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
Africa Gambia The Independent Electoral Commission will begin nominations of candidates for the upcoming mayoral and presidential elections today
Europe Croatia Edward Norton, the famous American actor and director, will take part in the third edition of the Ponta Lopud Film Festival on the island of Lopud, near Dubrovnik, from 20 to 26 June 2023, where he will hold lectures and workshops
Africa Cape Verde Naviera Armas Cabo Verde has reported that it is 'actively collaborating' with the local authorities to elaborate on a new cargo tariff with a 'better balance' to be applied on the São Vicente/Santo Antão route
Europe Liechtenstein Due to the weaknesses of the current system, emergency doctor assignments should be reorganised and operations outsourced to a relief organisation in a neighbouring country
Asia Laos Laotian athletes paraded with a flaming torch on Tuesday to promote the upcoming 32nd Southeast Asian Games to be held in Cambodia from 5-17 May
Africa Sao Tome and Principe West African Coastal Areas Resilience Investment Project started the construction of a school in the community of Micoló, Lobata district, in a World Bank-funded climate change mitigation project in coastal regions
Africa Togo The new market in Kara was inaugurated by President Faure Gnassingbé as part of a one-day tour to celebrate Togo's 63rd anniversary of independence
Asia Turkey The government is planning to appoint 45.000 contract teachers in the coming period, President Erdoğan said, aiming at raising the quality of education in the country to a level that will be an example to the rest of the world
Oceania Tonga 96th interscholastic athletics competition in Tonga began on 24 April at the Teufaiva Stadium, back to normal after the pandemic with over 10 secondary and middle schools from Tongatapu and some of the outer islands taking part
Asia Kazakhstan The national atomic company Kazatomprom received a state registration certificate for a new company Taiqonyr Qyshqyl Zauyty to build a sulphuric acid plant in the Sozak district
Europe Norway Thousands of new Norwegian citizens filled Oslo's Spektrum arena on Sunday to be formally recognised and welcomed even though they lived in Norway for years, in one of many annual citizenship ceremonies
Europe Lithuania Aurimas Valujavičius, a Lithuanian traveller, completed his four-month journey across the Atlantic Ocean in a single rowboat on Tuesday