In recent months, there has been an increase in reported cases of rubella, or German measles. Since the beginning of the year, the infectious disease has claimed the lives of ten babies, the oldest being one year of age.

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On 14th March, a political consultative meeting between the Foreign Ministries of Mongolia and Germany was held in Berlin. This was attended by Mongolian representatives led by D.Gankhuyag, who is the State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; the

The German Boxing Federation’s A-class boxing competition, the long-running, an strangely-named “Chemistry Cup” was held in the town of Halle on 7th-12th March. In total, 93 boxers from 18 countries, including Mongolia, Germany, Russia, Kazakhstan, Croatia, China, Jordan, Romania, the

Since December 2015, heavy snow has hit 60% of the territory of the country. In Mongolia, severe winter weather in which livestock perish is known as a “zud”. This year has been particularly severe with temperatures falling to below -40

On Wednesday 15th March, a meeting of the “American Chamber of Commerce in Mongolia” was held with Prime Minister Saikhanbileg as a guest. In his address Mr Saikhanbileg said that the Government of Mongolia has borrowed USD 250 million from

Under an agreement between the Mongolian and Austrian Governments, “Rosenbauer International AG”, is to supply 28 firefighting vehicles including 16 modern firetrucks which are suitable to Mongolia’s harsh climate. Additional equipment is also being provided. Established in 1866, Austria’s “Rosenbauer

Yesterday (15th March), the commercial banks started to offering the new 5% mortgage rate. The State Bank has predicted that the mortgages of 1,894 families, valuing MNT 67.3 billions, which meet the new requirements, can be transferred to the 5%

From yesterday (15th March), commercial banks have begun providing mortgages at the new 5% rate. In order to obtain more information about this we spoke to G.Baigalmaa, who is the adviser to the Speaker of Parliament on mortgages and building

On 13th March, the Mongolian translation of an important Tibetan book was presented at a ceremony in the Dashchoinpel Religious School of  the Gandantegchinlen (Gandan) Monastery in Ulaanbaatar. Entitled “The Theory of Buddhism – Summary”, the book was translated from

Last week, “United Press International” (UPI), quoting Radio Free Asia, ran a story entitled “North Korean diplomats smuggling luxury goods through Mongolia – the route is being used to send banned goods to Pyongyang”. This story was picked up by