. The law was first approved in 2000 and amended in 2012.

A ten-year-old boy disappeared from the Khalkh Gol soum of Dornod province on 20 February. According to one source, the boy from a herder family did not return home after he went out at noon.

The Zavkhan Provincial Administration in Uliastai has registered 63 localities from 16 soums as a ‘specially protected areas’. The research and registration was conducted in coordination with the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (UNFAO).

Mongolian President Kh.Battulga will resume his provincial tour in the Selenge and Darkhan provinces for direct meetings with the public.

Just before Tsagaan Sar, the first ‘Best State Reindeer Herder’ award was presented to Ch.Batbayar from the Tsagaannuur soum of Khuvsgul province.

Mongolian passport holders have been granted visa-free entry to Argentina for stays of up to 90 days.