Asia Syria Germany's Ministry of Transport lifted the landing ban and normalized passenger traffic with Syria from 27 July 2026, thus opening to direct flights Düsseldorf-Damascus today 29 July, Berlin Brandenburg-Damascus and Cologne/Bonn-Aleppo on 1 August
Oceania Tuvalu Democracy and loyalty are the reasons why the new PM preferred Taiwan to Beijing, he declared
Europe Monaco Monegasque Red Cross announced a record number of rescuers trained in Monaco last year: 700 volunteers
Asia Singapore The Singapore Tourism Development Fund will receive $300 million to be spent on a rejuvenation of existing tourism offerings, support for the training of tourism workers and intellectual development of local tourism businesses
Asia Syria The Islamic State has reportedly killed a number of Syrian government forces soldiers in the last 48 hours in central Syria, at a time when ISIS is escalating its attacks in the country
Oceania Tonga 81,5% of Tongan women over the age of 20 suffer from obesity; the figure makes Tonga first in the world ranking for women suffering from obesity according to a study published by Lancet medical journal
Europe United Kingdom A seven-year-old girl died after a small boat trying to reach the English Channel, and UK, capsized in northern France; the country continues its investment of millions of pounds to send refugees to Rwanda
Asia Turkmenistan The 'Oguz Han' Science and Technology Centre will be opened by the Turkmenistan Academy of Sciences to develop products in the fields of innovative nanotechnology, biotechnology and information
Europe North Macedonia FDI inflows to North Macedonia amounted to €616,7m in 2023, 17% less than the previous year, according to data from the central bank
Asia Turkey Around 20.000 tourists entered Turkey's ports in January on 18 cruise ships, the Ministry of Transport announced: it is the highest number of cruise ship passengers visiting the country for the month of January since January 2011
Asia Uzbekistan A new project to support Uzbekistan's capacity to prevent, detect and respond to public and animal health threats was launched by USAID, in collaboration with FAO and the Veterinary and Livestock Development Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Europe Sweden With Sweden's entry into NATO after Hungary's ratification, the more than two centuries of neutrality of the country, which fought its last war in 1814, comes to an end
Oceania Vanuatu The Government of Vanuatu will pay VT 10.103.130 (€76.941)for damages suffered by Vanuatu Ferry Limited after it refused entry to Port Vila of one of its vessels and crew members under the State of Emergency Regulation Order 2020
Europe Romania The country officially rejected the request submitted by Chinese telecommunications group Huawei for the use of its equipment in the 5G network in Romania