A new regulation on 'Green Bond' approved to boost green finance in Mongolia
A major step forward has been taken to help Mongolia tackle its environmental challenges, with a new regulation approved by the Board of the Financial Regulatory Commission (FRC) to help grow green finance in the country. 
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Food and beverage services only open for take out and delivery until 24 June
In connection with the increasing rate of daily COVID-19 infections in Mongolia, Governor of the Capital City and Mayor of Ulaanbaatar D.Sumiyabazar issued an ordinance to intensify preventative measures against the pandemic. 
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YOGA in times of Covid
Today, the world stands at a crossroads and the humanity is facing a transformative phase in the wake of Covid pandemic. 
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Latest COVID-19 Household Response Phone Survey results released
While Mongolia has taken early and decisive measures to prevent the inflow and outbreak of COVID-19, household-level shocks caused by COVID-19 can be long-lasting and disproportionally hit the poor and vulnerable the hardest, creating an urgent need for timely data collection to help monitoring and mitigating the socio-economic impacts of the shock.
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170 citizens return home on charter flight from Seoul
At 7.23 pm on June 16, a charter flight in route Seoul - Ulaanbaatar landed at Buyant-Ukhaa International Airport in Ulaanbaatar city. 
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Daily COVID-19 cases rise to record 2,642, with 11 deaths
At a daily COVID-19 press briefing of the Ministry of Health on June 17, it was reported that 2,642 new coronavirus cases were detected from 11,540 tests processed nationwide in the past 24 hours. 
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Mongolia receives 84 thousand Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines from Japan
In the framework of non-refundable assistance from the Government of Japan, Mongolia received 84,240 doses of vaccines on June 16. This is the first shipment of a total of about 2.35 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines being provided in the framework of USD 21.5 million non-refundable aid of Japan.
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Inflation rate reaches 6.2 percent in May 2021
As reported by the National Statistics Office, the nation's inflation was at 6.2 percent by May 2021. The inflation rate was 6.1% in May 2018, 8.0% in May 2019, 3.3% in May 2020 and reached 6.2% in May 2021, increased by 2.9 percentage points from the same period of previous year. The increase was mainly due to 13.1 percent price increase in food and non-alcoholic beverages, and a five percent price increase in housing, water, electricity, gas, and fuels. 
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Specialized laboratory established for hide and leather research
A specialized laboratory for hide and leather research has been established at the School of Industrial Technology of the Mongolian University of Science and Technology. Despite counting 60-70 million heads of livestock annually, only 10 thousand items of hide are processed each year.
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Manual on reporting suspicious transactions published
A manual on Reporting Suspicious Transactions for financial and non-financial professional service providers and intermediaries was published by the Financial Regulatory Commission (FRC). The contents of the manual include the following:
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Cabinet news in brief
The Cabinet made the following decisions at its regular meeting on June 16.
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Resolution approved to boost air travel and tourism recovery
At its regular meeting on June 16, the Cabinet approved a resolution on air transport and tourism-related measures for prompt recovery of air travel and tourism industry.
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Cultural division to be established in each aimag of Mongolia
The cabinet held its regular weekly meeting on June 16. At the meeting, the government made amendments to its resolution on restructuring aimags’ governors’ offices to change the Education and cultural department as Educational Department and Cultural Division. 
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Mongolian director’s film premieres in U.S.
The film ‘Six Feet’ made its premiere at the Arlington Cinema and Drafthouse in Virginia, U.S., last week.
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Ministry of Finance promoting transparency and efficiency initiatives
Within the framework of the ‘Ertech Mongol’ program (meaning ‘Early Mongolian’ in Mongolian), the Civil Service Council of Mongolia is organizing a series of meetings and discussions with government ministries to implement civil service reform in public sectors, define partnerships and planning between government ministries and agencies, and to avoid gaps in the reform framework. 
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National Naadam Festival to be organized online for second consecutive year
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ADB improving livestock production systems in Central Mongolia
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan and technical assistance package totaling $31 million to support the improvement of livestock production systems in 20 soums (districts) of four aimags (provinces) in Central Mongolia.
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COVID-19: 2,395 new cases reported, total reaches 83,128
On June 16, the Ministry of Health reported that 2,395 new cases were detected in Mongolia after testing 13,673 people nationwide within the past 24 hours. 
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Study reveals some investigators of corruption cases experience external influence
The independence of investigators is critical to the successful investigation of corruption and establishing social justice. 
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National Naadam Festival to be organized online for second consecutive year
At its regular meeting today on June 16, the Cabinet has resolved to organize the National Naadam Festival in an online format in Ulaanbaatar city.
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