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 Saint Kitts and Nevis Nevis Agri Expo 2023, 29th edition of the annual agriculture exhibition, has opened under the theme ‘Today for Food Soverignity’
America Canada The excise tax on alcohol was set to increase by 6,3% starting April 1, which would have been the largest hike in over 40 years, but it was instead temporarily capped at 2% after the outcry from microbrewers and distillers
America Dominican Republic To keep citizens informed of any mobility contingencies and to provide alternative routes for those affected by such issues during the recent XXVIII Ibero-American Summit, the government of the District National has used the Waze mobility platform
Africa Cameroon Jacqueline Nkembe Epse Adiaba, a Cameroonian expert, is the first woman elected president of the Central African Financial Market Supervisory Commission
Europe Sweden The Swedish Tax Agency has been commissioned to conduct a national census to get a better picture of who is staying illegally, said the Minister of Finance and leader of the far-right Sweden Democrat party
Asia Maldives Four regional hospitals – two in northern and two in southern Maldives – will be developed under a project for local development supported by the Chinese International Development Cooperation Agency, which MoU was signed yesterday with a ceremony in Malé
Europe Kosovo A conference organized by BIRN Kosovo before the International Fact-Checking Day, set for yesterday 2 April, called for new strategies and partnerships to counter the 'virus' of fake news and disinformation
Europe Croatia After arriving unannounced in Kyiv, PM Plenkovic praised the bravery shown by Ukrainians in the resistance to Russian aggression; he reached Ukraine’s capital together with the Moldovan President and the Slovak and Slovenian Prime Ministers
Asia Cyprus The EU’s goal for biodiversity strategy in Cyprus - to plant three million new trees by 2030, about 1.000 saplings a day - is impossible to meet, according to Green party leader Charalambos Theopemptou
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo The education of some 750.000 children has been disrupted in the two provinces most affected by the conflict in the east of the country, according to new figures released by Unicef
Europe France Progressive tariffs, savings and combating leaks are all measures in the new water management plan that President Emmanuel Macron has announced to better tackle the drought
Africa Ivory Coast For the construction of a basketball hall in Abidjan, first steps have been taken by the president of the Ivorian Basketball Federation for a possible agreement with the Turkish company Kelesuglu Holding
Europe Slovenia The country, which has already signed a solidarity agreement with Italy, is soon expected to sign a solidarity agreement with Croatia on gas supply and to expand energy cooperation in other areas