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 Azerbaijan Azerbaijani President received the head of the Turkish defence company Baykar in Baku, emphasising the achievements of the Turkish defence industry in recent years and the role of Turkish products in the destruction of Armenian military equipment
Asia Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has pledged to provide the best support to traders who suffered huge losses in the devastating Bangabazar fire in the capital
Europe Slovakia Róbert Slíž, at the age of 24, has cast more than 120 bells using traditional medieval technology and is one of the few in Slovakia to make a living as a bellringer
Africa Zimbabwe During a delegation visit by the Belarusian Ministry of Emergencies to Zimbabwe, the country said it was interested in Belarusian firefighting equipment and firefighter training experience
Asia Bahrain Lawmakers asked the government to review salaries in the public and private sectors every five years to assess the impact of inflation and improve living standards
Asia Afghanistan The country has been ranked in position 137 out of 137 nations according to the latest World Happiness Report
Asia Nepal Farmers in the Panchthar district are busy preparing the fields and planting the paddy rice seedlings; this rice has great significance, as the harvest is often used for the celebrations of various festivals that begin later
Oceania Nauru The Nauru Rehabilitation Corporation is conducting blasting operations in the Topside area, with citizens warned to exercise caution
Oceania Palau Palau International Coral Reef Centre's Chief Operating Officer, Dr Yimnang Golbuu, will leave the PICRC at the end of April 2023, after 21 years with the Centre
Europe Norway PM Jonas Gahr Støre hopes that the first large offshore wind projects will boost local expertise that can spread around the world, but opposition politicians believe that project start-up is slow and expensive
Europe Ireland March 2023 was the wettest month in the last 83 years, according to provisional statistics from Met Éireann, with an average of 173,3 millimeters of rain across the island
Asia Thailand Regents International School in Pattaya adopts the International Primary Curriculum, a learning experience combining high standards and benchmarks of English National Curriculum with globally recognised International Primary Curriculum
Africa Somalia Thousands of Ethiopian soldiers crossed the border from Somalia and established military bases in Dollow and other areas of the Gedo region to fight al-Shabaab