Politics
Parliament Schedules Final Vote on 2027 State Budget for Friday, Nov. 13
Published: 2026-11-09
Parliament’s autumn session is scheduled to give final approval to the 2027 state budget at the plenary session on Friday, Nov. 13. The government submitted the budget bills on Aug. 31, and the law requires adoption by Nov. 15. Friday’s agenda includes the fifth discussion of the 2027 budgets for the state, the National Wealth Fund, the Social Insurance Fund and the Health Insurance Fund, plus the fourth discussion of the 2027 budget framework statement and 2028-2029 projections.
Lawmakers also plan to take up the Health Workers Law, a revised Water Law and amendments to the Land Law. The MPP and DP groups and the HUN Party council were scheduled to meet Nov. 9 at 10:00. Parliament is also set to consider relieving Financial Regulatory Commission Chair T. Jambaajamts from duty, and to hold a ceremonial session on Nov. 10.
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Anti-Corruption Agency Seeks Ex-Governor Nyambaatar Through Interpol Over Tuul Expressway Payment
Published: 2026-11-09
The Anti-Corruption Agency, police and intelligence agency briefed on a joint task force whose work relates to 24 Ulaanbaatar projects and programs, including the Tuul expressway, with cases opened in six. Former Governor Kh. Nyambaatar was charged on September 25 for allegedly violating procurement law when releasing a ₮500 billion advance for that road. Records show he left Mongolia on August 10 and ignored repeated summonses; Interpol was asked to locate him, with unofficial reports placing him in Canada, with which Mongolia has no mutual legal assistance treaty. Five other officials face charges, and ₮339 billion in contractor accounts is frozen. A ₮16.9 billion New Ring Road feasibility-tender case was referred to court, with ₮6.2 billion in assets seized. Investigators are examining whether Nyambaatar may have illegally awarded 20-plus tenders to affiliated parties. On Minister Ch. Nomin, the agency said it has referred the matter to UK authorities.
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City Council Approves Road Fee Discount for Odd-Even Plate Restriction Days
Published: 2026-11-09
Ulaanbaatar’s City Council backed a measure to discount next year’s road usage fee for the 14 days that odd-even license plate restrictions applied during the COP17 international conference and school-year preparations. The council’s ninth regular session approved the draft by majority vote on November 9. Weekly standing plate restrictions are excluded. The draft sets discounts by vehicle type at ₮3,836-19,180 for 14 days, or ₮274-1,370 per day. Of 744,246 vehicles registered as of September 1, 2026, 720,122 are subject to plate restrictions; the city estimates the 14-day discount at ₮4.2 billion from the capital’s budget. Diplomatic, siren-equipped, military and special-purpose vehicles, public transport, and school and employee buses are excluded. The measure does not lift the restrictions. Representative B. Zoltuya called for refined data, J. Sandagsuren urged attention to heavy trucks that damage roads, and B. Dulguun said it eases economic burdens. The session resumes November 13.
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Immigration Inspections Lead to 129 Deportations in October, Mostly Chinese Nationals
Published: 2026-11-09
Authorities deported 129 foreign nationals from Mongolia in October following workplace and sponsor inspections. The Foreign Citizens and Naturalization Agency conducted 18 inspections, four planned and 14 unplanned, covering 2,677 foreign citizens at 198 businesses and organizations. Deportations followed violations such as working without authorization, avoiding departure after residence permits expired, and overstaying visas. Of those removed, 110 were Chinese, five Russian, four Uzbek, three Vietnamese and three Filipino, with one each from South Korea, India, Syria and Malawi. Under Article 16.2 of the Law on Violations, the agency also resolved cases involving 186 foreign citizens and 519 inviting citizens, businesses and organizations, imposing fines. Some 91.6 percent of the foreigners involved committed violations through their inviting business or organization. Among inviting-party violations, 46.2 percent involved overstaying residence permits and 41.9 percent involved failing to obtain a permit within the legal deadline.
