Mongolia’s customs has suspended the clearance of coal deliveries at a key border checkpoint into China for mining companies in the Gobi desert as it works to clear the road of a dangerous traffic jam. “It should last until the long queue at the border crossing clears, approximately one week to ten days,” said a ministry spokesperson about the suspension on Friday.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Mongolia have signed a USD 3 million grant to pilot community-based approaches to farming in the country’s central growing region of the Tuv, Selenge, Darkhan-Uul, and Uvs aimags (provinces). The grant will improve the livelihoods of smallholders involved in vegetable production.
On 15 December 2017, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the first and second reviews of Mongolia’s performance under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF). programme.
The final International Judo Federation event of 2017 – the IJF Masters in St. Petersburg has begun. At stake are 1800 ranking points; in addition, the top 2017 judoka will receive a bonus USD 50,000
The annual ‘Burte Chono’ Awards will be held on 20 December. The Mongolian National Olympic Committee will name the top athletes of 2017, after receiving votes from sports journalists.
A Mongolian contestant in the recently held 11th Asian Super Model Contest was selected in the Top 10 in finals night at the ‘Imperial Palace’ in the Northern Marianas city of Saipan on Saturday.
Mongolia needs to take action at “all levels of government” to get itself removed from a European Union blacklist of tax havens, its foreign minister said, following talks with European counterparts.
Mongolian athletes have been competing in a series of ice-skating, skiing, and biathlon competitions in order to qualify for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. The much-awaited competition will be held from 9-25 February 2018 in the South Korean city of Pyeongchang.
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