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
America Guatemala Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan has invited President Alejandro Giammattei to deliver a speech when he visits the nation next month, as he has described their bilateral ties as “unbreakable” and how “Taiwan is the only and the real China to the country”
Europe Iceland Updates to digital payment systems caused confusion over the weekend, when many Icelandic consumers were overcharged for a number everyday purchases
Africa Central African Republic The Central African delegation attending the annual Spring 2023 meetings of the international financial institutions has stepped up advocacy meetings with consultations with Islamic and Arab donors
Europe France On the occasion of his recent state visit to the People's Republic of China, President Macron has been criticized for publicly ignoring the deteriorating human rights situation in China, as happened during his last visit in 2019
America Honduras President Xiomara Castro met with Cuban Minister of Education Ena Elsa Velázquez to discuss the support that Cuba is offering to Honduras to eradicate illiteracy, including the Cuban professionals that are currently teaching to over 30.000 Hondurans
Africa Gabon For more than 20 years, Gabonese loggers have been trying to meet the environmental criteria set by the international community; according to them, the new rules on padouk exports were adopted without taking into account the reality on the ground
Africa Gambia In an effort to ensure a better understanding of the national intangible cultural heritage, the National Centre for Arts and Culture recently organised a training in collaboration with UNESCO
Asia Jordan The Petra Light Festival, the first digital art festival in Jordan, will be open tomorrow through 3 May; three 3D mapping shows across the Treasury's façade are planned each evening, each performance lasting around 90 minutes
Asia Maldives Maldivian has revealed it has received the necessary subsidies tonly once in 2019, thus not being able to lower domestic fares
Asia Kazakhstan The Aenoica science project, developed by Almaty school students Ramazan Amre and Symbat Barsagazy, won the NASA space settlement competition, the Kazakh Ministry of Education reported
Africa eSwatini Saqr Ghobash, President of the Federal National Council, and Lindiwe Dlamini, President of the Eswatini Senate, discussed ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation in various vital areas
Europe Kosovo The foundation stone of the Kosovo Cadastral Agency building was laid by Prime Minister Albin Kurti, who emphased that the reconstruction of the cadastre and digital transformation are a high priority