Mongolia Brief March 21, 2014
State
Prizes Awarded
Ulaanbaatar,
March 21(MONTSAME) By a decree of the President Ts.Elbegdorj, the state prizes
were given Friday to some people on occasions of several celebrations such the
International Women’s Day, the 93rd anniversary of Mongolian Armed Forces and
the Nowruz--Lunar New Year of Kazakhs.
The title of
People’s Medical Doctor went to Prof. G.Tsagaankhuu, a teacher on neurology at
the University of Health Sciences for his 50-year preparing neurologists and
surgeons.
A solo singer
of the “Kharanga” rock group Kh.Lhagavsuren and a voluntary creative artist
N.Tomorkhuyag received the title of State Honored Artist.
A wrestler of
the national selected team twice-bronze medalist of FILA World Championship
T.Monkhtuya and a veteran boxer G.Batbileg became the State Honored Athletes.
The title of
State Honored Cultural Figure was given to Ts.Khulan, a poet and head of the
Puppet Theatre of Mongolia.
The State
Honored titles for the fields of industry, teaching, mechanics, construction,
sports, arts and health went to others.
The Red Flag
Order of Military Merit was bestowed upon reserved Colonel S.Yunden, a medical
doctor at the “Gegee Med” hospital, the Red Flag Order of Labour Merit--upon
Kh.Smoil, a veteran constructor.
The Polar Star
Order, the Order of Military Merit and the Military Medal of Honor went to
others.
Ambassador
of Vietnam Presents Diplomatic Credentials
Ulaanbaatar,
March 21(MONTSAME) The President of Mongolia Ts.Elbegdorj received the
diplomatic credentials from the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to Mongolia Mr Fang Dang Duong on Friday.
After this
ceremony the President received Mr Fang. The leader of the country
congratulated him on being appointed the Ambassador to Mongolia.
The Ambassador
thanked the President for receiving the credentials and pledged to make all his
best to deepen the Mongolia-Vietnam relations and cooperation within his office
term.
The President
noted that he had visited Vietnam in November last year, holding meetings with
the President of Vietnam, authorities and businessmen. "We have agreed to
do many works in line of my visit, the Vietnamese businessmen can run business
in Mongolia and make investments, in which they will receive a support,
especially for supporting the economic ties," Mr Elbegdorj said.
The Ambassador
conveyed to him greetings from the Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang.
"The state visit of Mr Elbegdorj to Vietnam last year was fruitful for the
bilateral relations," says Vietnam's President in his greetings.
The new
Ambassador of Vietnam to Mongolia Mr Fang Dang Duong has graduated from the
School of Foreign Language at Mongolian State University (MSU) and Mongolian
University of Agriculture, has a doctor degree.
Speaker
to Work in Bayan-Olgii
Ulaanbaatar,
March 21(MONTSAME) The Chairman of the State Great Khural Z.Enkhbold Friday
headed for Bayan-Olgii aimag with a working tour until March 24.
He intends to
attend a ceremonial meeting for the Nowruz, meet the aimag’s authorities, leg a
Kazakh family, get acquainted with the Asgat silver deposit, and to give
interview to the local radio and TV channel.
The Speaker is
being accompanied by A.Bakei MP, a head of the parliamentary Standing committee
on state structure, other officials and the media.
Vice
Speaker Receives Russian Journalists
Ulaanbaatar,
March 21(MONTSAME) A Vice Speaker of parliament L.Tsog Friday received
A.Kovalenko and G.Denisov, a project manager and an editor-in-chief of the
Russian "Mongolia Seichas" news portal.
Main functions
of the Saint-Petersburg-based portal are to translate Mongolian laws into
Russian language and to propagandize Mongolian history and culture and news
about Mongolia, they said.
Then the
visitors asked the Vice Speaker about the 75th anniversary of the Khalkh River
Battle and the Mongolia-Russia relations. Nr Tsog said a governmental
commission has been set up to arrange the celebration measures, hoping the
President of Russia will attend the event.
Mr Tsog is
confident that the Mongolia-Russia friendly relations will strengthen, and the
Russian investments will grow. He also noted his intention to do much to expand
the inter-parliamentary cooperation.
