A group of 36 Mongolian pilots from MIAT (Mongolian national airlines) has been conducting flights on the route between Haiti and Chile for two months. The pilots have been working in Chile under an agreement between MIAT and Sunrise airlines.

On 12 February, the National Blood Transfusion Research Center (NBTRC) announced a media campaign to promote voluntary non-remunerated blood donations. The campaign will be implemented within the framework of Fifth Health Sector Development Project.

Earlier today (13 February) Parliamentary Speaker M.Enkhbold, met with Mongolia’s Olympic medal holders at the State Palace.

Over 1200 North Koreans were granted permits to work in Mongolia in 2017, the government’s mission to the UN reported in a sanctions implementation report made public this week.

Drivers from the ‘Mongolian Pajero club’ have pulled 300 cars out of the snow since January 2016 in cooperation with the Mongolian National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).

The final round and award ceremony of the 31st Morin Khuur Festival was held on Monday at the Central Cultural Palace.

Ulaanbaatar Mayor S.Batbold, has paid respect to 56 elderly people aged 98-99, on the occasion of the Tsagaan Sar holiday, celebrating the Year of the Dog, according to Lunar Calendar.

A National Wrestling Competition for the Tsagaan Sar holiday, celebrating the Year of the Dog, according to Lunar Calendar, will be held on the last day of the year, or “Bitun”, on Thursday at the Mongolian Wrestling Palace.

The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Mongolia hosted its February Monthly Meeting with D.Sumiyabazar, Minister of Mining and Heavy Industry, the Director of the Mineral Resources and Petroleum Agency and other government officials, on Tuesday, 13 February at the Shangri-La Hotel Ulaanbaatar.

Mongolia first participated in the Innsbruck-1964 IX Winter Olympics. Since then Mongolian athletes have competed in the thirteen Winter Olympics.