Asia Laos New rules for intellectual property protection wereintroduced, allowing businesses to protect industrial designs internationally through a single application under the Hague System; It simplifies registration and administrative procedures, reducing costs
Africa Seychelles Airtel Seychelles celebrated its 25th anniversary by unveiling its silver jubilee logo and motto for the year: 'Young, Smart and Strong'
Europe San Marino The population has been alerted to numerous phone calls to landlines in the country with fraudsters posing as Tim operators in order to steal sensitive data
Europe Denmark Since 1995, the non-governmental organisation Transparency International has published its annual Corruption Perception Index: this year, the country ranked as the first least corrupt country in the world, with a score of 90 out of 100
Asia Myanmar Myanmar's junta has extended the country's state of emergency for another six months, the acting president said as citizens marked the anniversary of the 2021 military coup with a 'silent protest'
Africa Sao Tome and Principe The largest opposition party in São Tomé has appealed against the parliament's decision to reject and postpone the debate on the recently tabled censorship motion
Europe North Macedonia Bulgaria has returned its ambassador to Skopje after tensions with North Macedonia escalated over the past three weeks
Asia Nepal Pfizer-BioNTech's bivalent Covid-19 vaccine is expected to arrive this week; Ministry of Health says 76,5% of Nepalis have been fully vaccinated
Africa Mauritania The country awaits the first visit of a senior Russian official, in the person of its Minister of Foreign Affairs Lavrov; meanwhile, another delegation from US is already at work in Nouakchott, in a delicate balance between Russians and Westerners
Europe Portugal Iberdrola and Prosolia Energy obtained an environmental licence to build the largest photovoltaic project in Europe and fifth in the world in São Domingos, near Santiago do Cacém, with 1.200 megawatts (MW) of installed capacity
Oceania Samoa The deputy leader of the Human Rights Protection Party, Lauofo Fonote Pierre, has been declared leader of the opposition in Parliament
Africa eSwatini Escalating tensions in the kingdom of Eswatini were heading the list of topics of the agenda of the extraordinary meeting of the Southern African Development Community SADC that took place in Namibia's capital Windhoek on Tuesday
Africa Algeria The Algerian League for the Defence of Human Rights informally announced its dissolution dictated by a court ruling, before which it was not even summoned
Oceania Solomon Islands The Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme continues to offer a lifeline to many unskilled, low-skilled and semi-skilled workers who can help respond to labour shortages across rural and regional Australia