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
Europe Iceland Justice Minister Jón Gunnarsson has proposed changes to the rules governing asylum seekers in Iceland, including implementation of systemic measures to encourage asylum seekers whose applications have been rejected to leave the country
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
Europe Moldova An awareness-raising and social mobilisation campaign against sexual violence was launched in Chisinau, organised by the United Nations Population Fund of Moldova with the government and the organisation La Strada
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 Vanuatu A new oxygen facility at Vila Central Hospital, that greatly increases the country's access to life-saving medical oxygen, has been inaugurated by Vanuatu's Ministry of Health, WHO and the European Union
Africa South Africa The world's largest rhino herd is about to be auctioned off in South Africa, as the owner ran out of money after 30 years
Europe Lithuania Aurimas Valujavičius, a Lithuanian traveller, completed his four-month journey across the Atlantic Ocean in a single rowboat on Tuesday
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
Europe Switzerland Swiss Employers' Union presented an action plan to deal with the shortage of labour (120.000 workers), in particular skilled workers, requiring, besides the adoption of incentives, an extension of the employment rate and a flexibilisation of working hours
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
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
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
Oceania Nauru A second smart home to a family in Menen was handed over by the the Secretary of the Ministry of Infrastructure on behalf of the Government