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Reshuffle of ministers discussed around Prime Minister Uchral as DP gathers 41 signatures against government
Published: 2026-11-09
Prime Minister N. Uchral faces pressure from within the Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) and from the opposition, according to an urug.mn analysis. The Democratic Party (DP) has collected 41 MPs’ signatures to dismiss the government. DP caucus head B. Tuvshin said the date for submitting the document has not been decided, and the DP says it has held no talks on joining the government. Uchral was appointed prime minister on March 31 and, according to reports, five ministerial seats went to representatives of the MPP minority. Discussion has covered releasing Defense Minister D. Batlut, appointing Economic Development Minister J. Enkhbayar, and bringing former Energy Minister B. Choijilsuren into the cabinet. The government has made no official decision. Any restructuring could also reach ministry mandates, with the 2027 budget counting on 3.5 trillion tugrik in dividends from nine state-owned companies.
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Anti-Corruption Agency Finds No Violations in President Khurelsukh’s Asset Declaration Review
Published: 2026-11-09
The Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) found no violations in President U. Khurelsukh’s asset and income declarations, officials said at a 9 November briefing with police. N. Damdinsuren, head of the ACA’s monitoring, inspection and analysis department, said a 2025 review, prompted by a citizen’s complaint, covered five years of declarations and found the president reported his and his family’s income accurately. As of October 2026, the ACA had checked 155 officials’ declarations and found false or missing information in 55 cases, and sent proposals to hold them accountable. It is also seeking court action to transfer 117 million tugrik in assets from five officials who could not prove their source to state revenue. Investigators said a case is open on Prime Minister N. Uchral’s Tugrug Lake complaint, and former parliament speaker D. Amarbayasgalan has been charged.
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Parliament Revisits Motion to Remove Financial Regulatory Commission Chair
Published: 2026-11-09
Parliament will take up the dismissal of Financial Regulatory Commission Chairman T. Jambaajamts again this week. The plenary session opens at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 12, and the item is on the agenda. Last week, the Standing Committee on Economy discussed the proposal to relieve him of his duties and supported it. However, the proposal did not win a majority of votes in the plenary session, so it failed. Jambaajamts was appointed in January 2025, when D. Amarbayasgalan was Speaker of Parliament. In political circles, he is described as Amarbayasgalan’s man.
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Petition for Life Sentences Over 100 Million Tugrik Bribes Passes 100,000 Signatures
Published: 2026-11-09
A public petition seeking life imprisonment for taking bribes above 100 million tugriks and confiscation of officials’ illegally acquired assets gathered 100,207 signatures in 37 days. Citizen B. Boldbaatar launched it on October 2, and signature collection closed on November 8. Under Article 39.4.1 of Parliament’s Law on Rules of Procedure, a legislative proposal backed by 100,000 or more citizens can be taken up at parliamentary level, though that does not mean the change will take effect. The Speaker is to refer the petition to a standing committee this week. Boldbaatar said:
“Corruption suspects getting away with a 40 million tugrik fine makes the problem worse, so I filed the petition asking that all their assets be confiscated and that they be jailed for life.” - B. Boldbaatar (eagle.mn)
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Published: 2026-11-09
The Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) plans to choose its candidate for the 2027 presidential election using input from grassroots organizations, members and citizens, along with research. General Secretary Ya. Sodbaatar outlined the approach at the party’s Eastern and Gobi regional meeting of senior officials, saying surveys will gauge expectations and ratings for potential candidates. He said the party’s membership register, after removing duplicate and outdated entries, now lists 304,000 verified members. Under the “People’s Party to the People” campaign, the party met 22,385 members and supporters and received 653 proposals. Sodbaatar also set a goal of building a pool of 3,800-4,000 female candidates for the 2028 elections. Separately, the Democratic Party (DP) is reportedly considering a selection by National Policy Committee members rather than an internal contest, according to a source cited by itoim.mn.
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Anti-Corruption Agency Says Probe Has Found No Record of $110 Million Cash Payout in Railway Financing
Published: 2026-11-09
The Anti-Corruption Agency (ATG) said on November 9 that its investigation has found no evidence that $110 million was paid out in cash during financing of the Tavan Tolgoi-Gashuunsukhait railway.
