In January of this year, Ulaanbaatar Mayor S.Batbold issued three decrees primarily designed to combat air pollution. The decree entitled “Restriction Action” has received the most attention as its purpose has been to limit migration to the city from rural areas.

At the end of each year, professional press bodies traditionally give awards to people and particular events of the past 12 months. News.mn has been naming “Person of the Year” since 2004.

The results of the livestock census that was carried out between from December 7th to 17th have been published. According to the results, the total number of livestock reached 66.2 million heads of livestock at the end of 2017, which is an increase of approximately 7.8% from 2016.

Mongolian students have dressed in “deel” on Wednesday for celebrating Independence Day. Nearly 30,000 students and 1,800 teachers from 34 schools participated in the “Traditional Costume Day” on 27 December.

Mongolian state-honoured author and ‘poet of the people’ B.Lkhagvasuren has been diagnosed with stomach cancer. According to his family, over MNT 100 million is needed for his surgery.

A new meat producing plant with the capacity of butchering 100 head of cattle, 500 head of sheep and goats a day has begun operation in Darkhan-Uul province.

The Mongolian Health Ministry has decided to vaccinate children who live in the most air-polluted areas of Ulaanbaatar to prevent pneumonia. Children aged between 2 and 9 months will receive a pneumonia vaccine.

The annual New Year’s party will be held on Sukhbaatar square on the night of 31 December. Hundreds of Mongolians will welcome in 2018 on the nation’s main square with live music and fireworks.

News.mn can confirm that the fuel price of A-92 is to increase. Petrol-importing companies have said that they have not raised the fuel price of A-92 despite fuel reserves being low.

Mongolia’s traditional herders are bracing themselves for winter as frigid temperatures and heavy snow are predicted for the coming days. Already, 40 percent of Mongolia is covered with thick snow.