he next full moon is the beautiful May Flower Moon and it is expected to bloom this Thursday. 

Mongolian brothers in London, UK created a simulation mobile game with coronavirus killing missions during their quarantine time. L.Sansar, 11, and L.Ulziit, 9, named the game “2020 AR War” and put it on their website www.pixel-ed-gaming.com and App Store. AR stands for Augmented Reality.

An English edition of “Secret History of the Mongols” audio book was placed in the Library of Congress, which is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the national library and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States, on March 2.

Four-time World Champion and State Honored Athlete G.Ugalztsetseg competed in Arnold Classic 2020 with her daughter M.Moiloo from March 5 to 8 in Columbus, the USA.

Five Mongolian judokas coached by B.Batgerel competed in the Warsaw Europe Open 2020, held in Warsaw, Poland from February 29 to March 1.

The Hu has become one of the finalists for the Best International Breakthrough Band award of the fourth Heavy Music Award.

State-owned Mongolian Oil Refinery LLC announced its intentions to commence assembling work for the new oil refinery in Mongolia this spring.

Head of the Ulaanbaatar Council R.Dagva met with Ambassador of Poland in Mongolia Kshyshtof Boiko on February 19 to discuss cultural and political cooperation.

A new exhibition “Mongolia is far and near” opened at the State Darwin Museum in Russia, is attracting attention from Mongolian and Russian students, academics, researchers, and locals.

Mongolian athletes will participate in Ice Storm 2020 international extreme sport competition, set to be held on February 14 in Baikal Lake, Russia.

Traveling exhibition “Genghis Khan: Bring the Legend to Life” was launched on February 1 at Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.

The World Wide Fund for Nature Office in Mongolia and Saiga Conservation Alliance conducted a survey on the saiga population in January and registered 5,074 Saiga tatarica (Mongolian Saiga), an increase of over 1,000 compared with the same period of last year.

Delegates led by Minister of Environment and Tourism N.Tserenbat attended the second Asia Destination Film Forum, which aims to recognize the films that promote destinations through innovative and engaging storytelling, held in Bangkok, Thailand on January 30.

Mongolian baritone E.Amartuvshin has been nominated as the eighth Opera Star at the International Opera Awards.