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
Europe Latvia Central Finance and Procurement Agency issued a further invitation to municipalities to use Recovery Fund funding for the purchase of electric cars for school transport, with still EUR 3,7 million available for this purpose
Africa Togo Ivory trafficking continues in the country, with four young men arrested in possession of over 160 kilos of elephant tusks
Africa Niger The German government has paved the way for the participation of German troops in an EU military mission in Niger
Europe Belgium Around 80% of active substances labelled as highly toxic by the European Union continue to be used in Belgium, a new study by Nature&Progrès and PAN Europe reveals
Asia Tajikistan The country is expected to allocate TJS 1,6 billion (€135 million) to the renewable energy programme planned for 2023-2027, thus significantly increasing electricity production over the next five years through the use of renewable energy resources
Europe Andorra Andorra la Vella will have a virtual urban motor racing circuit at the end of 2024 or 2025, following a collaboration agreement between the capital's municipality and the Automóbil Club d'Andorra
Africa Angola The new Luanda International Airport Dr. António Agostinho Neto will start operating at the end of this year with a capacity of 15 million passengers and a cargo volume of 50.000 tonnes per year
Europe Austria Amnesty International listed among the country's human rights failures inadequate social benefits, racial profiling, inadequate protection of unaccompanied children, housing shortage, increased pressure on media freedom and failure to meet climate targets
Africa Algeria Algerian mathematician Youcef Saad has been awarded the prestigious John-von-Neumann Prize for Mathematics for the year 2023
Africa Rwanda Rwandan political activist Paul Rusesabagina, whose story inspired the Oscar-nominated film Hotel Rwanda, is expected to have been released from prison according to newsletter Semafor, which cites senior Rwandan and Qatari officials
Africa Libya EU support for Libyan authorities 'aided and abetted' rights violations against migrants and crimes against humanity, according to UN fact-finding mission investigating rights violations in Libya