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 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
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
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 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
Asia Kyrgyzstan Reconstruction of Sharipa Isabekova Park in Chaek village, Jumgal district is planned, with the master plan completed and development of the project and cost estimates underway
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
Europe Lithuania Teachers will organise a warning strike on 15 September and, if the desired results are not achieved, they will also strike on 29 September, the Lithuanian Education Employees' Union announced
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 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
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 Switzerland 90 goods trains a day will be able to travel through the Gotthard Base Tunnel from today, but repair work following a freight train derailment on August 10 will take months, the federal railways says, confirming support from neighboring Italy