Former Prime Minister L. Oyun-Erdene alleged on March 23 that the money moved from Erdenes Mongol to Tavan Tolgoi Railway, then to Bodi International, and was distributed to politicians. He asked ATG to investigate B. Enkhbayar, then Minister of Justice and Home Affairs. ATG has opened an investigation and is reviewing audited reports from two firms covering Bodi International’s 2020-2025 finances. Investigation Department head Kh. Buyantumen said, based on what the ongoing investigation has established so far, no dollar transactions were found for the advance payment, though records show a 286 billion tugrik advance.
“The claim that $110 million was taken in cash and distributed is false and unfounded.” - Kh. Buyantumen (ikon.mn)
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Published: 2026-11-09
N. Tserensambuu, former acting CEO of Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi JSC, remains in pretrial detention after a court refused to accept his lawyer’s complaint seeking his release. A district court of first instance for criminal and civil simplified proceedings heard the case on October 30 and ordered him held for 30 days. The detention was based on evidence indicating he may have created an advantage for a company that won a tender while he served as acting CEO. He is being investigated under Article 22.1 of the Criminal Code, which covers abusing power or office to create an advantage for others. His lawyer asked the same court to change the detention and preventive measures. The court reviewed the complaint on November 3 and declined to accept it, leaving the 30-day detention order in force.
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Economy
AI-92 Gasoline Stocks Cover 11 Days as Delayed Russian Rail Shipments Resume
Published: 2026-11-09
The fuel task force reported on Nov. 9 that national stocks cover 11 days of AI-92 gasoline, 30 days of diesel and 37 days of jet fuel. Railway repairs had delayed Russian refinery shipments, but AI-92 wagons arrived overnight Nov. 8-9. On the Ulaanbaatar Railway, 153 wagons await unloading, with 126 (7,500 tonnes) being unloaded and distributed.
Inspectors checked 482 stations (counting repeat visits) from Oct. 28: 75% operate normally, while 25% paused over empty tanks or technical faults. Two stations may have mixed fuel grades; samples are being tested.
Citing a lower November price for Euro-2 gasoline from Russia’s Angarsk refinery, an Industry and Mineral Resources Ministry official said:
“Therefore, the price of ordinary AI-92 can be reduced to a certain extent.” - Ch. Khishigdalai (itoim.mn)
Authorities are studying a 100-tugrik-per-litre cut.
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Sod Mongol Group Confirms 10,000 Tonnes of Fuel Orders for November
Published: 2026-11-09
Fuel importer Sod Mongol Group has confirmed orders totaling 10,000 tonnes of fuel for November, a company representative told the fuel supply task force’s regular briefing on Nov. 9. The company is increasing stocks at warehouses in Ulaanbaatar and the provinces and stepping up deliveries to remote provinces and soums in the western region.
At the same briefing, a customs agency representative said a government resolution has set customs duty at zero percent until Oct. 31, 2028, on fuel imported through border crossings including Sukhbaatar, Altanbulag, Ereentsav, Borshoo and Tsagaannuur. The resolution has been entered into the customs system and has applied since the day the decision was issued. The measure gives companies importing fuel more room to bring product into the country.
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Ulaanbaatar Council Cuts City Tax to 1% on Most of Six Service Types From Jan. 1, Clean-Water Car Washes Stay at 2%
Published: 2026-11-09
The Ulaanbaatar City Council approved a resolution at its ninth regular session on Nov. 9 cutting the city tax from 2% to 1% on bars, restaurants, hotels, resorts, and auto repair and service, as well as car washes using grey water, effective Jan. 1, 2027. Car washes using clean water remain at 2%. Mayor B. Purevdagva submitted the proposal to ease the tax burden on businesses and residents and support the private sector. The 2% tax on tobacco, its accessories and alcohol remains unchanged. On taxi service, the mayor said:
“We will not buy a single taxi with budget money and will not introduce the service.” - B. Purevdagva (eagle.mn)
The agenda also included winter preparations and a loan-financed Emeelt eco industrial park.
