The latest news from Mongolia: General news on activities and events.
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Tuesday, 27 January 2009 08:50 |
 The government has announced
plans to pay the majority of the expenses of organ transplant operations
for Mongolian citizens who cannot afford proper care.
Specifically, the government
will pay 80 percent of kidney transplant costs. A typical operation
costs $9,000, according to officials. The Health Ministry will pay 80
percent of this cost with patients paying the remaining 20 percent.
About 30 to 40 kidney transplantation
surgeries each year will be available to Mongolian citizens due to this
government program.
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Monday, 26 January 2009 05:52 |
 The Coin of the Year Award
for 2009 has been won by Mongolia for a silver 500-tugrik coin that
depicts a wolverine with diamond eyes.
An international panel made
the selection in a second round of balloting that concluded in mid-January.
The judges chose from among the winners of 10 categories determined
by their first round of voting.
The award will be presented
February 7 in a special ceremony at the World Money Fair in Berlin,
Germany, by David C. Harper on behalf of World Coin News, sponsor of
the award and a sister publication to Numismatic News.
"The judges had to be
drawn to the eyes of the wolverine. They are quite compelling,"
Harper said about the Mongolian coin.
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Wednesday, 21 January 2009 08:18 |
Only half the number of Mongolians
applied for passports in 2008 as compared to 2007.
This was confirmed by M.Nyamsuren,
head of the Foreign Passport Department of the State Civil Registration
and Information Center.
"This could be the effect
of the financial and economic crisis," Nyamsuren said.
Prior to 2008, 400-500 new
passports were issued every day in Mongolia and during peak periods
this number would go up to 800, according to officials.
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Monday, 19 January 2009 05:17 |
Recently released figures show
261,000 people are part of a non-working population in Mongolia. Of
these, 165,000 were not working due to “profound reasons.”
Further, nearly 30,000 people
were registered with the Division of Labor and Social Welfare of their
aimags as actively searching for work.
Further, the number of unemployed
persons registered with the Divisions of Labor and Social Welfare was
29,800 --a decrease of 0.4% compared to 2007.
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Thursday, 15 January 2009 06:09 |
A Mongolian scientist has returned
from Antarctica after participating with an international group in seeking
minerals within the frozen wasteland.
Dr. L.Dugerjav, a geological
researcher, assisted in seeking copper and gold deposits in Antarctica.
Dr. Dugerjav spent 20 days
researching mineral exploration, micro-biology, geology, meteorology
and hydrology along with scientists from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Bulgaria
and Spain.
In lighter moments, Dr. Dugerjav
erected a ger and made a presentation of Mongolian songs and melodies.
He also planted a Mongolian
flag atop a mountain in Antarctica.
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