In 2017, MIAT – Mongolia’s National Airline – has flown 16,200 hours of air travel, carrying 592,000 passengers on 2,003 flights on one local and nine international routes.

In 2018, by way of furthering Indian-Mongolian relations, India will be helping with the construction of Mongolia’s first oil refinery. This refinery will help reduce the landlocked nation’s dependency on its neighbours.

Mongolia’s military has an expanding role abroad. Mongolian foreign policy objectives coupled with military diplomacy are playing a fundamental role in augmenting military relations with many countries.

In Mongolia there will be a four-day holiday from December 29th until January 2nd. The week starts with Mongolia’s National Independence Day, which is celebrated every year on 29 December and commemorates the country’s Declaration of Independence from the Qing dynasty in 1911.

Mongolian World Ranking leader M.Urantsetseg was the World Champion in 2013 and ranked fifth in Rio in 2016. This year in Budapest, she reached the World Championships Final in the U48 category but finished with silver.

Ulaan Bataar, capital city of Mongolia on Wednesday saw solid particles in the air reaching dangerous levels, with the most-polluted area registering an amount almost 13 times over the safety level set by the World Health Organization (WTO).

The New Year celebrations are fast approaching! In Mongolia, there will be a four-day holiday from December 29th until January 2nd.

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.