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Entrée Resources Plans to Shift Shivee Tolgoi and Javhlant Licenses to Oyu Tolgoi Operator
Published: 2026-11-09
Entrée Resources plans to transfer licenses for the Shivee Tolgoi and Javhlant deposits to Oyu Tolgoi’s operator, news.mn and gogo.mn report. Rio Tinto owns 66 percent of Oyu Tolgoi and 16 percent of Entrée Resources, a stake on both sides. Under the proposed split, Oyu Tolgoi LLC would receive 70-80 percent and Entrée Resources 20-30 percent. The outlets differ on Mongolia’s offer: gogo.mn reports Entrée Resources is ready to give up to 34 percent of its share, equal to 6.8 percent overall if that share is 20 percent, while news.mn calls 34 percent the minimum. State participation terms remain unagreed; a sales-based royalty is an alternative. The government has issued no statement. The reports also cite an October 29 rockfall at Oyu Tolgoi involving 15 miners, none killed per news.mn, and the state’s unpaid dividends.
“The terms of Mongolia’s participation must be agreed BEFORE the deal, not after.” - B. Zorigt (news.mn)
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Law Letting Tax Office Obtain Bank Account Data Dates to 2019 and Survived Constitutional Review
Published: 2026-11-09
Tax authorities’ access to bank account data stems from the revised General Taxation Law, adopted by parliament on March 22, 2019, when Ch. Khurelbaatar was finance minister, and in force since January 1, 2020. Article 34.4 requires banks to provide account data on request and transactions on written request. Social media reports cite tax checks of small businesses, sometimes including directors’ personal statements. Khan Bank told the Constitutional Court it sent statements for 22,518 accounts of 18,506 customers to the General Tax Department between January 1 and March 31, 2024. On November 22, 2024, the court ruled the provisions constitutional while noting such data is personal. Then-tax chief B. Zayabal said only 32 authorized staff may view bank information.
“When our country exited the FATF grey list, it pledged to make taxpayers’ bank information transparent for tax purposes and to exchange it mutually.” - B. Zayabal (isee.mn)
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Foreign trade turnover rises 33.5% to $28.8 billion in first 10 months on coal and copper exports
Published: 2026-11-09
Foreign trade turnover rose 33.5% to $28.8 billion in the first 10 months of 2026. Exports climbed 46% to $17.8 billion. Mining drove the gain: coal exports grew 36.9% to 88.9 million tonnes, copper concentrate rose 15% to 2.1 million tonnes, and iron ore rose 3.2% to 7.4 million tonnes. Gold exports fell 30.6% to 5.9 tonnes, and meat and by-product exports fell 20.5% to 31.3 thousand tonnes. Imports totaled $10.97 billion, according to the General Customs Authority. Petroleum products made up about 24% of imports, at $2.6 billion. Gasoline imports rose 11.5% to 756.4 thousand tonnes, and diesel imports rose 14.2% to 1.7 million tonnes. Wheat imports reached 142 thousand tonnes, up 8.4 times. More than 74,000 passenger cars were imported, down over 10% from a year earlier.
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Authorities test fuel samples from two companies over suspected swapping of AI-92 grades
Published: 2026-11-09
Authorities are investigating two companies over possible swapping of regular and Euro AI-92 gasoline. Anti-Monopoly Authority head B. Amarsanaa said samples from one station of each company have been sent to a laboratory. Detailed inspections continue, and results will be made public once final. A joint working group of the Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources, the Anti-Monopoly Authority, the Mineral Resources and Petroleum Authority and the Capital City Governor’s Office has checked 482 fuel stations, by a duplicated count. Since inspections began, the number of stations dispensing fuel through two, three or more nozzles has risen 60%. Some 75% of stations had queues of up to 30 cars, and the other 25% had more than 30. All stations serve people with disabilities without queuing. About 96% of stations have entered full data on Benzin.mn.
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Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi Transfers 1 Trillion Tugrik in Dividends After Nine-Month Profit Tops Annual Plan
Published: 2026-11-09
Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi JSC reported net profit of 1.5 trillion tugrik as of the third quarter of 2026, exceeding its full-year target of 1 trillion tugrik by 500 billion tugrik, or 50%. Coal mining reached 28.6 million tonnes in the first nine months, 108% of plan and up 6.4 million tonnes (29%) from the same period last year. Coal sales totaled 28.8 million tonnes, and the sources report an increase of 8.9 million tonnes from the same period last year. Sales revenue reached 2 billion US dollars, 126% of plan and up 68.1% year on year. The company paid 1.4 trillion tugrik in taxes, fees and charges to national and local budgets, 133% of its annual plan. Ahead of Chinggis Khaan’s birthday, it also transferred 1 trillion tugrik from the dividend payable to the state.
