Asia Mongolia 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
Asia Mongolia The first Mongolian 'Eldev Ochir' stamp and the 'Family Charter of the Hereditary Lords of the Khalkha Mongols, House of Chinggis Khaan' have been inscribed on the UNESCO List of the Documentary Heritage of the Asia-Pacific Region
Asia Mongolia Each family in Tsogttsetsii soum will plant ten trees in their yard in Energy Resources' 'families with trees' project to increase citizen participation in the fight against desertification and reduce the effects of sandstorms
Asia Mongolia 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
Asia Mongolia The second meeting of the National Committee to prepare the national team for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, where the country has set a goal of getting 4-5 medals
Asia Mongolia 350 people of various ages and backgrounds will benefit from scholarships in "Grow with Google" program that includes online study in English for 3 months, 40 hours of classroom instruction and 30 hours of on-the-job training
Asia Mongolia An international analysis estimated that there may be 66.000 people in Mongolia infected with hepatitis D
Asia Mongolia UN Special Envoy for Road Safety, Jean Todt, visited the country to launch the UN's new global road safety campaign, #MakeASafetySatement, which aims to halve the number of road fatalities by 2030
Asia Mongolia The construction and commissioning of a new building for the National Library of Mongolia, a key objective of the Mongolian government's 2020-2024 action plan, was completed
Asia Mongolia More than two million animals have died from malnutrition and fatigue this winter as the country grapples with exceptional cold and snow and temperatures reaching minus 50 degrees Celsius in some places, below the average
Asia Mongolia Mongolia is in talks with Elon Musk's SpaceX to launch the first national telecommunications satellite, the latest move to improve connectivity and develop the 'national space economy'
Asia Mongolia Vatican Radio - Vatican News now also speaks the language of Mongolia, visited by Pope Francis last September: the idiom is the 52nd in addition to the others already present, both written and spoken, thanks to a collaboration with the local Church
Asia Mongolia 102,3 million tonnes of goods were transported in Mongolia by all means of transport; the volume of goods transported by road in Mongolia rose to 69,9 million tonnes, by rail to 32,4 million tonnes and by air to 8.600 tonnes