Europe Italy Giorgia Meloni's government became the longest since Italy became a republic after WWII: the first led by a woman, it lasted 1.413 days as of 4 September, one more than Silvio Berlusconi's 2nd; premier said stability isn't a record, but a key for planning
Africa Tunisia The Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights announced the launch of a multifunctional digital platform called 'Al-Forum' to systematically collect and document all digital content related to social protests and civic action
Africa Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tomé and Príncipe won the award for the world's best chocolate at the Paris trade fair for Diogo Vaz chocolate
Asia Taiwan The four presidential candidates have all proposed policies on Taiwan's energy future, with broad agreement on the importance of renewable energy but considerable disagreement on whether Taiwan should continue to use nuclear power and in what form
Europe Liechtenstein A special stamp was presented at the Regional Museum on the occasion of Liechtenstein's chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
Oceania Papua New Guinea The Papua New Guinea Department of Information and Communications Technology's cyber security team recently conducted a crucial awareness session at the Port Moresby National High School
Asia Sri Lanka The country has started planning to recruit graduate teachers and teaching assistants to fill vacancies in Tamil language schools
Europe North Macedonia The Commission for Elections and Appointments appointed Marija Janiceska as Director of the Technical Operations Agency
Oceania Kiribati The Kiribati President downplayed the chances of his country concluding a treaty with Australia similar to the historic pact signed last week with Tuvalu
Asia Maldives President Solih awarded the Most Distinguished Foreign Service Medal to the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Khaleel, and to the Foreign Secretary, Latheef, after a long period of service in the Foreign Service, 41 years in the case of Khaleel
Asia Qatar HMC's emergency departments received more than 700.000 visits in 2022; efforts to improve the level of care resulted in a reduction of waiting time for patients to be seen by a doctor to less than one hour after arrival
Asia Tajikistan A sudden spike in petrol and liquefied natural gas prices has led to an increase in public transport fares in some regions of Tajikistan, up to a 25% rise in shared minibus taxi fares in Khorog
Africa Kenya Paul Mackenzie, the Kenyan holy man suspected of leading the hunger cult and being responsible for the deaths of over 400 people, was found guilty on separate charges
Europe Hungary An international migration research network involving five research institutes from three continents will be established in Budapest