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Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi Signs Cooperation Memorandum With China’s Norinco
Published: 2026-11-09
Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi JSC and China’s Norinco signed a memorandum of cooperation, according to a report published on 9 November 2026. Under the memorandum, the two sides will work together on infrastructure, production, and transport and logistics. The agreement also creates an opportunity to develop cooperation in educating students and young people and in training professional personnel. In addition, Norinco will work with Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi JSC and its contracted companies to secure a reliable diesel fuel supply, introduce environmentally friendly and energy-efficient technological solutions, and support local development. The available text does not state financial terms, a timeline or specific projects under the memorandum.
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Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi Receives Unqualified BDO Audit Opinion, an Important Stage Toward Public Listing
Published: 2026-11-09
Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi JSC received the report and conclusions of an independent audit of its past three years of operations by international firm BDO, conducted to implement a government decision and in line with the company charter. BDO issued an unqualified opinion, finding that the company’s standalone financial statements comply with International Financial Reporting Standards and International Accounting Standards. The opinion is an important stage in preparing for a business valuation, a stock exchange listing and becoming a public joint-stock company. The company said it provided all required information and observed the principle of audit independence. As BDO completed the audit, recommendations and additional work required by its contract, the parties concluded that the purpose of their cooperation memorandum had been met and signed a confirmation of its implementation.
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Bank of Mongolia Proposal Would Cover 4.8 Trillion Tugrik Capital Gap With Government Securities
Published: 2026-11-09
The Bank of Mongolia submitted a draft parliamentary resolution in October setting out 2027 monetary policy guidelines. The package also takes up covering a 4.8 trillion tugrik shortfall in the bank’s own capital over five years through Government securities issuance. President S. Narantsogt said:
“This year’s guidelines are not a measure to improve the central bank’s balance sheet. They aim to maintain the country’s macroeconomic balance correctly.” - S. Narantsogt (ikon.mn)
A 2018 independent review found 17 quasi-fiscal measures totaling 7.2 trillion tugrik drawn from the central bank. The explainer separately lists other Bank of Mongolia-funded programs, including a 534.5 billion tugrik housing program and 233.4 billion tugrik for the 2016 ASEM summit. It also cites a 929.8 billion tugrik Erdenes Mongol bond from 2020, which matured in 2025 and remains unpaid, and a 311 billion tugrik Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi bond from 2021.
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Fuel Queues Move to Ulaanbaatar’s Outskirts as Regular AI-92 Stays Scarce
Published: 2026-11-09
Petrol queues have largely vanished at central Ulaanbaatar filling stations over the past week, but supply has not normalized. Two Petrovis stations near Enkhtaivan Bridge sell only 95 and Euro-92. Regular AI-92, priced at 3,590 tugrik, is unavailable there. The ministry said last week that regular AI-92 is being supplied mainly to rural areas.
On Sunday, November 8, between noon and 1:00 p.m., Shunkhlai, MT and Petrovis stations on the main road to Gachuurt, on the city’s eastern edge, were closed. Only Sod Mongol operated, selling AI-92 at 3,590 tugrik and 95 at 5,180, capped at 100,000 tugrik per vehicle. Cars at the back of the line could not fill up.
Minister G. Damdinnyam said last week:
“While Euro-92 is being supplied normally at stations, people keep fixating on regular AI-92.” - G. Damdinnyam (gogo.mn)
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Shoppers Say Food Price Rises Erode November Pension Increase
Published: 2026-11-09
Shoppers at Bayanzurkh market in Ulaanbaatar say rising food prices are absorbing the pension increase of 200,000 to 300,000 tugrik that took effect November 1. Pensioner B. Myagmarsuren, whose pension rose 240,000 tugrik to 1.3 million, wants stronger oversight:
“Prices really should be put under control. Anyone sells at whatever price they like.” - B. Myagmarsuren (news.mn)
Beef rose from 24,119 to 33,568 tugrik in a year, which the report calls nearly 40%. Mutton was 16,000 tugrik in November 2025 and is 24,300 tugrik now, a rise the report describes as about 50%. Over five years, domestic potatoes rose 124.1%, flour 111.5%, vegetable oil 80.3%, eggs 50.5% and rice 12.3%. Vendors say supplier prices keep rising and sales have fallen. Economists say the anti-monopoly agency exerts little price oversight.