The Russian
journalists asked him about the events in Crimea. He responded that people of
any country must determine their destiny, adding the Crimean referendum
represented a willingness of the region’s people.
Premier
Meets with Wealth-Makers
Ulaanbaatar,
March 21(MONTSAME) The Prime Minister of Mongolia N.Altankhuyag held a meeting
with so-called wealth-makers on Thursday.
The PM and some
150 business people focused on difficulties the latter face and on ways of
supporting domestic production.
Present at the
action were also D.Terbishdagva, the Deputy PM; Ch.Saikhanbileg, the
Minister of the Cabinet Office of the government; N.Batbayar, the Minister of
Economic Development; Ch.Ulaan, the Minister of Finance; N.Zoljargal, the
governor of Bank of Mongolia, and several high officials, who responded to all
questions.
Premier’s
30 Minutes Meeting Runs
Ulaanbaatar,
March 21(MONTSAME) The fuel price reduced by 100 togrog in Khovdaimag, and an
indoor market has been put into use in Bayan-Olgii aimag, the Premier
N.Altankhuyag said at the "PM’s 30 minutes" weekly meeting on
Thursday.
Now all western
three aimags have such indoor markets. The construction of it Bayan-Olgii
province has been financed by 50 billion togrog, from the PM’s package,
and about it will be reported at the forthcoming parliamentary spring session,
he added.
A united
administration for border checkpoints has been set up at the Cabinet
Secretariat for Government, its head Ch.Saikhanbileg said, hoping that the
border and customs actions will become more active and functional. He urged the
media to unveil and publish any problems or failures occurring at the customs
and border checkpoint services.
The media told
the Premier about some illegal actions of local authorities, for example, some
localities' leaders have bought cars under capitals of the budget. If all
this is proven, the guilty ones will be punished despite his/her positions, the
Premier stressed.
Cabinet
Meeting in Brief
Ulaanbaatar,
March 21(MONTSAME) The cabinet meeting Friday decided to celebrate the 25th
anniversary of the Democratic Revolution of Mongolia on December 10 this year,
and then set up a national committee for organizing the event.
- The cabinet
prolonged the term for up to two months to pay customs tax and VAT for cargo
airplanes and their facilities and spare parts.
- On occasion
of anniversaries and celebrations of the state and local administrative bodies,
obligations were given to heads of agencies, Mayor of Ulaanbaatar and
authorities of aimags to stop sending greetings and presents purchased by state
budget money.
- The Minister
of Economic Development N.Batbayar was ordered to work out proposals on
projects and programmes which will be implemented within the "Street"
project, and to discuss them at the cabinet meeting.
Opposition
party leader M.Enkhbold meets Wang Jiarui
March 21
(news.mn) The Chairman of the Mongolian People`s Party (MPP), M.Enkhbold, is on
an official visit to China. For his visit to China, opposition party leader
M.Enkhbold met the head of the International Department of the Central
Committee of the Communist Party of China (IDCPC) Wang Jiarui on the third day
of the official visit.
Parties
exchanged opinions on bilateral relations between the two parties and the two
countries. The opposition party leader`s visit to China comes at the same time
as this year’s 65th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Mongolia and
China.
At the meeting
both parties emphasized that bilateral relations between the two countries has
endured for a long time and they exchanged opinions on future relations and
cooperation.
The official
visit to China aims to move the traditional relations between MPP and the
Communist Party of China to a new level, boost cooperation by keeping up with
the times, to share each other`s experience and familiarize each other with
current socio-economic development in China.
MPP was
established on March 1st in 1921 whilst the Communist Party of China was
founded on July 1st in 1921.
Mayor
works at “Chingis Khaan” int’l airport
Ulaanbaatar,
March 21 (MONTSAME) On Friday, the Mayor of Ulaanbaatar city E.Bat-Uul worked
at the "Chingis Khaan" international airport to get au fait with its
current activities.
5-8 flights are
performed and some 1,000 passengers are received a day. For the time being, the
airport carries out the customs examination through three terminals of
international and local flights, the airport’s authorities said.
After getting
acquainted with the regulations, safety management and services for passengers,
the Mayor emphasized that all staffers and flight attendants must work for
passengers at the highest level of service because a national airport always
serves as a face of a country.
