{mosimage}The second largest annual traditional wrestling competition for this year’s Tsagaan Sar fest was held on February 7 at the Wrestling Palace. 256 top wrestlers from all over Mongolia participated in the tournament.

{mosimage}Mongolia celebrated the lunar new year holiday, Tsagaan Sar or White Moon, nationwide on February 8, the day when Mongolians visit the eldest of the family to greet and pay honor, and see the first sun of the year.

{mosimage}Analysts for UBS INVESTMENT BANK on Tuesday reduced their target price for the value of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. stock over the next 12 months, because of ongoing delays in gaining approval from the Mongolian government and parliament for an agreement to mine the Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold deposits.

{mosimage}Karce International Holdings Co. Ltd announced on Monday that it has discontinued an agreement to purchase a number of Mongolian coal mines because their estimated reserves are less than expected. 

{mosimage}Working from the Australian outback, James Cameron spends up to five hours per day preparing laptop computers for use by Mongolian children. Working at his farm near Tooraweenah – population 76, about 60 kilometres from Coonabarabran, the rural area he lives in appears to afford researchers similar environmental challenges as those which will be found [...]

{mosimage}Mongolian sumo wrestling champion, Asashoryu, again made wrestling history as he became the first sumo wrestler to win the Emperor's Cup three years in a row.

{mosimage}THE Asian Shooting Confederation (ASC) published its ranking of shooters in every  category in January. Among Mongolians who find a place there, International master Ts.Monkhzul is ranked second in the women’s 25-m pistol category, while state honored athlete O.Gundegmaa is placed third, right after her.

{mosimage}As relations between China and Mongolia continue to develop, Mongolian Olympic swimmer, Tsogjargal Narantsog, was honored by being the first athlete to swim in China’s Olympic swimming site, The Water Cube.

{mosimage}The Catholic Church recently celebrated its fifteenth year since returning to establish a presence in Mongolia in 1992. Though the church’s numbers are low, with 415 Catholics in Mongolia, the church took special note at the steady increase in church-related activities.

{mosimage}Mongolia has been chosen to host a study to seek to prevent the further decline in the numbers of the world’s snow leopards.  A declining population places snow leopards at only 3,500 to 7,000 worldwide. With 1,000 snow leopards, Mongolia has the world’s second largest snow leopard population after China.