A national forum on ‘Sustainable Development-Statistics’ opened today (13 November) at the State House. The two day event is being organised by the National Statistical Office, the State Great Khural or Mongolian parliament in cooperation with the Word Bank.

The Mongolian Nuclear Energy Committee met earlier today (13 November). During the meeting, some new regulations regarding the radiation measurement safety code were approved.

The Permanent Committee of Preventing Earthquake Disasters held a meeting at the State House on 13 November. According to the study, over 1000 seismic tremours were registered in Mongolia during the first ten months of 2017.

A team of talented young Mongolian mathematicians returned home today, after having performed very well at the International Teenagers Mathematics Olympiad (ITMO), which has taken place in the Philippines.

The Mongolian National Olympic Committee has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Russian Olympic Committee.
The agreement was signed by Dr Demchigjav Zagdsuren and Alexander Zhukov, the respective presidents of the Mongolian and Russian Olympic Committees.

‘If you could date one famous Mongolian man – whom would you choose?’ was a post splashed on the ‘Pretty Women’ Facebook group.

The State Great Khural (parliament) held its third discussion of the 2018 State Budget bill, which was presented by Prime Minister U.Khurelsukh, on 10 November. During the break, Prime Minister U.Khurelsukh invited some MPs for a meeting at 4.00 p.m.

Tobacco and alcohol taxes are to gradually increase by 10% in 2018, 5% in 2019 and 5% in 2020. This is one of eight fiscal policy actions to be undertaken by the Government of Mongolia (GoM) under the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Extended Fund Facility programme.

ITools Company’s initial public offering set a record of MNT 4 billion on the Mongolian Stock Exchange (MSE) after the closure of today’s trading (10 November).

A young Mongolian woman, who is an Olympic bronze medalist judoka, has been named as one of Kazakhstan’s best athletes. The star in question is Asian champion G.Otgontsetseg, aged 24, who took bronze at the Rio Olympics representing Kazakhstan.