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
Asia Taiwan Taiwan's ban on Canadian meat from cows slaughtered past 30 months old is likely to prove a major stumbling block in ongoing bilateral trade negotiations
Africa Chad The organisation Sos eléphants du Tchad publicly denounced the resumption of elephant poaching in the country, calling on the authorities to take "firm measures" to prevent these activities
Africa Zambia The Minister of Finance and National Planning had a meeting with the outgoing World Bank Group President to discuss the debt crisis
America Costa Rica The government has passed a law that prohibits the marketing and free delivery of plastic bags and straws, and limits the use of plastic bottles
Europe Slovakia The tradition of lignite - or brown coal - mining in and around Prievidza, the Upper Nitra valley, will come to an end this year after more than 110 years
Oceania Tuvalu 'The fight to exist' is the leit motiv of the interview Simon Kofe, currently Tuvalu's Minister of Justice, Communications and Foreign Affairs, recently gave discussing the nation's difficult future
Africa Mali It will take nine to twelve months to withdraw German soldiers from Mali, a withdrawal that 'does not end development aid' from the Berlin government
Asia Sri Lanka The country confirmed its commitment to continue to deal with all creditor nations and other stakeholders in a transparent manner, based on the principle of comparable treatment
America Colombia The country has partnered up with Panama and the US to launch a campaign aimed at halting illegal migration through the Darien Gap, where tens of thousands of migrants pass every year, mainly by offering other legal pathways instead of irregular migration
Africa Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa will attend the coronation ceremony of King Charles III in London; British Ambassador in Harare met Mnangagwa to make arrangements for his trip to the UK
Asia Thailand Nine parliamentary party list candidates and one prime ministerial candidate have been disqualified from voting on 14 May after the Election Commission declared them ineligible
Asia Turkey An action plan to neutralize threats posed by harmful invasive species affecting aquatic biological diversity in terrestrial environments and inland waters has been implemented by the General Directorate for Nature Conservation and National Parks
Asia United Arab Emirates The Floating Bridge will be closed for five weeks from 17 April to allow for major maintenance work to be carried out