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 Iran The Iranian embassy in Saudi Arabia opened its doors on Wednesday for the first time in seven years, thanks to a historic agreement brokered by China and signed in Beijing in May
Europe Romania A law to ban the use of insect flour in the preparation of products listed in the National Register of Traditional Products has been introduced by Marcel Ciolacu, leader of the ruling Romanian Social Democratic Party
Africa Sudan The Khartoum faculty of archaeology registered a booming enrollment of women - over 90%, according to the Voice of Africa
Europe Denmark Danish men live five years longer than two decades ago; in this period, overall life expectancy has risen to 81,5 years, exceeding the EU average
Africa South Sudan The National Bureau of Statistics released a new population estimate survey that calculates the African country's inhabitants at 12,4 million
Europe Spain Spanish youth are facing serious difficulties in achieving economic independence and emancipation due to precarious working conditions and skyrocketing rent prices, a recent report by the NGO Ayuda en Acción reveals
Africa Namibia Farmers in Namibia have experimented with a nuclear-based approach to field irrigation, which has helped them to substantially improve water use efficiency
Asia Yemen Yemen's warring parties and the International Committee of the Red Cross have completed preparations for a three-day prisoner exchange operation, that has been however postponed to Friday
Asia Syria The country will reopen its embassy in Tunisia after the North African country announced the appointment of a new ambassador to Damascus, after cutting off relations a decade ago
Europe Hungary The United States may announce new sanctions against influential Hungarian individuals, diplomatic sources reported
Europe Czech Republic A widespread screening programme for osteoporosis, which aims to reach 800.000 people, has been launched this month by the General Health Insurance Company as the condition has become a serious problem due to a lack of prevention
Africa Eritrea The African Development Bank has approved a $49,92 million grant for the construction of a grid-connected solar farm with a battery energy storage system in Eritrea
Oceania Fiji The Vomo Island Fiji luxury resort is working towards a more sustainable future with its state-of-the-art water bottling plant, using recycled glass, with the goal of achieving plastic-free Fiji