Trending on X, 10 AM: Mongolian Pride Day, D. Sodnom, film fund, OTP Bank, Jonon, Krakow, Braže

Below are the seven topics Mongolian users discussed on X between 06:00 and 10:15 on November 10. On the morning of Mongolian Pride Day, which marks the 864th anniversary of the birth of Chinggis Khaan, holiday greetings, the ceremony on Sükhbaatar Square and cuts to the state film fund drew the most attention. Topics from earlier roundups are repeated only when there is a new development. Engagement figures are as of 10:20.

1. Mongolian Pride Day: State Flag raised and Nine White Banners honored on Sükhbaatar Square (new development)

Yesterday's roundup covered preparations for the holiday; this morning the official ceremonies began. According to the official account of the State Great Khural (parliament), the State Flag was raised and the ceremony honoring the Nine White Banners was held on Sükhbaatar Square to mark the 864th anniversary of the birth of Chinggis Khaan and Mongolian Pride Day. UBn.mn reported that a special honorary session of parliament began at 10:00. Mongolian National Broadcaster (MNB) reported that President U. Khurelsukh has decreed this year's Order of Chinggis Khaan for the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, to be presented today at the State Palace. A 2012 presidential decree set Chinggis Khaan's birthday as the first day of the first winter month of the lunar calendar, and the day has been a public holiday since then. The most-engaged post of the morning was a bilingual holiday greeting from U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia Richard Buangan.

2. MP B. Enkhbayar shares photos with 93-year-old former Prime Minister D. Sodnom

MP B. Enkhbayar marked the holiday by sharing photos from a meeting with Dumaagiin Sodnom, Mongolia's 14th Prime Minister, now 93, praising his clear mind and memory; it was the most-viewed post of the window. Born in 1933 in Örgön, Dornogovi Province, Sodnom served as Minister of Finance from 1963 to 1969 and as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, the post of prime minister, from December 1984 to March 1990.

3. Filmmakers protest repeated cuts to the state film fund

Mongolian filmmakers held a press conference on November 9 and sent demands to Prime Minister N. Uchral and Minister of Culture, Sports, Tourism and Youth J. Aldarjavkhlan, protesting cuts to the Film Industry Support Fund for a second year in a row, LiveTV.mn reported. According to the filmmakers, the 2026 budget amendment removed MNT 3.3 billion of the fund's MNT 4 billion allocation, and the MNT 2 billion planned in the draft 2027 budget was also cut. They asked for an official response within five working days. On X, one user shared the reader comments under a report on the press conference, showing that public reaction was mixed. Read the full story: https://www.egov.mn/en/article/mongolian-filmmakers-protest-second-year-of-cuts-to-state-film-fund

4. Users discuss whether Hungary's OTP Bank could enter Mongolia's banking sector

One user wrote that Hungary's OTP Bank is interested in buying a Mongolian commercial bank rather than taking a small stake, and shared posts describing its shareholder structure and credit rating. There is no official announcement so far that OTP has decided to buy any Mongolian bank. MONTSAME reported that OTP representatives held an online meeting on February 4 with N. Uchral, then Speaker of Parliament, and Bank of Mongolia Governor S. Narantsogt, and said they could make a strategic investment if the Banking Law were revised. On June 29, the bank sent Prime Minister N. Uchral a formal letter of intent to open a branch in Mongolia. Capital Markets Mongolia also reported that the government's draft State Ownership Policy for 2027–2030, released for public consultation on November 5, aims for a full state exit from commercial banking and includes State Bank among the companies proposed for public listing.

5. Folk ensemble Jonon to hold 20th anniversary concert tomorrow

The national folk music group Jonon will hold its 20th anniversary concert at 20:00 on November 11 at the Corporate Convention Centre in Ulaanbaatar, according to Urlag.mn and HeyMongolia. On the holiday morning, one user shared the concert poster and wrote that the show will run for three hours.

6. Krakow attack: wounded officer's first words on waking were "Is Kuba alive?" (new development)

Earlier roundups covered the November 7 shooting on Krakow's Main Square in Poland. In the latest development, Artur Morański, the 27-year-old police officer seriously wounded while stopping the attacker, asked about his patrol partner Jakub Kulik, 24, who was also wounded, as soon as he woke from an induced coma after major surgery: "Is Kuba alive?" Polish outlets including Rzeczpospolita, TVN24 and Onet reported that the words were made public by Jan Golba, mayor of Muszyna near the officer's home village, and by Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Krakow Mayor Łukasz Gibała said on Monday that Morański had been taken off the ventilator and his condition was improving. Six people were killed in the attack.

7. Latvian Foreign Minister Braže accuses Russia of genocide in Ukraine at the UN Security Council

Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže told a UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine on November 9 that Russia is committing genocide in Ukraine, according to Latvia's Foreign Ministry, LSM and BB.LV. She said Russia's actions match the definition in Article 2 of the Genocide Convention. A Mongolian user shared a translated video of the remarks. This is Latvia's position, not a ruling by an international court.

Methodology: We ranked posts from about 200 major news and influential accounts found through X search, plus more than 50 keyword searches, by an engagement score (likes + 2× reposts + views/100), and checked the facts against news sites. Posts that could not be verified or that carried a risk of defamation were left out. Views expressed by individuals on X do not represent the position of egov.mn.