The murder trial of S.Zorig, one of the heroes of Mongolia’s peaceful transition to democracy, is to take place this week.

The Ashes of the Dilov Khutughtu (D.Jamsranjav) have been returned to Mongolia from USA. The holy remains arrived in Ulaanbaatar on 6th of December.

Mongolian State Laureate, the singer D.Bold has been appointed special envoy of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to fight against air-pollution.

Russia, the land of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov and the world-famous Bolshoi Ballet, is to help transform the Music and Dance College of Mongolia into a top-class university.

Opera singer E.Amartuvshin has received a certificate appointing him as Cultural Envoy of Mongolia.

Located 1,200 km from the South Pole, 4,897 metre Mount Vinson is the highest mountain in Antactica.

A Mongolian Culture Centre has opened in the Tanjung Lesung Resort on the Indonesian island of Java. The opening ceremony was held on 26th of November as a part of the programme of events marking the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Mongolia and Indonesia.

Earlier today (6th December), the 6th Convention of the Mongolian Democratic Party (DP) began at the Central Cultural Palace after 10 years break.

Mongolia’s giant Oyu Tolgoi mine has stopped its copper concentrate exports to China. According to our source, Beijing has demanded that trucks carrying coal and copper concentrate must enter in a single convoy through the border-crossing between China and Mongolia.

Mongolian top-ranking judoka of her weight group (48kg), M.Urantsetseg has become the champion of the International Judo Federation’s most recent Grand Slam.