Kh.Battulga, President of Mongolia has fully vetoed amendments to the laws on the 2017 State Budget and the law on Social Insurance Fund which had been approved by parliament.

Mongolian and Japanese artists will together perform a modern dance concert in Ulaanbaatar.

Former Mongolian President Ts.Elbegdorj has been invited to participate in a World Policy Conference which is being held in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh, on 3-5 November.

Canion Shijirbat from Mongolia combined graphic design and dance to earn a Golden Buzzer from the host at ‘Asia’s Got Talent’. Canion’s Judge Cuts performance in Episode 1207 consisted of dancing in front of a screen with projections of outer space to Starley’s “Call on me”.

Mongolian-EU relations are entering a new phase with the Framework Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation coming into force and the much-anticipated opening of an EU Delegation in Mongolia.

Mongolia’s State Great Khural (parliament) has discussed the presidential veto of Finance Minister Khurelbaatar. In the debate, which took place on 2 November, 84 percent of MPs who attended meeting of parliament voted against presidential veto.

Three Mongolian endangered species, namely the Mazaalai (Gobi bear), the Takhi, also known as Przewalski’s horse, and the Steppe Eagle have been registered in the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals.

This year, Mongolia drilled a total of 8.4 million barrel or 1.1 million tonnes crude oil, 6 thousand barrels or 821 thousand tonnes of which were exported to China.

During its regular meeting on 1 November, the Cabinet discussed the appointment of B.Khurts, who until a few days ago was Mongolia’s chief spymaster, as the country’s ambassador to the Republic of Korea.

The Asia Society has announced this year’s recipients of the Asia Game Changer Awards, which recognize those making a transformative and positive difference for the future of Asia and the world.