Mongolia

A Low Vision Clinic opened at the University of Medical Sciences in Ulaanbaatar through Australia’s micro-aid program; with 46 advanced devices it addresses Mongolia’s lack of services for visual impairments, offering treatment and specialists training

Youth chess team returned with three medals from the 2024 FIDE World Youth Chess Championship in Brazil: Margad Munkhpurev got silver in Girls' Blitz, Tenguundalai Ganbat bronze in U14 Boys' Blitz and gold in Solving, Urangoo Gurvanbaatar got Master Title

On Mongolia’s National Pride Day, marking the 862nd anniversary of Chinggis Khaan’s birth, a tribute was held with the State Nine White Banners raised in Sukhbaatar Square, accompanied by the Mongolian Armed Forces’ ceremonial music

The Maidar Buddhist ceremony, held annually at Gandantegchinlen Monastery in Mongolia, celebrates the future arrival of Maitreya; a symbol of love and compassion; this tradition blends Buddhism with Mongolia’s nomadic and Shamanistic roots

The Mongolian University of Internal Affairs was awarded the Order of Sukhbaatar for contribution to the preservation and protection of sovereignty and territorial integrity, maintenance of peace and security and progress in science and education

The National Satellite Communications Project will be presented to the National Security Council and submitted to Parliament as the first of 14 mega-projects under the Mongolian Government's 2024-2028 Action Programme

A unified information system for foreign nationals was developed and the Mongolian Immigration Agency began issuing visas on invitation for all categories electronically, as part of the project implemented by the Asian Development Bank

The country celebrated the Day of Honour for the Victims of Political Repression for the 29th year, with the Prime Minister and other relevant figures paying their respects and laying wreaths at the Monument to the Political Repressed

Russian President Putin was welcomed in the country, which ignored calls to arrest him on the basis of an international arrest warrant, despite Ukraine's urging; the European Union expressed concern that Mongolia would not execute the arrest warrant

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