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 Haiti Citizens can now obtain passports and national identity cards online through a new platform that the Haitian government launched on 2 April
Africa Burundi Authorities are apparently turning a blind eye to the increasing cases of spousal violence and murder, bringing women's rights activists to speak louder highlighting the weight of this growing problem
Africa Cape Verde The government has chosen Águas do Porto Novo as a "strategic partner" for the creation of Santo Antão's inter-municipal water and sanitation company, which will begin operations on the island later this year
Europe Liechtenstein Liechtenstein's first multigenerational house, which opened in Eschen in 2020, is offering multigenerational space for everyone, based on social inclusion at all stages of life
Asia Cambodia Japan has signed a funding package of up to 2,482 billion yen for an irrigation and drainage system project in southwest Phnom Penh
Europe Lithuania Lithuania's population will decrease by a third, to 1,78 million by 2100, according to the latest population projections published by Eurostat
America Jamaica A total of $13 billion in affordable loans and credit guarantees were provided for Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) by the Government during fiscal year 2022/23
America Dominica Twenty youths from across the country have completed a four-day photo camp organized by the National Geographic Explorers in partnership with the locally-based Project Cetacean Translation Initiative
Africa South Africa Opposition politicians have called for Putin's arrest under an ICC mandate if he sets foot on South African soil, after he was invited for the Brics conference scheduled for August
Asia South Korea The National Tax Service has launched a council dedicated to promoting exports of Korea's traditional alcohols to tackle a rising liquor trade deficit, the tax agency reported
Africa Angola Angolan government will create nineteen new industrial development centres and several logistics platforms in the country over a six-year period, with the aim of revitalising the national economy and guaranteeing more jobs for young people
Oceania Marshall Islands Of the 193 member countries of the UN, the Marshall Islands is the only one without a national football team; after the Marshall Islands Soccer Federation was founded in late 2020, activities are under way to form a team
America United States The Justice Department appealed a Texas court ruling that would halt approval of a drug used in the most common method of abortion in the US; the unprecedented case of a lone judge overruling the FDA’s medical decisions could put at risk other medications