The election dominated the news this week as
over 60% of the population took to the polls on Thursday. The Democratic Party announced that 23 of
48 mandates in the 26 electorates were candidates of the Democratic Party. The Mongolian
People’s Party – Mongolia’s oldest party which held power during the Soviet era
– is believed to be slightly behind the Democratic Party with 20 mandates. - http://www.ub-mongolia.mn/mongolian-news/politics/1208-mongolia-awaits-election-results-with-anticipation.html
On Wednesday, thousands of Mongolians
stayed up long into the night to see Spain beat Portugal on penalties in the
first semi-final of the Football European Championship. Thursday night saw the
second semi final, in which Italy beat Germany, receive a similarly exuberant
following. The final will kick off at 2:45am on Monday morning. - http://www.ub-mongolia.mn/mongolian-news/sport/1180-mongolia-gripped-by-euro-cup-fever-ahead-of-semi-finals.html
The seizure of a rare dinosaur skeleton
from a US auction house last week was seen as a huge step forward in returning
the bones back to their native Mongolia. The nearly complete Tyrannosaurus
Baatar was auctioned off for a little over $1 million before its seizure. The
President of Mongolia claimed the event as a victory against fossil smugglers. - http://www.ub-mongolia.mn/mongolian-news/culture/1171-the-battle-roars-return-dinosaur-skeleton-back-to-mongolia.html
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