Stock
exchange news for March 21
Ulaanbaatar,
March 21 (MONTSAME) At the Stock Exchange trades held Friday, a total of 53
thousand and 619 shares of 15 JSCs were traded costing MNT 92 million 502
thousand and 280.00.
"State
Department Store" /30 thousand units/, "Ereentsav" /12 thousand
and 963 units/, "Genco tour bureau” /8,958 units/, "Nako tulsh"
/600 units/ and "Mongol savkhi" /418 units/ were the most actively
traded in terms of trading volume, in terms of trading
value--"Ereentsav" (MNT 41 million 481 thousand and 600), "UB
hotel" (MNT 24 million and 380 thousand), "State Department
Store" (MNT 17 million and 400 thousand), "UB-BUK" (MNT four
million and 715 thousand) and "Mongeo" (MNT two million and 079
thousand).
The total
market capitalization was set at MNT one trillion 665 billion 499 million 892
thousand and 341. The Index of Top-20 JSCs was 16,541.05, decreasing by MNT
59.96 or 0.36% against the previous day.
Banks
Decide to Finance Housing Loans of MNT 959 Billion
Ulaanbaatar,
March 21(MONTSAME) Since commencing a low-interest housing loan program last
June, commercial banks have received loan applications totaling 959.3 billion
togrog.
After a careful
consideration over the new requests, the banks decided to grant mortgage
totaling 921 billion togrog to 16 thous.334 applicants.
During that
time, the banks have also received requests to refinance already awarded
housing loans of 845 billion togrog, which were delivered under the Government
program to stabilize the mortgage system of the nation. Refunding requests for
the loans totaling 487.6 billion from 17 thous.241 citizens have been approved
by the commercial banks.
Foreign
Minister Visits Australia
Ulaanbaatar,
March 21(MONTSAME) Mongolia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs L.Bold paid an
official visit to Australia on March 16-20 at invitation of his counterpart Ms
Julie I.Bishop.
He was
accompanied by MPs and business delegates, who held some meetings and measures
for expanding the bilateral relations in the political and economic spheres.
On March 18,
the FMs of the two countries ran official talks to exchange views on widening
the bilateral cooperation and collaborating at the regional level. Ms Bishop
stated that the Australian government decided to augment a number of
scholarships for Mongolian students and increase the budget size of
developmental cooperation for Mongolia, reaching USD 20 million.
The Australian
Foreign Minister also said her country positively accepted proposals of
Mongolia about involving Mongolians in the visa program of temporary workers in
Australia and increasing investments of Australia.
A
Mongolia-Australia intergovernmental memorandum on the cooperation in the
consular sector was signed by R.Bold, the Ambassador of Mongolia to Australia,
and by J.Brown, the first assistant secretary of the Australian Department of
Foreign Affairs and Trade.
FM
Visits Australian National University
Ulaanbaatar,
March 21(MONTSAME) The Minister of Foreign Affairs L.Bold Wednesday attended
the open discussion about Mongolia at the Australian National University /ANU/
in Canberra, Australia.
The action has
been organized by the Mongolia Institute of the ANU in frames of the FM's visit
to this country.
Mr Bold
introduced to the gathered Mongolian history, economics and politics and
answered to teachers and students' questions.
Then he was
interviewed by Australian ABC, Sky News TV channels and "The
Australian" daily, mainly focusing on present economic development of the
country, its investments and foreign policy.
After this, FM
Bold met with Australia-based Mongolians in Melbourne.
Mongolian
Officials Received by Australian Speaker
Ulaanbaatar,
March 21(MONTSAME) Accompanying the FM in his official visit to Australia, the
Mongolian delegation was received Thursday by Ms Bronwyn Bishop, the Speaker of
Australian House of Representatives.
The delegates
handed over an invitation letter to Ms Bishop from Z.Enkhbold, the Speaker of
Mongolian parliament, and then exchanged with her views on the matters about
relations between Mongolia and Australia and inter-parliamentary cooperation.
At another
meeting on Wednesday, with Mr John Hogg, the head of Senate house, the delegates
talked about ways of boosting bilateral ties and collaboration in education and
humanitarian sectors and of intensifying investments and economic ties between
the two countries.
