On 26th of May, a plenary meeting of the Mongolian State Great Khural discussed an amendment to the law on ‘Social and Economic Development in Mongolia for 2018’.

Ms.B.Battsetseg, Deputy Foreign Minister of Mongolia made an unexpected visit to North Korea from May 16th to 19th, at the invitation of North Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Ri Gil Song.

According to an inter-governmental agreement, the Mongolia-Chinese border crossings will be closed on 30th of May for the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival and 1st of June for Mongolian Children’s Day.

Opening a major United Nations conference on risk reduction in Cancun, Mexico, Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed cautioned that the world would not reach its development goals without tackling climate change and disaster risk reduction.

N.Enkhbold, Parliamentary Speaker and leader of the Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) has received various foreign delegates who are participating in the fourth conference of the Progressive Alliance.

A threatening phone message was has been repeatedly sent to E.Anar, son of Mongolian Parliamentary Speaker M.Enkhbold.

As Mongolian high school students take their final exams this month, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Sports is facing a wave of criticism after copies of a maths test for 12th grade students — and the answers — were leaked by an official.

World Bank Country Manager for Mongolia James Anderson and Ulaanbaatar city Vice Mayor Bayarkhuu today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly strengthen the capital investment planning process of Mongolia’s capital Ulaanbaatar and the financial sustainability of the city’s public transport sector.

An Open Door Day was organised by the Ministry of Road and Transport Development on Ulaanbaatar’s Sukhbaatar Square on 24th and 25th of May.

The plenary session meeting of the State Great Khural (parliament) brought into the discussion the issue of dismissing some ambassadors and appointed new ones to represent Mongolia in foreign countries.