America Cuba International investors can now build and fully own tourism facilities: to reverse the dramatic fall in tourism, authorities have eliminated the requirement for foreign groups to form a joint venture with the Cuban state to manage their tourism activities
Asia Syria The UN World Food Programme said it will end its main assistance programme in January in war-torn Syria, where more than 12 million people do not have regular access to enough food
Europe North Macedonia The government of North Macedonia adopted the ninth anti-crisis package, allocating €662 million to mitigate economic challenges, with 26 social security measures designed to provide targeted assistance to vulnerable citizens and businesses
Europe Sweden Conditions for family migration and issuance of residence permits for humanitarian reasons will be restricted; the limit for denying a family permit passes from 18 to 21 years to prevent forced marriages, providing greater protection for vulnerable people
Asia Armenia It is necessary to regulate at the legislative level the issue of citizens' right to self-defence through the use of arms, announced Vilen Gabrielyan, deputy of ruling Civil Contract Faction and author of the package of bills to regulate the arms trade
Europe San Marino The President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella, will today pay a State Visit to San Marino accompanied by a highly qualified Delegation and will be met with a strict security protocol
America Belize A 17% surge in vegetable costs, particularly fresh produce, contributed to an overall food category inflation rate of 11,5%, as per the Statistical Institute of Belize
Africa Mozambique Additional 28 fully-funded scholarships from Partnership with Ocean Countries Programme for students in Mozambique and Senegal has been launched by the Association of Commonwealth Universities and the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture
Europe Estonia The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications wants to quadruple the annual quota of immigrant workers from third countries to alleviate labour shortages, but unions say an analysis is needed to make sure the move does not suppress wage growth
Africa Nigeria An $80 million loan from the African Development Bank will finance Ekiti Knowledge Zone project in Nigeria to promote digital innovation and entrepreneurship, generate 26.000 jobs and bring about $14 million a year in net economic benefits
Asia Kazakhstan The East Kazakhstan region is preparing to build a water reservoir on the Kenderlik River and to reconstruct two more reservoirs in Uideninskiy and Kandysu; 40% of the country's reservoirs are concentrated in the region
Africa South Sudan Former NBA player Luol Deng's foundation inaugurated the NBA Junior League and a new basketball court in South Sudan, setting the stage for the tournament early next year
Asia Singapore The government has proposed to allow Housing and Development Board households to own up to two cats per flat, thus reversing the 34-year ban on owning cats in public flats
Europe Montenegro The population census began on Sunday, after the scheduled date was postponed several time for the demand by opposition parties for the completion of all the conditions of the agreement signed between the opposition and the prime minister for the census