Minister
Holds "No Tie" Meeting
Ulaanbaatar,
March 21(MONTSAME) The Minister of Education and Sciences L.Gantomor Thursday
held an informal "No Tie" meeting with journalists at initiative of the
Mongolian Press Institute.
The Minister's
speech was dedicated to "High education and quality reform" theme. He
also stressed that the reform in the high education system will strengthen
universities and institutes' capabilities of providing scientific knowledge. He
said that all universities will receive labs with latest hi tech.
SCO
Secretary-General to Visit Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar,
March 21 (MONTSAME) Secretary-General of Shanghai Cooperation Organization
(SCO) Dmitry Mezentsev is to visit Mongolia March 23-26 at invitation of
Foreign Minister L.Bold.
D.Mezentsev
(55) was appointed to the office of SCO Secretary-General for duration of 1
January 2013 through 31 December 2015 at SCO Heads of State Council meeting in
Beijing on June 7 of 2012.
MrMezentsev is
also an Ambassador-at-large of the Russian Federation Ministry of Foreign
Affairs since 2008. He has PhD degree in political psychology, and is doctoral
candidate of Moscow State Institute of International Relations of Russian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Mezentsev is
married and has a daughter and a grandson.
Mongolia
to Develop Strategic Partnership with Russia
Ulaanbaatar,
March 21 (MONTSAME) Economic Development Minister of Mongolia N.Batbayar
received MrIskanderK.Azizov, the Ambassador of Russia to Mongolia on Friday.
The sides
shared views on Mongolia-Russia joint projects, programs and measures and
explored solutions to certain pertaining issues. They also talked about further
development of the long lasting friendly relations and the strategic
partnership of the two countries, as well as potential joint projects.
It was the
first meeting of MrAzizov with the Economic Development Minister since his
receiving the office of Ambassador last September.
Mongolians
Involved in Working Holiday Visa Program to Australia
March 21
(infomongolia.com) Foreign Minister of Mongolia Luvsanvandan BOLD has conducted
an official visit to the Commonwealth of Australia on March 18-20, 2014. The
delegation was comprised of some Parliament members and business representatives
attending in several meetings focused to broaden mutual political, economical
and social affairs.
During his
visit, Minister L.Bold held official talks with his Australian counterpart
Julie Bishop on March 18, parties exchanged views on broadening bilateral
collaboration and partnership at regional level and during the meeting Foreign
Minister J.Bishop announced that the Government of Australia increases its
scholarships for Mongolian students by 5 that allow a total of 43 citizens of
Mongolia to receive scholarships annually.
It was
announced a five-year, 20 million USD Australia-Mongolia Extractives Program to
assist the sustainable development of the resources sector in Mongolia.
Besides, Mongolians are involved in the Working Holiday visa, which is a
temporary visa for young people (18-31 years old), who want to holiday and work
in Australia for up to a year. It is a temporary visa that encourages cultural
exchange and closer ties between Australia and eligible countries.
In the
frameworks of other negotiations, the Memorandum of Understanding on Consular
Cooperation was signed by Mongolian Ambassador Ravdan BOLD and Consular &
Crisis Management Division (CCD) First Assistant Secretary Justin Brown.
Australia-Mongolia
Business Council Launched
March 21
(infomongolia.com) In the frameworks of official visit by Mongolian delegates
to Australia led by Foreign Minister L.Bold concluded on March 20, a
Mongolia-Australia Business Council is opened.
The
Australia-Mongolia Business Council within its aims to support bilateral
economy, trade and investment was first registered by the Australian Securities
and Investments Commission in the beginning of this year and an official
opening ceremony of the Council was held on March 18, where the third largest bank
by market capitalization in Australia - ANZ and one of the Asia Pacific's
leading law firms - Minter Ellison joined the Council.
On March 20,
Foreign Minister L.Bold met with authorities of Australian Securities Exchange
(ASE), where parties exchanged opinions on seeking opportunities to register
Mongolian enterprises at the ASE.
As of today,
over 170 Australian companies are conducting its activities relevant to
Mongolia and about 40 entities have opened its representative offices in
Ulaanbaatar.
