Europe Slovenia Anti-establishment populist party leader and current Parliament Speaker, Zoran Stevanović, is pushing to hold a national referendum on withdrawing from NATO and is strictly opposing the government's financial and military aid packages to Ukraine
Europe Andorra Apartment prices continue to rise and sales fall, with Estadistica's report showing that the price rose 15% in the last quarter
Oceania Australia Australia Post has launched Australia Post Metro, a new delivery service for peak season with speed and greater security in online shopping; data suggests 68% of online shoppers are likely to abandon shopping cart if they feel delivery method is too slow
Europe Greece July 2023 was the hottest month in central Athens since 1863, according to data from the National Observatory; the average 24-hour temperature in July this year was 31,3 degrees Celsius, the highest ever recorded by the observatory
Africa Mauritius A Yorkshire family has raised over £3.000 to fly a blind stray puppy from Mauritius to the UK after falling in love with him on vacation
Oceania Micronesia The annual meeting of the Joint Committee of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command officials and representatives of the Federated States of Micronesia took place in Kosrae
Africa Algeria Algerian citizens submitted 239.927 visa applications to French consulates in 2022, of which 115.807 or 64,5%, were rejected
Africa Gambia The leader of the main opposition United Democratic Party has advised President Adama Barrow to launch an investigation into the Independence Stadium renovation contract
Asia Kazakhstan The Ministry of Energy has confirmed the purchase of certain types of fuel from Russia in view of fuel consumption forecasts, including high demand in AI-95 gasoline for the vacation season
Europe Iceland The city of Ísafjörður has announced plans to introduce an environmental rating system for cruise ships next year after increasing numbers of vessels raised pollution issues for the community
Asia East Timor A state-of-the-art early warning system for a range of climate-related disasters that should be operational around 2026 is being built with the support of the United Nations Environment Program
Asia Cambodia The Department of Monument Preservation and Preventive Archaeology of the APSARA National Authority is carrying out repairs to the north door of the second level of the Eastern Mebon temple, which has fallen into a state of disrepair
Asia Azerbaijan World-renowned opera singer Yusif Eyvazov will perform in Austria on September 6 in the role of Alfredo in Giuseppe Verdi's "La Traviata"
America Cuba The Belgium-based humanitarian project Sovereign Cuba sent three suitcases with a total of 60 kilograms of medicines and supplies for the Cuban health sector