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Semi-Coke Purchase Costs Jump 40% While Household Fuel Prices Stay Fixed
Published: 2026-11-09
Ulaanbaatar enters its seventh winter since raw coal was banned and refined briquette fuel introduced, with household prices unchanged while procurement costs climb. A bag of briquette fuel costs 3,750 tugriks and a bag of semi-coke imported from China costs 5,000 tugriks. Semi-coke’s purchase price rose about 40 percent, from roughly 738,000 to 1.03 million tugriks per tonne, while households pay about 200,000 tugriks per tonne. The tender for 280,000 tonnes this heating season is 288.8 billion tugriks, up 62.8 billion, or about 28 percent, from 226 billion tugriks for 306,000 tonnes last winter. State-owned Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi covers the gap, having spent about two trillion tugriks on cheap fuel for Ulaanbaatar households. Inflation has reached 13 percent. Lawmaker G. Luvsanjamts says 5.6 trillion tugriks spent on smog control through 2025 produced unsatisfactory results.
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State-Linked Companies Contributed MNT 378 Billion to National Wealth Fund in 2025
Published: 2026-11-09
President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh met representatives of the State Property Policy and Coordination Authority and state property organizations, stressing that state assets must deliver returns to citizens. State-owned and state-participating legal entities, which make up 0.5 percent of businesses in the State Registry, posted MNT 1.7 trillion in net profit in 2025. They contributed MNT 378 billion to the National Wealth Fund, along with MNT 6.5 billion in taxes, fees and dividends. Khurelsukh briefed attendees on national programs including Billion Trees, Food Revolution and White Gold, and said the country aims to meet domestic demand for energy, petroleum products, food, cement, steel and fertilizer and become an exporter. He said a core reform continues:
“From extraction to processing, from welfare to labor, from imports to exports” - Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh (isee.mn)
The authority will focus on digitizing state and local property registration and management and strengthening governance, transparency and financial discipline.
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Infrastructure
Ulaanbaatar Winter Preparations 95.1 Percent Complete as Fuel Supply Continues and 20 Buses Added
Published: 2026-11-09
Ulaanbaatar has completed 95.1 percent of the 573 measures planned for the 2026-2027 winter, city general manager Ch. Mendbayar told the Citizens’ Representatives Khural on November 9. Storm and soil drainage work stands at 86.6 percent, cleanup and repair at 96 percent, flood dam and channel work at 84 percent; education-sector preparations reached 98 percent, health-sector 93 percent. Mayor B. Purevdagva said briquette supply continues normally, 446 points are ready for sales, and the Eastern zone plant works on the approved schedule within a 1,400-tonne daily capacity. He said preparations for 280,000 tonnes of semi-coke and 180,000 tonnes of briquettes are on track, with 45,680 tonnes of semi-coke on hand, and 5,000 households switched to gas this year. In health, 290,000 children were vaccinated against influenza, 1,600-plus beds added and family health centers’ hours extended through December. Transit runs 1,173 buses, with 20 added on 13 busy routes.
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Construction Special Permit Time Cut From About 14 Days to 1-3 Days After Move to Online System
Published: 2026-11-09
Construction special permits that took about 14 days now take one to three days after the process moved to the License.mn online system in 2025, the Ministry of Urban Development, Construction and Housing said. The ministry is working to simplify permit rules, including treating a permit as granted if authorities miss the legal response deadline. A training and discussion session on permitting reform began on 9 November, where Mongolian National Construction Association president N. Bayarsaikhan proposed a 100-day joint pilot project with a public-private working group to cut approval stages and duplicate requirements. A consultation day will run 11-13 November, 10:00-17:00, at the Permit Information and Service Integrated Center, advising on permits, designs, quality and safety, with representatives of the Construction Development Center and State Housing Corporation explaining current mortgage loan terms.
