Africa Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa signed into law constitutional changes that extend his time in office to 2030; new legislation, approved by Parliament last month, also introduces a provision allowing presidents to be elected by lawmakers instead of direct public vote
Europe Greece Ministry officials and shipyard workers' representatives agreed to increased safety measures at shipyards over the summer, following a fatal accident during repair work on a ship
Africa Eritrea 50 tonnes of dates to the country are a gift from the Saudi government through the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre
Europe Croatia In the area of the Little Croatia Park in Krakow there is the only Croatian Stars Avenue in the world, where there are stars with the names of famous Croats or Poles with Croatian roots; this year 8 new stars were inaugurated
Asia Laos The Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare plans to provide training and employment to more than 300.000 workers nationwide
Oceania Fiji Fiji Public Service Commission has announced the appointment of 11 permanent secretaries, agreed with Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, in areas such as Agriculture and Waterways, Education, Public Enterprises, Employment, Foreign Affairs and Immigration
Africa Djibouti The 18th Somali police training course, conducted by the Italian Carabinieri, concluded with a ceremony at the Idriss Farah Abaneh Police Academy in Djibouti
Africa Lesotho Samsung has recently relaunched the Customer Care Centre in Maseru to provide customers with much-needed after-sales service and convenience; moved to its current location, it should be more easily accessible
Africa Madagascar Civil society organisations have raised the alarm over the RN2 motorway construction work, denouncing the lack of public consultation and asking the authorities to suspend the work to allow for a prior and inclusive public debate
Africa Nigeria The first electric buses for public transport, made by Chinese manufacturer Yutong, will soon circulate in Lagos; governor of Lagos State stated that it is "in line with state's aspiration to become a modernised and mechanised megacity"
Asia East Timor The government signed the contract for the redevelopment and expansion of Dili airport
Asia Kazakhstan National Atomic Company Kazatomprom has launched the Murager social programme of scholarships to support school, high school and university students, to contribute to high quality education and the promotion of technical degrees
Europe Denmark Following a series of cases highlighting the inadequacy of cancer treatment, the government presented a large sum of money, approximately 5 billion kroner, to strengthen the health care system, a large part of which was earmarked for cancer treatment
Asia Jordan On Thursday 1 June, people who traveled from Amman's Queen Alia International Airport in Jordan got a 'Celebrating Al Hussein' a celebrating day of the Royal Wedding