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Protesters gathered outside Ulaanbaatar's government palace on 4 December and demanded the names of officials who are said to have embezzled 44 trillion ($12.8 billion) in Mongolian tögrög (MNT) state coal export revenues over the past two years. Several protesters held national flags and placards "Stop robbing the people", and "Stop eating ...
The 2021 Mongolian protests were mass demonstrations and a nationwide strike that led to the fall of the prime minister Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh. Thousands protested on the streets between 20 and 22 January 2021 against the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mongolia .
In February, the daily protests turned violent, but the danger soon diminished. [2] The unrest was witnessed by hundreds of thousands of others in Ulaanbaatar. The democratic reforms movement was dwindling while the 2019 Mongolian constitutional crisis was taking place. In April and May 2019, a series of votes was held for a new speaker in ...
A four-day state of emergency, the first in Mongolia's history [7] was declared at by the Mongolian President, effective 11:30 p.m. on 1 July. [6] The state of emergency placed and a ban on the sale of alcohol, authorized police to use force to stop the protesters, and prevented television broadcasts outside of those made by state-run stations.
The State Great Khural (Ulsyn Ikh Khural in Mongolian, meaning State Great Assembly) is a unicameral legislative body with 76 seats. The State Great Khural wields some of the most important powers in Mongolian politics. Parliamentary elections are held every four years, and 76 representatives are chosen.
Police in China's Inner Mongolia region have detained at least 23 people following protests last week against a new policy that replaces Mongolian-language textbooks with Chinese ones in classrooms.
The Mongolian Revolution of 1990, known in Mongolia as the 1990 Democratic Revolution (Mongolian: 1990 оны ардчилсан хувьсгал, romanized: 1990 ony ardchilsan khuvisgal), was a peaceful democratic revolution which led to the country's transition to a multi-party system. [1]
The top four languages native to Inner Mongolia are the Jin language, Northeastern Mandarin, varieties of Mongolian dialects, and Lanzhou-Ningxia Mandarin. [16] [17] [18] The majority of Mongols, and almost all Hans, opt to send their children to schools taught in Standard Mandarin, in recognition of the economic opportunities that would reap ...