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 Uzbekistan President Mirziyoyev signed a decree granting the country's tour operators subsidies of $20 to $100 per foreign visitor, starting 1 January 2024, to increase the number of visitors from selected countries
Africa Senegal Planting five million trees in the next three years in Casamance is the ambitious project launched by several environmental actors, with the goal of halting coastal erosion and the advance of salt tongue that threaten the southern coastline
Africa Madagascar The filing of nominations for the 9 November presidential election opens today 23 August and potential candidates will have until 6 September to submit their nomination files to the High Constitutional Court in Ambohidahy
Europe Luxembourg Citizens are being urged to join the fight against blue algae, a danger to humans and animals, by collecting data via an app designed by the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology and the Water Management Agency
Asia Nepal Rains are putting people on alert for water contamination and food poisoning, with doctors advising them to make sure their food and drinking water is safe before consuming it
Europe Greece Dozens of patients from the Alexandroupolis General University Hospital were evacuated on a ferry as wild fires in the area raged unchecked for the fourth day
Africa Burkina Faso Hugues Fabrice Zango made history yesterday by winning his nation's first gold medal at the World Athletics Championships with victory in the triple jump, leaping 17,64 meters
Europe Czech Republic According to the latest Deloitte Property Index, the Czech Republic is the second cheapest country in Europe to own a home, with an average of 13 gross annual salaries needed to buy a 70 square metre property; last year it was ranked the worst
Europe Ireland The housing organisation, Respond, is on track to triple the number of social and low-cost rental houses under construction, reaching over 4.100 in the coming months
Europe Hungary 42 new school buses run by the Rákóczi Association are coming to help children from Romanian region of Transylvania attend Hungarian schools in cooperation with the Cluj School Foundation
Asia Turkey 4.630 fire-fighting basins and ponds have been built around several forest areas for rapid water supply to enable more effective intervention in case of wild fires
Asia Iraq National Data Center at the General Secretariat of the Cabinet was inaugurated by Prime Minister, a significant step in the country's digital evolution
Europe Liechtenstein The ground-breaking ceremony took place for the 130-room business hotel in the Eschner industrial 'business park', which should be able to receive its first guests in two years' time