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Society
Nationwide Day Off Marks Chinggis Khaan’s 864th Birth Anniversary on Nov. 10
Published: 2026-11-09
Tuesday, Nov. 10, is Mongolian Pride Day, the birthday of Chinggis Khaan, and a nationwide public holiday. This year marks the 864th anniversary of his birth, observed on the first day of the first winter month of the lunar calendar under Article 4.1.8 of the law on public holidays and commemorative days. The day is traditionally used to honor national history, cultural heritage and statehood.
Parliament will hold a ceremonial session at 10:00 at the State Palace for the 820th anniversary of the Great Mongol State. Speaker S. Byambatsogt called the session by order No. 431 on Nov. 3.
The Ulaanbaatar Mayor’s Office Work Agency said large markets and shopping centers, which usually close on public holidays, will keep their regular schedule this time.
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Intelligence Agency Stops Plot to Defraud Investors With Forged Secret Government Resolution
Published: 2026-11-09
The General Intelligence Agency has stopped an attempt to defraud foreign investors with a forged secret government resolution, the government’s press office reported on Nov. 9. Suspects were detained and the investigation continues. Two Mongolian citizens identified as “B” and “D”, along with others, allegedly forged the resolution, a senior official’s signature, state agency letters, seals and cooperation agreements.
The fake resolution purportedly directed a state-owned enterprise to sign a $300 million mineral sales contract with a named Chinese company. Forged supply guarantees and a cooperation agreement were also shown to investors. “D” allegedly posed as a government member or adviser to build trust. isee.mn identified the enterprise as Erdenet Factory and reported that the signature of its CEO, G. Yondon, was forged.
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Academy of Sciences to Receive Top State Honor, the Chinggis Khaan Order
Published: 2026-11-09
President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh has decreed that the Academy of Sciences will receive the state’s highest honor, the first-class Chinggis Khaan Order, marking the 864th anniversary of Chinggis Khaan’s birth and Mongolian Pride Day. The presentation ceremony is scheduled for November 10 at 11:40 a.m. The academy will be the 20th recipient since the order was created in 2005 and first given to former President P. Ochirbat. Nineteen recipients were honored through 2025, including The Hu in 2019 and Ban Ki-moon in 2024; the order was not awarded in 2007, 2008, 2018 or 2020. The academy traces its origins to the Institute of Scripts, founded in 1921, and works with more than 150 academies and research bodies in 35 countries.
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Environment
Ulaanbaatar plans heat-storage electric heating for 7,000-10,000 ger-district homes with UNICEF
Published: 2026-11-09
Ulaanbaatar plans to cut air pollution this winter by moving 7,000-10,000 ger-district households to energy-saving electric heating with heat storage, in partnership with UNICEF. The city aims to reduce chimney numbers by the same range. The work has two stages, insulation first and then heat accumulators. Electricity is free in ger districts from 21:00 to 09:00, so households can store heat at night and use it during the day. Capital City Governor B. Purevdagva said the presentation is planned for Nov. 20 at the capital’s central square; gogo.mn names Sukhbaatar Square. He also said small stations are planned with the UN Development Programme. The city is running 573 winter-preparation projects, 95.1% implemented. Semi-coke briquette supply continues, with 45,680 tonnes on sale at 446 points. The Zuun fuel plant produces 1,400 tonnes daily. 5,000 households have switched to liquefied gas, and 31 boilers have been converted.
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Tavan Tolgoi Fuel Studies 14-Bag, Two-Week Semi-Coke Allotment for Ger Districts From December 1
Published: 2026-11-09
Tavan Tolgoi Fuel is studying a change that would let ger district households buy 14 bags of semi-coke fuel once every 14 days from 1 December, instead of 7 bags weekly. The company’s press office cited public requests, fuel reserves and a software update, and said no final decision has been made. A total of 54,227 tonnes of semi-coke has arrived from China at the company’s eastern plant, with about 49,000 tonnes in stock. About 2,000 tonnes are sold daily through 446 sales points, supplied by roughly 240 vehicles from 38 companies and organizations. The company is testing a recycled-paper fire starter from a domestic firm, designed to light the fuel without wood; a bag of wood averages over 8,000 tugrik, and starters must be priced below that. The capital city’s budget is paying 288.7 billion tugrik for this winter’s supply from the Wuzhou branch of China’s Shenmu energy company.
