Mongolia
UK’s Cameron addresses British “lack of seriousness” in Central Asia with five-day tour
Urges region’s five nations to tackle shadow trading equipping Russian war machine. Awkward fact is that much of the trade is made up of redirected deliveries from Britain.
EBRD announces profit of €2.1bn in 2023
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced a significant rebound in its financial performance, recording a robust profit of €2.1bn for the year 2023, up from losses of €1.1bn in 2022.
Former Mongolian PM denies he bought two luxury Manhattan apartments with mining fraud proceeds
US prosecutors move to seize lavish properties allegedly purchased with money moved through shell companies.
Sixteen million livestock set to perish in Mongolia’s “dzud”
Red Cross talks of heart-wrenching scenes, with piles of dead animals scattered across the snowy and icy steppes.
Closing gender gap in workforce could double global growth rate says World Bank
Countries in Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia have a lower gender gap than the global average but only Latvian women have equal legal standing with men.
SpaceX launch of nano satellites marks Mongolia’s entry into global space industry
PM says he wants to see emergence of a “vibrant domestic space industry”.
Mongolia urged to “open door” to Russian Mongols who want return to ancestral roots
Campaigners want compatriots law that would apply to peoples of Russia’s Buddhist republics and minorities with Mongolic origins the world over.
Transnistrian politicians appeal to Russia for protection
Politicians in the Moldovan separatist republic of Transnistria called on Russia and the international community for help, accused Chisinau of "economic strangulation".
2.9mn heads of livestock dead in Mongolia’s “dzud” disaster
Severe form of weather used to occur every eight to 12 years. Climate crisis means it now impacts country at least every other year.
Record coal exports drive Mongolia’s economy to 7% expansion
Mineral-rich country posts highest GDP growth rate in five years, thanks mainly to coal sales that topped 66mn tonnes.
Mongolia’s livestock losses top half a million in devastating ‘dzud’
Government puts country on high alert after extreme cold causes crisis in animal husbandry sector.
How the Mongolians punch above their weight in military diplomacy
Mongolia leverages unique heritage of armed forces to build bridges with nations as far away as US and India.
Quarter million Mongolian families hit by unprecedented ‘dzud’ weather, says IFRC
Livestock losses rise from 49,000 to around 285,000 in less than three months. Towards 20,000 herder families on the move looking for pasture.