While most of the year Ulaanbaatar’s skies are clear, between November and March, visibility beyond a few blocks is nearly impossible in many parts of the city. Coal burning by the 175,000 households in the ger districts, for cooking and heating, contributes to the severity of air pollution in wintertime – summer air pollution is much lower. Ulaanbaatar’s “harmful dust” is 6-7 times higher than the most lenient World Health Organization standards.

A fire broke out at the state government headquarters in central Ulaanbaatar on Monday (20th of March), forcing the evacuation of more than 200 officials as it engulfed the second floor of the building.

In Mongolia, the first celebration of the year is the Lunar New Year Festival, known as Tsagaan Sar – or ‘white moon’.

The ‘Mongolia Mining and Exploration-2017’ conference will take place on 23-26th of March.

Mongolia has paid a USD 580 million debt bonded by the Development Bank LLC. Prime Minister J.Erdenebat has confirmed that this sum has been fully transferred on time and in advance of the 21st of March expiry date.

Mongolia Gold 2017 Conference and Exhibition opened at the Chinggis Hotel on 17th of March. The event is being organised by the Mongolian Mining Exchange in cooperation with the Ministry of Mining and Heavy Industry, Mongolbank, BCM and HKIMA.

The Mongolian Democratic Party is organising the election for its National Policy Committee. The voting will take place on 2nd of April.

A half billion cash prized judo competition named after the honoured Mongolian athlete D.Tserenkhand took place at the Mongolian National Circus on 16th of March at 6 p.m. The Mongolian Olympic and World medalists’ team won 5:2 points in the competition.

  Huang Guo-rong, Taiwan’s Representative to Mongolia has presented ’safe’ stoves with barriers and electronic cooking pots for ten ‘Ger district’ families in Ulaanbaatar. Burns constitute one of the leading causes of childhood injuries to under-fives in Mongolia. The majority of burns occurred at home where there is a high risk of infants stumbling into hot stoves and cooking pots. The barriers are designed to protect  small children from such accidents. Mr.Huang Guo-rong said ‘It is

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