Oceania Fiji A vacancy notice for the post of Director of Public Prosecutions has been posted by the Judicial Services Commission, inviting applications from suitably qualified local and overseas candidates to head Fiji's independent prosecuting authority
Africa Benin The 50th World Pétanque Championships Benin 2023 are being held from in Cotonou and will end on Sunday 17 September
Africa Angola National Bank of Angola announced new rules for granting loans to financial institutions through "adequate and sufficient guarantees" and taking corrective measures when necessary, establishing a 180-day repayment period
America Bahamas Baha Mar, one of the Caribbean's leading luxury multi-service resort in Nassau, Bahamas, has revealed the full schedule for the Bahamas Culinary & Arts Festival to take place October 27-29, 2023
Europe Vatican City "Vatican House of Sports," the operational headquarters of Athletica Vaticana, official multi-sport association, will be blessed and inaugurated on Sept 20 by Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education
Europe Andorra Xavier Espot has proposed that municipal elections be held on Sunday 3 December to avoid coinciding with the Pont de la Puríssima, which sees three days of bank holiday from 7 to 9 December
Africa Zimbabwe Newly re-elected Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sworn in a new Cabinet; he appointed one of his sons and one of his grandsons to deputy ministerial posts
Europe Norway Two opposition parties, the national-conservative and centre-right parties, won the local elections, defeating the centre-left Labour for the first time in 99 years
Oceania Vanuatu Residents of Ohlen Whitewood in Port Vila have established a committee to address social issues and oversee community projects
Europe Malta Property sales fell by almost 25% last month compared to August 2022, according to data from the Office of National Statistics, following a downward trend in sales this year compared to last year
Europe Bulgaria Parliament rejected amendments to the Law on Direct Participation introduced by 'Vazrazhdane', which proposed that any parliamentary group, regardless of its size, can submit proposals for holding a referendum
Asia Bahrain Hundreds of prisoners have suspended their month-long hunger strike in Bahrain just ahead of a visit by the crown prince to the United States to see if promised changes materialize
Asia Laos To boost domestic production and counter current economic challenges, the Bank of Laos has allocated 4,5 trillion Lao kroner (around €200 million) for a credit policy to support local businesses
Asia China The government denied a report indicating a ban on iPhones and other foreign-branded devices among government officials, while noting that government officials had identified possible security problems with Apple devices