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
Africa Burkina Faso The 29th Pan-African Film and Television Festival in Ouagadougou will be held between 22 February and 1 March 2025 and will have the Republic of Chad as guest of honour, announced Burkina Faso's Deputy Minister of Communications and Culture
Asia United Arab Emirates Mini home farms have a huge impact on psychological well-being and family unity, health and organic farming experts said, urging Emirati residents to grow one in their own home
Europe Sweden Approximately 62.000 people are active or have connections to criminal networks in Sweden, according to recent Police estimate
Asia Palestine Calligrapher and photojournalist Bilal Khaled left a 'message to the world' through a large mural he painted on a building in Rafah, entitled 'Buried Dreams'; since 7 October, over 12.400 Palestinian children are estimated to have been killed in strikes
Europe Vatican City Meeting Italian seminarians, Pope Francis recently reminded that the Church is an 'open building site, constantly on the move, overcoming the temptation to preserve itself and its own interests'
Asia Philippines The 4th Philippine International Dive Expo, to be held at the World Trade Centre in Pasay City, is aimed at facilitating new partnerships for the development of the country's diving industry
America Belize The European Union has removed Belize, The Bahamas, and the Turks and Caicos Islands from the EU blacklist of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes
America Chile Chile's Court has ordered the reopening of the investigation into the death of poet Pablo Neruda; the court aims to determine if Neruda, originally thought to have died of prostate cancer, was actually poisoned by a secret agent of the dictatorship
Europe Andorra The municipality of Andorra la Vella has announced that it will no longer cover the absence of workers; until now it directly assumed the holiday supplement of up to 100% of the salary
Europe Romania The ninth edition of the Odesa International Literature Festival has started in Bucharest; since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the event has been organised in cities in the Black Sea region in order not to cancel the event
Asia Singapore Singapore hotels and airlines report a surge of up to 30% in regional demand in anticipation of the arrival of American pop star Taylor Swift, who will stop in Singapore for six sold-out shows
Europe Moldova A grant agreement worth €5,4 million was signed between Moldova and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for the financing of investments to develop infrastructure in the field of solid waste management