The Speaker of the Mongolian Parliament, M.Enkhbold, is currently on an official trip to Japan. Yesterday, 28th of March, Mr Enkhbold had a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Taiwan’s first library taking the form of a Mongolian yurt was inaugurated on Saturday on the 11th floor of the National Immigration Agency (NIA) building in Taipei, allowing second-generation Mongolian children to enjoy the experience of reading Mongolian books in a yurt (ger).

The Mongolia Ministry of Finance and the World Bank have launched an Export Development Project aimed to help small- and medium-sized enterprises(SME’s) in the non-minerals sectors, to strengthen their export capacity and boost their access to export markets.

The United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS) has reported that Mongolian peacekeepers in Bentiu have saved the lives of domestic refugees during a kidnap attempt.

Mongolian Airlines (MIAT) has concluded a leasing agreement with the Boeing Company in assistance with Avolon Aerospace Leasing Limited regarding two Boeing 737 MAX 8 airpcraft. The national carrier is to lease the two Boeing aircraft for 12 years starting from 2019.

The Cabinet submitted amendments to the 2017 state budget to Parliament on Friday that include increased taxes on income and imports.

The Earth Hour event first took place in Sydney in 2007 with some two million people switching off their lights.

The Kenya Banking Association (KBA) amd the Mongolian Bankers Association (MBA), members of the IFC-supported Sustainable Banking Network (SBN), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance environmental and social risk management and sustainable financing practices for the Kenyan and Mongolian banking sector.

A new rail route to transport coal from Olon-Ovoo station in the Dornogobi province to China’s port city of Tianjin started operation on 23rd of March. Tianjin is the closest sea port to Mongolia’s southern border and the most important logistics hub in the north of China.

S.Batbold, the Mayor of Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia started his European working by visiting Warsaw on 22nd of March. In the Polish capital, S.Batbold discussed cooperation between two cities with Mayor Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz.