Mongolian business owners glad to see lockdown measures ease in capital
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Weekly review of Parliament’s plenary sessions for January 4-8, 2021
On January 5, 2021, the first discussion to the amendments of the draft laws on National Naadam, Physical Culture and Sports, as well as the draft resolution of the State Great Hural on “Appointment of a member of the National Council of Mongolian National Public Radio and Television” were discussed at the Standing Committee on State Structures.
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Foreign travelers visiting Mongolia decreased by 89.5 percent
In 2020, 1 361.1 thousand passengers (double counting) had crossed the border of Mongolia, decreased by 4.8 million or 78.4% compared to the previous year.
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Blizzards expected despite slightly warmer temperatures
Snowfall and blizzards are expected in eastern parts of western aimags, central aimags, and some parts of eastern aimags today on January 12, in the northern region on January 13, in most parts of western aimags, and some parts of central, Gobi, and eastern aimags on January 14, and in southern parts of Gobi aimags on January 15.
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Exports decreased by 0.6 percent compared to previous year
In 2020, Mongolia traded with 146 countries from all over the world and the total trade turnover reached USD 12.9 billion, of which USD 7.6 billion were exports and USD 5.3 billion were imports.
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COVID-19: Ulaanbaatar reports 14 new cases
According to the National Center for Communicable Diseases, 14 new cases of COVID-19 were detected in the country after performing PCR testing on 15,849 people nationwide within the past 24 hours.
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ACMS Field Research Fellowship 2021 open for applications
The American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS), with funding support from the US State Department Educational and Cultural Affairs Bureau and the Council of American Overseas Research Centers, invites applications for the eighth year for the ACMS Field Research Fellowship Program.
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Strong 6.5 magnitude earthquake occured in Khuvsgul
Today, January 12, 6-time earthquakes occurred in a place in distance of 30 km southwest of Khankh soum, which locates 200 km northwest of Khuvsgul aimag center and citizens felt strong tremor. Specifically, a magnitude 6.5 earthquake was recorded at 05:32 AM, a magnitude 5.1 quake at 05:41, 4.6 quake at 05:47, 5.3 at 06:02, 5.0 at 06:10 and a magnitude 5.6 quake at 07:02 AM local time.
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M.Urantsetseg wins bronze medal at Doha Judo World Masters
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Oyu Tolgoi LLC provides information on its tax payments
On 22 December 2020, Oyu Tolgoi LLC received a Tax Assessment claim for approximately US$228 million from the Mongolian Tax Authority (MTA). This Assessment relates to an audit of taxes paid by Oyu Tolgoi LLC between 2016 and 2018. The MTA has also sought to reduce Oyu Tolgoi’s carried-forward tax losses by around US$1.5 billion. 
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Discussion on professional development of veterinarians organized
In order to improve the human resource capacity of veterinary professionals and improve the quality of Continuing professional development of veterinarians, a two-stage panel discussion of about 40 people representing public and private veterinarians, feldshers and veterinary technicians was organized by the initiative of the "Livestock Commercialization Project".
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Mongolia starts to supply 98 percent of power with domestic sources
In accordance with an intergovernmental agreement between Mongolia and the Russian Federation, four turbo-generators of the Thermal Power Plant No.4 have been upgraded and connected to the Central Energy System with a total cost of USD 93 million. 
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Ulaanbaatar-Darkhan road construction to start in March
The second phase of the construction of four-lane Ulaanbaatar-Darkhan road will begin in March this year. The 202.42 km road will be built with a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. In accordance with the start of the construction, Minister of Road and Transport Development L.Khaltar gave instructions to the relevant aimag authorities electronically.
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Mongolian Fine Art Masterpiece ‘Ukherchin’
We are presenting the artwork, ‘Ukherchin’ (Cattleman) by artist B.Chintogtokh
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“Zuv Aarts” being exported to the Republic of Korea
 “Zuv aarts”, a dairy product by Teso Corporation is officially being exported to the Republic of Korea. The curd product is made of raw materials from herders and enriched with berries grown in Mongolia.
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18 types of businesses to remain closed in Ulaanbaatar amid pandemic
Starting today, January 11, 2021, the public emergency readiness or strict lockdown in Ulaanbaatar city has been lifted to transition back into the heightened state of readiness same as remaining parts of the country in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19.8 types of businesses to remain closed in Ulaanbaatar amid COVID-19 pandemic
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U.Battsetseg becomes FIFA Assistant Referee
Referee of the Mongolian Football Federation (MFF) U.Battsetseg has made it to the 2021 International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) List of International Referees and Assistant Referees.
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Border crossing duration reduced for freight trains
Officials of Ulaanbaatar Railway JSC, the railway of Hohhot, and the Erlian station of PRC held a meeting, coming to the decision to focus on increasing the number of trains being exchanged at the Zamiin-Uud and Erlian stations, and reducing the duration required for trains to cross the border from 3 hours to 1 hour and 5 minutes.
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UNICEF provides medical equipment in Gobi-Altai aimag
With MNT 69.5 million funding support from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), necessary equipment as provided for some health care facilities of Gobi-Altai aimag.
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Online meeting discusses potential activities to reduce greenhouse gas emission
Mongolia has developed its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), which was approved by the Government Decree No.407 of November 2019, with the aim to contribute to the Paris Agreement. 
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