Mongolia and
the Commonwealth of Australia have established the diplomatic relations on
September 15, 1972 and as of today over three thousand Mongolian nationals are
residing in Australia, of which about 600 students are studying.
Int'l
Scientific Conference on Mongol Studies Starts
Ulaanbaatar,
March 21(MONTSAME) The 2nd international scientific conference on new
tendencies of the Mongol studies kicked off Friday in the Round Hall of
Mongolia's State University (MSU).
Organized by
the Institute of Mongol Studies at the MSU, this year’s action is dedicated to
the 90th birth anniversary of Charles Bowden, a famous British scholar on
Mongol studies. It has brought together 20 scholars and scientists from
Mongolia, USA, Germany, Poland, Japan, China and Hungary.
They are
delivering reports on the Mongolian history, culture, society, language and
literature. The conference has a vital importance in terms of touching upon
urgent problems of Mongol studies, seeking solution, sharing experience and
methods of international Mongol studies, cooperating at a foreign ties level,
exchanging information, introducing newest documents and methods of the
scientific works.
The conference
will continue until Saturday.
Chairman
of Board of Directors of Oyu Tolgoi LLC Represents Mongolia at 2014 Asia Mining
Congress
March 21
(infomongolia.com) The 10th Asia Mining Congress was successfully organized at
the Suntec International Convention and Exhibition Center in Singapore on March
17-20, 2014, where over 30 project implementers and mining companies from
Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, North and South Americas were present.
The event was
sponsored by about 50 companies including Mongolia’s Sharyn Gol JSC and over
420 representatives and experts from
state and private sectors have participated in the region’s leading mining
investment and innovation event that aims to connect the most important global
mining stakeholders with partnership, capital raising, and innovative
advancement opportunities.
Representing
Mongolia, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Oyu Tolgoi LLC Mr. Galsan
BATSUKH spoke of the challenges of building, running and developing a
mega-mining project like Oyu Tolgoi.
In his speech,
Chairman G.Batsukh noted, “When the early discoveries were made at Oyu Tolgoi -
they created significant excitement in the investment world. Gradually, these
discoveries have put Mongolia on the global mining map. Building a mine and
infrastructure on the scale needed was an obvious challenge. Today construction
of the open pit and concentrator is complete. Oyu Tolgoi is an operating
business, with a workforce of 7,500 people. We are now mining, producing and
selling copper concentrate.
Oyu Tolgoi has
all the keys for successful operation, based on the strong support from the
Government and Rio Tinto’s global standard of management and expertise. There
is more to do, but we are beginning the change from a capital-intensive
construction project to a safe, sustainable and profitable business, which
delivers value for all our shareholders and stakeholders”.
Following the
speech Mongolian delegates answered on interested questions forwarded from
audience, where Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to the
Republic of Singapore Mrs. Banzragch DELGERMAA has participated upon the
invitation.
March 21
(infomongolia.com) In conjunction with Rio Tinto recent announcement, the
company has released a Report "Taxes Paid in 2013" few days ago.
In its latest
Report, Rio Tinto noted that the company paid 220 million USD in taxes and
payments to Mongolia in 2013, the fourth highest amount out of all the
countries in which Rio Tinto operates. Globally, Rio Tinto paid 9.4 billion USD
in taxes in 2013.
The Rio Tinto
Chief Financial Officer Chris Lynch said, “This report demonstrates the
significant contribution Rio Tinto makes to public finances in the countries
where it operates around the globe. We are a strong advocate for global tax
transparency and this is reflected through this report and our founding
membership of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative".
Rio Tinto,
which manages the Oyu Tolgoi mine, voluntarily reports the details of all
individual payments over 1 million USD made to governments in the countries
where Rio Tinto operates.
The country in
which most tax was paid was Australia, with more than 5.7 billion USD paid last
year. Further, Canada (523 million USD), Chile (380 million USD), Mongolia (220
million USD), United States (217 million USD), South Africa (167 million USD),
France (126 million USD), Guines (64
million USD), Singapore (52 million USD)
and the United Kingdom (26 million USD) were among other governments
to have received significant tax payments during 2013.
As of today, an
official statement regarding the negotiation between the Government of Mongolia
and Rio Tinto on restoring the activity of underground mine at OyuTolgoi is not
revealed yet.