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Ulaanbaatar Adds Three Air Quality Stations, Reaching 22 Monitoring Sites
Published: 2026-11-09
Ulaanbaatar installed three new automatic air quality monitoring stations this year, bringing the capital’s network to 22 measurement locations. The new stations stand in Shine 100 Ail in Bayanzurkh District, at the end of the 3-4th micro-district in Bayangol District, and near the Tavan Shar area in Songinokhairkhan District. Monitors at the 22 locations measure sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, PM10 and PM2.5 particulate matter, carbon monoxide and ozone. Residents can check air quality readings for a given period on the website agaar.gov.mn. The information comes from the National Committee for Air Pollution Reduction and was published on November 9 by gogo.mn and zarig.mn.
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Lawyer Says Coal Road Permits Violate Fauna Law as Gurvantes Residents Voice Concerns
Published: 2026-11-09
A forum titled “Migration Route or Coal Road?” at Gallery Ulaanbaatar on November 9 examined coal roads that Seker Resource Mongolia and Altargana Khairkhan hold agreements with the Ministry of Roads and Transport to build. Lawyer D. Dashdemberel, who advises Gurvantes soum residents in Umnugovi Province, says the roads cross habitats of snow leopards, wild camels, Gobi bears and khulan, and that the Law on Fauna requires the government to decide on roads in the habitat of the rarest species based on an environmental impact assessment.
“Issuing the permit with the signature of an acting department head violated the law.” - D. Dashdemberel (ikon.mn)
His September 30 request to the Roads and Transport Minister to revoke the permits has drawn no reply, and he says court action is possible. A Ministry of Environment and Climate Change specialist said the ministry gave all required permits.
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Innovation
Education Ministry Drafts Longer Deadlines for Corporate Tax Relief on School Investments
Published: 2026-11-09
The Ministry of Education is drafting a revised procedure for tax relief on corporate education investments after rules restricted private-sector participation. Companies can deduct education investments and donations up to 1 percent of taxable income under a 2024 law amendment and Education Minister’s Order A/189 of 2025. Schools and kindergartens had to be built and commissioned within one year, so some firms could not claim relief. The draft would allow three years and merge 29 investment types into six investment areas plus 11 financing and operations areas. Last year, 9.6 billion tugriks was attracted, and 9.3 billion tugriks was documented and sent to the General Tax Department. Ministry official A. Munkh-Orgil said:
“The current procedure was not bad and could be implemented, but some provisions restricted private-sector operations, so it had to be made more precise and clear.” - A. Munkh-Orgil (gogo.mn)
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Health
Health officials urge parents to check children for flu symptoms before school and pack masks
Published: 2026-11-09
The National Center for Public Health urges parents and guardians to check children for flu and flu-like symptoms before sending them to school. These include fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose and weakness. Parents should pack spare masks, hand sanitizer and disposable tissues in children’s bags. Children should wear masks covering the nose, mouth and chin. They should change masks when wet, dirty or torn, and never reuse disposable ones. Guidance includes washing or sanitizing hands before putting on a mask, avoiding touching it, and removing it by the ear loops. Used masks go in a bin, followed by another hand wash. Children should wash hands with soap and running water for at least 20 seconds. Key moments are before meals, after coughing or sneezing, after using the toilet and after coming in from outside. Classrooms should be ventilated regularly.
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Sports
128 Top-Ranked Wrestlers Compete for Chinggis Khaan Cup on November 10
Published: 2026-11-09
The Chinggis Khaan Cup wrestling tournament, featuring 128 top-ranked wrestlers, is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. on November 10 at the Mongolian Wrestling Palace. The event marks the 864th anniversary of Chinggis Khaan’s birth and Mongol Pride Day. Under Presidential Decree No. 165 of November 2, 2024, the winner of the Mongol Pride Day bout receives the Chinggis Khaan Cup. The cup has been awarded in each of the past two years: State Falcon E. Dash won it in 2024 and State Lion E. Batmagnai in 2025. Dayan Avarga B. Orkhonbayar, who sat out the first round of the Golden Cup, will enter the tournament. It will be his first bout since Naadam.
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