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
Oceania Australia As the debate over gambling regulation continues, a new proposal seeks to limit children's access to games with gambling-like elements
Asia Turkey Turkey's Higher Education Council is launching a new project to enable students and postgraduate researchers to conduct research abroad in line with international standards
Europe United Kingdom Public satisfaction with the NHS has plummeted to the lowest level ever recorded by the long-running British Social Attitudes survey, with only 29% saying they will be satisfied in 2022
Africa Chad Interim president Mahamat Idriss Deby pardoned 380 rebels from Front for Change and Concord in Chad group who had been given life imprisonment for killing his father Idriss Deby Itno, country's long-time ruler
Africa Botswana Exiled former President Ian Khama could be a candidate to watch in the country's next general election, saying his successor has become a threat to democracy
Asia Saudi Arabia Two of the oldest mosques in Jeddah and Baha, Al-Khidr Mosque and Al-Safa Mosque, will be restored as part of Prince Mohammed bin Salman's Project for the Development of Historic Mosques
Asia Uzbekistan Andijan International Airport will be temporarily closed from 1 April for requalification of the complex
Oceania Tonga Reach A’u Tonu Kiai, an outreach development program to rural and remote communities is delivering essential governmental and non-governmental services involving teams of civil servants
Europe Switzerland The Swiss are eating more and more foreign chocolate and, despite the increase in exports, the accounts of Swiss chocolate producers are suffering: in 2022, total consumption stood at 11 kilograms, down 2,7% year-on-year
Europe Vatican City Vatican repudiates the 'Doctrine of Discovery,' which underpinned colonialism; with origins in the 15th century, it was invoked as a legal and religious standing by Europeans who "discovered" new lands and violently seized it from people living there
Europe Switzerland It is estimated that over 300.000 elderly people are victims of violence; to break the taboo and prevent such incidents, Pro Senectute - with more than 130 counselling centres throughout Switzerland - is at their side and can provide active support
Oceania Vanuatu Current Minister of Finance and Economic Management recently expressed his gratitude to previous governments for the effective economic stimulus packages that helped boost the country's economy during the COVID-19 pandemic
America Bolivia The mayor of Cobija, Ana Lucía Reis, declared a state of emergency in the area due to the overflow of the Amazonian Acre River; its water level has risen to 12,90 meters following the heavy rains