However, Rio
Tinto planned to borrow three billion USD from 15 commercial banks for the
underground project and in December 2013, Rio Tinto had secured extensions to
the financing commitment letters from these banks, but the period is due to
expire on March 31, 2014.
Currently,
Speaker of the State Great Khural (Parliament) Z.Enkhbold did not release a
Decree for an irregular plenary session, which is expected to take place on
March 24 and during the meeting one of the issues to discuss urgently would be
OyuTolgoi, if the Government and Rio Tinto had reached a consensus to continue
the underground project.
But Mongolia
Economic Forum is scheduled on March 24-25, therefore an irregular Parliament
meeting would probably be postponed, nevertheless an official date of opening
the Spring plenary session of the Parliament is set on April 05, 2014.
Mongolia
Eliminates Measles
Ulaanbaatar,
March 21(MONTSAME) The World Health Organization (WHO) is expected to certificate
Mongolia as free of measles, in recognition of its total elimination of the
disease.
Along with
Mongolia, three others such as Australia, South Korea and Macao have been
declared free of measles and are to be certified accordingly.
According to a
WHO report, Mongolia has experienced no lab-confirmed or
epidemiologically-linked cases since 2010, when last seven clinically confirmed
cases of measles occurred.
Measles is an
infection of the respiratory system caused by a virus, specifically a paramyxovirus
of the genus Morbillivirus. In developing countries, where measles is highly
endemic, WHO doctors recommend two doses of vaccine be given at six and nine
months of age. Unvaccinated populations are at risk for the disease.
There is no
specific treatment for measles. Most patients with uncomplicated measles will
recover with rest and supportive treatment. It is, however, important to seek
medical advice if the patient becomes more unwell, as they may be developing
complications.
Mongolia
Celebrating World Poetry Day
Ulaanbaatar,
March 21(MONTSAME) Celebrating the World Poetry Day (March 21), a
discussion-meeting themed "Poetry--Wealth of Human Existence" is
planned to run in the National Library on Friday.
At the meeting,
young generation poets will meet renowned writers, including state high-prized
writers Sh.Surenjav, D.Tsedev, G.Mend-Ooyo, a literary critic Ya.Ganbaatar and
a poet Ts.Khulan. During the meeting, S.Baigalsaikhan, a head of the Literature
Department of the Sciences Academy, will deliver the "Poetry--Wealth of
Human Existence" presentation".
In celebrating
this Day, UNESCO recognizes the unique ability of poetry to capture the
creative spirit of the human mind.
A decision to
proclaim 21 March as such was adopted during UNESCO’s 30th session in Paris in
1999.
One of the main
objectives of the Day is to support linguistic diversity through poetic
expression and to offer endangered languages the opportunity to be heard within
their communities.
On Wednesday,
Ms Irina Bokova, Director- General of UNESCO issued a message for the World
Poetry Day. "As a deep expression of the human mind and as a universal
art, poetry is a tool for dialogue and rapprochement. The dissemination of
poetry helps to promote dialogue among cultures and understanding between
peoples because it gives access to the authentic expression of a
language," the message said.
Kazakh
people celebrate Day of Nauriz
March 21
(news.mn) Today, to celebrate the Kazakh Holiday of Nauriz, the Day of Nauriz
event was held at Chinggis Khaan Square (formerly Sukhbaatar square).
The Kazakh
Holiday of Nauriz or the Spring holiday is annually marked by ethnic Kazakh
people on March 21st. During the special day Kazakh people promote their own
unique traditions and customs in displaying colorful events. For the Kazakh
Holiday of Nauriz, the President of Mongolia, Ts.Elbegdorj was present at the
event and delivered greetings to the Kazakh people.
Art cultural
performances at the Central Cultural Palace will follow the event on Chinggis
Square.
“Stories
from Mongolia” Movie Day to Be Organized in Washington D.C. This Sunday
March 21
(infomongolia.com) On March 23, 2014, Carnegie Institution for Science is
organizing a Day of Mongolian Documentary Films in association with Arts
Council of Mongolia in Washington D.C., the United States.
