South Korea's KT Corp completed the sale of its 40% stake in Telecom Mongolia back to the Mongolian government, although the incumbent operator no longer holds a dominant share of the country’s market. Meanwhile, the Mongol Sat-1 platform was launched in partnership with Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS).

The growing popularity of mobile broadband has underpinned overall broadband and telecoms growth. This trend is consolidating Mongolia's position as a mobile first telecoms market and shaping the future direction of Mongolia's developing digital economy.

The penetration of fixed lines in Mongolia has increased strongly over the past five years as a higher proportion of residences decide to take a fixed line access option. Penetration is however predicted to only increase slightly over the next five years to 2023.

Fixed broadband penetration in Mongolia remains low mainly due to a limited number of fixed lines and the dominance of the mobile platform. Fixed broadband remains an attractive proposition where it is available due to the inherent bandwidth advantages of fixed platforms compared with wireless.

Mongolia's mobile market has experienced fairly slow growth over the past five years in a relatively mature market. Slow to moderate growth is predicted over the next five years to 2023, with the market constrained from higher growth due to strong local competition and a further maturing market.

Mobile broadband penetration has grown very strongly over the past five years. With the launch of 4G LTE services by all the major operators, mobile broadband customers will continue to grow strongly over the next five years to 2023.

Mongolia and Russia have jointly organised many events including an air show, historical exhibitions and cultural performances for marking the anniversary.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Mongolia on 3 September at the invitation of Kh.Battulga, President of Mongolia.

A total of 16 students will receive full scholarships; one student will get a 80 percent grant, three students 70 percent, two students 60 percent, 35 students 50 percent and three students 30 percent.

Also, the Alexandrov Ensemble, an official army choir of the Russian armed forces, performed at the Central Square of the capital city.

The Sukhoi Su-30 is a twin-engine, two-seat supermaneuverable fighter aircraft developed in the Soviet Union by Russia’s Sukhoi Aviation Corporation. It is a multirole fighter for all-weather, air-to-air and air-tosurface deep interdiction missions.

In the meantime, Minister of Defense Enkhbold Nyamaa received delegates headed by First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Major General A.Yu. Chaikov. While sharing views on bilateral defense and military relations and cooperation, the sides expressed delight at jointly celebrating the historic anniversary of the Victory of the Khalkh River Battle.

“We are thankful to the Russian Ministry of Defense on paying special attention to marking the historic victory by sending artists of Alexandrov Russian Army Song and Dance Ensemble and aerobatic demonstration team of the Russian Air Force to Mongolia,” said Mr. Enkhbold and awarded the representatives led by Major General A.Yu.Chaikov with medals dedicated to the anniversary of the Victory of Khalkh River Battle.

The 80th anniversary of the Battle of Khalkh River victory is one of the important events occurring in 2019. Mongolia has been celebrating the event of the Khalkh River Victory since 1969. Initially, the celebration was simple, and as the years went by, it expanded. The Soviet Union celebrated the victory of the Great Patriotic War in 1965 for the first time at the initiation of Leonid Ilyich.

75.6 percent of the total planted area, or 250,000 hectares of land, is well-growing. The crop of this year are predominant in Bulgan, Khuvsgul, Orkhon, Arkhangai, Uvurkhangai, Uvs and Selenge provinces. However, the yield may be slightly reduced due to overheating and drought in the northern part of Tuv, Darkhan-Uul, Dornod, Khentii, Sukhbaatar and Selenge provinces.

According to weather forecasts, the snow will fall in early September due to heavy rainfall in late August. Therefore, we are working to keep harvesting efficient during the technological period, said the Minister of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry.

The citizens who are enlisted in the alternative military service take part in defense activities in rural areas and assist in actions to combat natural disasters and other large-scale disasters and to enforce quarantine when necessary. Furthermore, they are responsible for actively participating in the development projects in rural areas of the country.

Heads of the two countries are expected to hold tete-a-tete meeting at the State House and lay wreaths to Marshal G.K.Jukov’s monument. Moreover, the Russian President will attend events to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory of the Battle of Khalkhiin Gol, which are taking place in Khalkhgol soum of Dornod aimag.

Mongolia is to be involved in a Child Protection Compact (CPC) Partnership, which is one of assistance programs provided by the U.S. to other countries, and the sides exchanged views on establishing the compact partnership.

A CPC Partnership is significant to intensify efforts and improve coherence between the Government of Mongolia and civil society organizations that are combating child trafficking and resolving issues related to it. By involving in the compact partnership, financing of USD 5 million is available to be granted within U.S. assistance for combating human trafficking for the activities and efforts to protect children and combating child trafficking in Mongolia.

The United States signed the first CPC Partnership with Ghanaian Government in 2015 and since then the partnership has been established with Philippines, Peru and Jamaica.

According to S.Enkhtuvshin, Head of the National Agency for Meteorology and Environment Monitoring of Mongolia, there was much more than average rainfall in late July and early August.

A total of 108-181 mm fell in Selenge, Dakhan-Uul, Tuv, Khentii, the northern parts of Bulgan, the eastern parts of Khuvsgul, the border region between Arkhangai and Uvurkhangai Provinces as well as in Ulaanbaatar itself.

Half of that sum will be allocated as a capital grant from the regional budget, the rest of the financing will be raised by the investor, Obkhod Togliatti (Togliatti bypass). The bridge will be part of the new highway linking Moscow and Kazan, the capital of Russia’s Tatarstan republic.

The new road will greatly reduce travel time from Moscow to Kazan, as well as to another large city in Central Russia – Samara – from the current 16 to 8 hours, project papers state.

Construction is set to begin later this year, and the bridge is scheduled to become operational by 2024. It is thought it could be built by the Mostotrest company, which is owned by Russian billionaire Arkady Rotenberg, but that information has not yet been confirmed by authorities.

In total, the project will involve building 96km (60 miles) of road and 3.75km (2.4 miles) of the bridge. The project is part of the Europe-Western China international transport corridor, commissioned by President Vladimir Putin.

Investors plan to charge a motorway toll, with payments ranging from 200 rubles ($3), for cars less than two meters high, and up to 1,200 rubles ($18.20) for vehicles taller than 2.6 meters depending on the number of axles.

The new bridge will eventually take the baton from the Crimea Bridge to become Russia’s most ambitious infrastructure project. The arterial route linking the Crimean Peninsula with mainland Russia had its first train line completed last month, while the motorway part of it has been operational since May. At 19km long (11.9 miles), the Crimean Bridge is the longest in Europe.