Mongolia

Some 527.000 foreign tourists visited Mongolia from January to August 2024, generating revenues reaching USD 1 billion, according to the Ministry of Roads and Transport

The 10th International Children's Sports Games took place in Ulaanbaatar, a four-day event attended by 460 athletes from Mongolia, Russia and China

Several universities in the country collaborate with the International Brain Research Organisation on the development of artificial intelligence in the Mongolian medical sector

Journalist Unurtsetseg Naran was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison by a court in Mongolia's capital Ulaanbaatar; according to local analysts and journalists, this represents a worrying development for the country's media

After Mongolia's Olympic uniforms, designed by up-and-coming Mongolian fashion brand Michel&Amazonka, were revealed online, netizens praised the country for releasing such beautiful outfits for its athletes, considering them a mix of beauty and tradition

22 projects for the development of model cooperatives, fruit crops and beekeeping clusters will be financed, after the selection committee decided to whom loans from the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Fund will be granted

Mongolia's ruling party emerged from the polls with a significantly reduced parliamentary majority after a campaign dominated by fears over corruption and the state of the economy

More than 120 books related to the Mongolian Empire and Chinggis Khaan were from the personal library of the late Maury Kravitz's family and will be displayed for a month by the National Library of Mongolia and the American Centre for Mongolian Studies

The 'Ulaanbaatar Marathon - 2024', an international competition organised by the Governor's Office of the capital since 2014, will be held on Saturday 25 May; last year over 20.000 people from 30 countries participated

Mongolian scientists have published over 8.000 papers in international journals, cited at list 90.000 times since 1944; more than 80% of the papers were written by scientists from the Academy of Sciences and leading public universities