During the
cultural event, three Mongolian documentaries will be screened, “Singer from
the Taiga” by Z.Batbileg, “Give the World a Chance” by B.Bayar and “Horse
Trainer” by B.Bayar. These films feature stunning landscapes and traditional
ways of life closely tied to nature and organizers are inviting all with free
entrance and appealing Mongolians to come in with its traditional costumes -
Deel.
Moreover,
filmmakers Z.Batbileg and B.Bayar have already arrived in the United States and
discussions with audience will be also organized and the program introduced by
Andy Finch, Member of the Board of Directors, Arts Council of Mongolia.
Stories from
Mongolia
05:15 p.m.
SINGER FROM THE
TAIGA (Mongolia, 2011, 32 min.)Washington, D.C. Premiere. Follow folk artist Tsogbadrakh as he
struggles to preserve the disappearing throat-singing culture of the Darkhad
people, by searching for native elders who may be the last with knowledge of
these songs. Journeying through the
scenic and remote northern Mongolian taiga, he discovers music that is deeply
connected to the natural world. Directed by Zoljargal BATBILEG.
06:15 p.m.
GIVE THE WORLD
A CHANCE (Mongolia-Germany, 2012, 50 min.) U.S. Premiere. Journey into the
world of Badar Papizan, a traditional
musician living in
the pristine mountain
valleys of Bayan-Ulgii Aimag (Province)
in western Mongolia.
He is determined to pass on his extensive knowledge of folk arts,
nature, and medicinal herbs to the next generation, and he worries that if we
keep polluting our world,
the mountain and river spirits will
disappear and nature will
lose its soul. Directed by Banzragch BAYAR.
07:30 p.m.
HORSE TRAINER
(Mongolia, 2013, 53 min.)U.S. Premiere. An ancient tradition throughout
Mongolian history, horse training is essential to the nomadic lifestyle. This
film tells the story of a young racehorse rider who longs to return to his
horses while at school, and follows his training and racing experiences.
Beautifully filmed on the Mongolian steppe, the story culminates with the races
at the great Naadam Festival. Directed by Banzragch BAYAR.
FREE. No
reservations required.
Carnegie
Institution for Science, Elihu Root Auditorium, 1530 P St., NW (Metro: Dupont
Circle)
Cousin Jules
Sunday, March
23, 2014
Our
Hockey Team Bags Third Win
Ulaanbaatar,
March 21(MONTSAME) The Mongolian ice hockey team Thursday won over Thailand
with score margin of 8:2 in IIHF Challenge Cup in Abu Dhabi of the United Arab
Emirates (UAE).
Prior to this
win, Mongolia had two wins (against Hong Kong and Kuwait), and one lose
(against Chinese Taipei), while Thailand had one win and two losses. With this
result, the Mongolian team is currently standing second at preliminary round
list, after last year’s champion Chinese Taipei, who has four wins.
According to
the schedule, Mongolia is to match against host UAE on the Abu Dhabi Ice Rink
this Saturday.
Six top teams
of Asia such as Mongolia, Chinese Taipei, UAE, Thailand and Hong Kong are
competing in round robin system at this seventh edition of International Ice
Hockey Federation (IIHF) Challenge Cup of Asia in Abu Dhabi until March 22.
Ozeki
Anand close to gaining Yokozuna title
March 21
(news.mn) On day 12 of the Haru Basho or the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament,
Ozeki Kakuryu made an ambitious step on his quest for the Yokozuna promotion on
Thursday by beating Yokozuna Harumafuji.
Ozeki Kakuryu
is at the head of the challenge, remaining as leader with 12 wins and only one
loss. Ozeki Kakuryu is promised the Yokozuna title if he wins 13 fights or
more.
Hakuho M.Davaajargal beat his rival Kisenosato (8-4) and is also leading the Haru Basho with 12 wins on day 12.
Hakuho M.Davaajargal beat his rival Kisenosato (8-4) and is also leading the Haru Basho with 12 wins on day 12.
Kyokutenho N.Tsevegnyam
beat Azumaryu S.Todbileg (8-4) and Kagamio B.Nanjid won against Sadanoumi to
successfully continue in the Haru Basho with 50 percent success. Kagamio B.Nanjid
needs to win over the next days in order to finish with at least 50 percent success.
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