Asia East Timor A youth special dialogue was held in Dili; promoted at ministerial level, the event titled "Youth Empowerment with Strong Character for Peace Building and State and Nation Building" involved hundreds of young people promoting their commitment
Africa Equatorial Guinea The delegation from Equatorial Guinea won two of the top international awards in the Regional Workshop “Women and Future Projects in the Congo Basin” held in Libreville, a key regional platform for promoting women's leadership in the agri-food sector
Africa Ghana The Accra New Town Experimental School building collapsed, resulting in two deaths and 20 injured; the frequency of similar episodes, at least 5 since 2023, draws attention to the safety of construction and the need of proper structural assessments
Europe Greece Citizens in Athens have started to receive the first traffic fines issued with a new automatic system that generates fines from artificial intelligence-equipped fixed and bus-mounted cameras
Europe Denmark PM Frederiksen's Social Democrats, in power since 2019, won the most votes in general election with weakest performance since 1903; with 21,9% the party has the most seats, but her left-wing grouping hasn't reached the 90 seats needed to form a majority
America Dominica A national consultation has been announced to bring greater focus and clarity on the impact of Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases, the leading cause of death in Dominica in the past 15 years and a threat to the country’s productivity and economic survival
Asia Azerbaijan The “Absheron” Battery Energy Storage Center of the AzerEnergy Open Joint-Stock Company has been inaugurated; with 50 accumulator batteries and 13 inverter containers, it can reach full charge or discharge in two hours
America Guatemala Three-day operations targeting violence against women resulted in 76 arrests and over 200 investigations into cases of violence against women and children; operations were conducted by the Public Prosecutor's Office and the National Civil Police
Africa Botswana RDC Properties, a property giant listed locally, sold assets for over P216 million (€13 million) of non-core assets to improve portfolio quality and reposition for a tighter economic environment strengthening its balance sheet
America Grenada Grenada has been added to the Women, Peace and Security Index issued by the Georgetown Institute and data included in the latest report for the first time
Europe Estonia Smoke from a fire at Russia's Port of Ust-Luga was visible in Ida-Viru County over the weekend; although a change in wind direction may carry the smoke into Estonia, experts do not consider it a serious health risk for local residents
Africa Gabon Digital driving licenses have started to replace the old cardboard format, more vulnerable to document fraud; The initiative, spearheaded by the Ministry of Transport, is part of a broader process of modernizing the public administration.
Africa Niger The process for establishing the AES biometric national identity card has been officially launched by the President of the Republic, Head of State, General Abdourahamane Tiani, who personally registering for it in a symbolic gesture
Oceania New Zealand Tens of thousands of people attended the annual rock and car festival Beach Hop in Whangamatā; the Beach Hop, established in 2000, has degenerated in 2026 into cases of unsuitable behavior that brought to 30 arrests, more than in the last years combined