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.

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.