Mongolia

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım arrived in the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar early on April 6 for a two-day visit.

From the Russian Federation, the holiday messages came from President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, and Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill.

From the People's Republic of China, Vucic received greetings from President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Keqiang.

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has boasted that the Mayor of Ulaanbaatar plans to pay a visit to Sofia to examine the construction of the Sofia subway.

Plevneliev is on an official visit to Mongolia.

A 5-meter-tall monument to the Cyrillic alphabet is to be unveiled by Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev during his visit to Mongolia on May 11.

Officials have confirmed Sereter Bat-Erdene was the son of former wrestler and Mongolian deputy Badmaanyambuugiin Bat-Erdene, while Sarengerel Dorilgjav was the daughter of Mongolian Justice Minister Cambii Dorilgjav. A young couple from Mongolia who were in Istanbul to spend Valentine's Day has drowned in the Bosphorus.

Raul Crisan has been living in Zaragoza, Spain for less than four years, where he works in online marketing; in the second part of July, he will embark on a trek that will take him to the Mongol Rally, a charity rally seeking to raise funds this year for the British environmental group CoolEarth.

Some left because they wanted to travel upon a bike named Doyle and stories to tell, others because they wanted to live the adventure and fish on the road there, while others to enjoy a seven-week break from work, and some blaming mid-life crisis.