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
Africa Morocco Morocco’s national football team made history on Saturday, scoring a win against heavy-weight, five-time world cup winner Brazil in a friendly match
Europe Vatican City The Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue released his wishes for Islam’s holy month of Ramadan and Id al-Fitr, urging both Christians and Muslims worldwide to join for a “more peaceful, harmonious and joyful coexistence” as opposed to “a culture of hate”
Asia South Korea Total births have decreased over the past decade, shrinking from 471.000 in 2011 to 261.000 in 2021, while the rate of premature births grew from 6% to 9,2%; figures are published in new statistics from the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs
Europe Denmark A majority of the parliament voted in favour of joining the European Defence Agency, after Denmark decided to abolish the EU defence reserve last summer
America Saint Vincent and the Grenadines A newly formed local food export business exported last week a container of vegetables and fruits from SVG to the US Virgin Islands; it included first time export products and products processed in SVG
Asia Qatar Record-breaking numbers of international arrivals have been registered in 2023: a total of 730.000 visitors entered Qatar this January and February, a 347% increase on 2022
America Venezuela To reorganise the national crypto department and investigate corruption involving the country's oil company, the state's energy supplier has temporarily closed down its cryptocurrency mining facilities
Oceania Kiribati Kiribati has the highest infant mortality rate in the Pacific, according to Childfund and the fact is linked to unsafe drinking water; climate change is worsening the situation with rising sea water, periods of drought and sporadic rainfall
America Canada PM’s wife Sophie Trudeau took US First Lady Jill Biden to the curling rink on her first trip to Ottawa, then to the National Gallery of Canada to take in an exhibit of works by female Canadian artists
Asia Cyprus The new online tax payment system Tax For All went live today, replacing the old Taxisnet system; to allow users to familiarise with it, the new submission date for filing tax returns from Q4 last year has been extended to April 26
Africa Lesotho Tainted South African bank notes from ATM bombings and cash in transit heists have flooded Lesotho; citizens in possession of legitimateSA bak notes are also stuck as local retailers have started rejecting all SA Rands to try and avoid the tainted notes
America Brazil The state has evicted almost all illegal gold miners from the Yanomami territory, its largest indigenous reservation, and will remove miners from six more reserves this year, reportedly by using satellite imagery
Asia Bhutan About 6.000 international tourists paying the new SDF fee have visited the country since the reopening of borders six months ago