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 Central African Republic The country's first asphalt mixing plant was inaugurated in the municipality of Begoua, built to improve the country's roads; the capacity of the Bozere-Bali asphalt plant is estimated at 150 tonnes of bitumen per hour
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 Eritrea Around the hospital in Halibet, the Ministry - through its local branch- has created a model farm, where organic fertilisers, both liquid and solid, are applied, and crops of wheat, potatoes and pulses are rotated
Africa Guinea-Bissau An Ecowas communiqué 'strongly condemns the violence and all attempts to disrupt the constitutional order and the rule of law in Guinea-Bissau', calling for 'the arrest and prosecution of the perpetrators'
Africa Ethiopia Trócaire's Christmas Appeal aims to bring children displaced by the conflict back home, more than a year after the peace agreement that ended two years of war in the Tigray region
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 Latvia The energy commodities trader and convenience store network AS Virši-A will, from 20 November to 6 January, donate 3 cents in support of SOS Children's Villages for every hot coffee drink purchased in the special SOS Children's Villages cups
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
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
America Bolivia Manuel Rocha, former US Ambassador to Bolivia, has been formally charged with serving as a secret agent for Cuban intelligence for decades, allegedly meeting with Cuban intelligence agents and providing false information to US officials about his travels
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
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 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