The flag of Mongolia is a vertical tricolour with two reds at in sides and a blue in the middle, with the Soyombo symbol defacing the left red stripe. The blue stripe is described as the eternal blue sky and the red stripes symbolise thriving forever. The Soyombo symbol is a geometric abstraction that represents fire, sun, moon, earth, water, and a round shape as dualist aspect. The current flag was adopted on January 12, 1992, with the current official colour standards since July 8, 2011. Prior to that, the flag had a communist star above the Soyombo during the final 47 years of the Mongolian People's Republic.
The following are the public holidays in Mongolia and other special days.
The Ebu Gogo are a group of human-like creatures that appear in the mythology of Flores, Indonesia. In the Nage language of central Flores, ebu means "grandmother" and gogo means "he who eats anything". A colloquial English equivalent might be something like "old glutton".
Theodore Raymond "T. R." Knight is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Dr. George O'Malley on the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy. Having acted on stage since the age of five, Knight had starred on Broadway, off-Broadway, and theatre productions in his home state of Minnesota. He received a Drama Desk Award nomination for his performance in MCC Theater's Scattergood in 2003.
Gogo's Crazy Bones are small, collectible figurines that became a popular fad during the late 1990s through the 2000s. They are produced by Spanish company Magic Box Int., and PPI Worldwide Group, the sole distributor in North America.
Gogo Inc. is a provider of in-flight broadband Internet service and other connectivity services for commercial and business aircraft, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. 16 airlines partner with Gogo to provide in-flight WiFi, including British Airways, Aer Lingus, Iberia, Gol linhas aereas, Aeromexico, American Airlines, Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Japan Airlines, JTA, United Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Vietnam Airlines and Virgin Atlantic. Gogo Inc. is a holding company, operating through its two subsidiaries, Gogo LLC and Aircell Business Aviation Services LLC. According to Gogo, over 2,500 commercial aircraft and 6,600 business aircraft have been equipped with its onboard Wi-Fi services. The company is also the developer of 2Ku, the new in-flight Wi-Fi technology.
All visitors to Mongolia require a visa unless they come from one of the visa exempt countries.
Paul Roland Gogo, known as Gogo, is a Canadian rock-and-roll keyboard player, and multi-instrumentalist, best known for being the keyboardist of the Canadian rock band Trooper. His career has also included stints with rock vocalist Paul Laine.
Nomin talst was a Mongolian boy band who was originally made up of D. Batsükh /also known as "Sükhee" Монгол: Сүхээ/, A. Khayankhyarwaa /also known as "Khayanaa" Монгол: Хаянаа/, T.Delgermörön /also known as "Deegii" Монгол: Дээгий/ and T.Khangerel /also known as "Khaazaa" Монгол: Хаазаа/. The group's name is a combination of the names "Nomin" and "Talst". In 2000, Nomin talst released their album, Gerel suuder /features the title track "Gerel süüder"/. Nomin talst performed a final concert at the "UB Palace" in Ulaanbaatar on 27, 28 November 2007. Khayanaa joined the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) in 2004.
Raheem Shaquille Sterling is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger and attacking midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City and the England national team.
Bucie is a South African R&B and house singer. Her 2014 "Easy To Love" single peaked at number 9 on South Africa's official music chart.
Melissa Viviane Jefferson, known professionally as Lizzo, is an American singer, songwriter and rapper. She is a founding member of indie hip hop groups The Chalice, Grrrl Prty, The Clerb, Ellypseas, and Absynthe. Her debut album, Lizzobangers, was released in 2013. She released her second album, Big Grrrl Small World, in 2015.
Montsame is the official state owned news agency of Mongolia. Montsame is an acronym for Mongolyn Tsakhilgaan Medee Mongolian: Монголын Цахилгаан Мэдээ, or Mongolian Electronic News. It was founded in 1921. It has permanent correspondents in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolian aimag centers, Beijing, and Moscow.
Anu Namshir born April 12, 1991 is a Mongolian model, graphic designer and beauty pageant titleholder who represented Mongolia at the Miss International 2013, Miss Manzhouli 2014, World Bikini Model 2015, Asian Star Model 2015 Supermodel International 2015, Miss World 2015, Miss Tourism Queen International 2016 pageant. She won the Miss Mongolia 2013 title and was later crowned as World Bikini Model International 2014 and Miss Manzhouli 2014 (winner) in China, Asian Star Model 2015 Supermodel International 2015 (winner) in Korea and Miss World Mongolia 2015. And then she represented Mongolia in the Miss World 2015. On September 26, 2016 she was crowned Miss Tourism Queen International 2016 and awarded Miss Charity. And then December 1, 2016, she has participated first in Goyol 2017 which was organized by Mongolian Designers Association annually was awarded "Photo Model". She worked at Mongolia's Next Top Model show 14th number representing Z24 online ticket reservation through Z24 face.
The Military ranks of Mongolia are the military insignia used by the Mongolian Armed Forces and other military organisations such as Border defense troops, Internal troops, National emergency management agency, General executive agency of Court decision, General intelligence agency, and the State special security department. While Mongolia is a landlocked country, it possessed a small brown-water navy, made up of 7 men, which meant it was the smallest navy in the world. Since 1997, the navy has been privatized, and offers tours on the lake to cover expenses.
State Flag Day is the main state holiday in Mongolia. This date is celebrated annually on July 10. State Flag Day is annually celebrated with a military parade and a flag raising ceremony on Chinggis Square.
David Low is a Singaporean former footballer. He is mostly for his peripatetic career which has taken him to 11 different countries, including Singapore and sees retired American footballer Jay DeMerit as an inspiration.
The second season of Mongolia's Next Top Model premiered on 6 October 2018 on Edutainment TV. This is the second season of the series to be hosted by former model Nora Dagva.
The 2019 Mongolian constitutional crisis started with the Mongolian Parliament adopting an unprecedented law on March 27, 2019 empowering the National Security Council of Mongolia to recommend the dismissal of judges, prosecutors and the head of the Anti-Corruption Agency. The law, proposed by President Khaltmaagiin Battulga, was ratified by a majority of the ruling Mongolian People's Party which holds 65 out of 76 seats in the State Great Khural. The opposition Democratic Party as well as a minority of MPP parliamentarians and a number of previous members of parliament and prominent lawyers have criticized the law as undermining Mongolia's constitutional separation of powers between the legislature, executive branch and judiciary and threatening Mongolia's democracy.
Ulambayar "Uka" Davaa is a Mongolian singer, actress, and TV personality. Born into a family of eight, she first gained attention as a member of an all-girl group "Kiwi" in 2004. With her trademark blonde hair, and unorthodox dance moves, she was often the face of the group. After her band went inactive in 2014, she pursued a solo career. She has since release four studio albums, "I am in love" (2015), "11.06" (2015), "Hug-Jim" (2017), and "Don't Stop" (2018).
