The silver medal winner of the Olympic Games and World Boxing Championship, Mongolian boxer N.Tugstsogt will undertake the seventh fight in his professional boxing career.

Following weeks of an increasing strong dollar against  the Mongolian tugrik, the greenback is showing signs of faltering.

On October 2nd 1998, the Mongolian Minister of Infrastructure and one of the heroes of the country’s peaceful transition to democracy, S.Zorig, was brutally murdered. Even after 18 years of ongoing investigations, the case has still not been solved.

Turkey has closed around 1,000 private schools linked to Fethullah Gulen, the exiled cleric blamed for masterminding July’s failed military coup.

The new ambassadors of Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Brazil, Algeria and Saudi Arabia have presented their credentials to Ts.Elbegdorj, President of Mongolia.

Mongolian female weightlifter M.Ankhtsetseg has flown to Merida in Mexico for the World University Weightlifting Championships. The competition is taking place from 13th to 17th of November.

Mongolians actively participated in a bicycle parade held in Ulaanbaatar on Sunday (13th of November) to remember those who died or were injured in road accidents

The Mongolian Parliament (State Great Khural) has approved the proposal for the 2017 budget presented by the cabinet One of the key features of the proposal, which was submitted on Thursday (10th of November), is the plan to privatise six state-owned enterprises valuing a total of MNT159.6billion, namely:

Former Prime Minister N.Altankhuyag has announced that he will run for the office of President of Mongolia in next year’s election. Earlier today (9th of November), Mr Altankhuyag called a press conference at Ulaanbaatar’s Tuushin Hotel today, during which he accused Mongolian People’s Party of breaking its election campaign pledges and trying to seize power at all levels of government.

With the currency hitting record lows and the budget deficit worsening, senior Mongolian officials said they support an assistance program from the International Monetary Fund.