The Bank of Mongolia has released a silver coin honouring the Year of the Dog. The commemorative coin depicts a Mongol Bankhar, which is a mastiff and the traditional guard dog of nomadic herders.
In accordance with a decree of the President of Mongolia, the Egyptian Agency of Partnership for Development (EAPD) was awarded with a ‘Friendship’ Medal on occasion of the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Mongolia and the Arab Republic of Egypt.
Yesterday, a demonstration organised by the ‘Movement for Developing the Ger Districts’ began on Sukhbaatar square in the capital Ulaanbaatar, but was immediately disbanded when it became clear that the demonstrators did not have permission; they quickly dispersed.
Sixteen endangered Saiga antelopes and an undetermined number of gazelles have reportedly been found dead in Mongolia due to food shortages as the temperature slips to minus 40 degrees Celsius.
Jim Mee, 40, from York, blindly tackled an 85-mile crossing of Lake Khuvsgul in north-west Mongolia – the distance climbing to 100 miles when zig-zags to the edge of the lake to camp were taken into account – skating for nine hours a day for three days, in temperatures plunging to minus 47 degrees Celsius.
The XVII Conference of Confederation of Mongolian Journalists (CMJ) was held at Ulaanbaatar City Hall on 8 February; the main purpose of the event was choosing a new director and board members.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informs that no Mongolian was injured in the magnitude 6.4 earthquake that struck Hualien City in Taiwan on 6 February.
The world’s biggest gold companies such as Sakthi Trading from Dubai, Arabian United States, and KALOTI Precious Metals from Hong Kong and many other international gold related companies and associations are attending Mongolia Gold 2018.
