Europe Vatican City “Within Your Gates: The Forum for the Universal Vocation of Jerusalem” is born: the interdisciplinary forum is promoted by Cardinal Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, and developed in collaboration with the University of Notre Dame
Europe San Marino The concert 'In the Sound of the Word' at the Basilica del Santo in San Marino City takes place today, presented by the San Marino Chorale
Europe Belarus Roman Protasevich, Belarusian dissident blogger, arrested in 2021 and landed in Minsk, was sentenced to eight years in prison
Europe North Macedonia The 'Goce Delchev' State Prize for 2023 was awarded to Professors Nano Ruzhin, Trifce Sandev, Aleksandar Iomin and Aleksandar Vasilevski for particularly significant achievements of interest to the country in the field of science
Asia North Korea According to NK News' analysis of state media, for the first time in five years the country has begun to widely display propaganda posters against the US and South Korea
Europe Liechtenstein It will be mandatory for employers to inform their employees about the essential aspects of the employment relationship following the government approval of the consultation report which includes this and other items
Europe Lithuania The Baltic electricity grids could be synchronised with the continental European system in 2024, Lithuania's EU Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius said, adding that existing technical problems can and should be solved
Africa Morocco King Mohamed IV approved the Amazigh New Year as an official paid national holiday, after a long campaign by activists for the recognition of the Berber people's calendar
Oceania Tonga Tongan boxer Hainite Tu'itupou, 26, won the gold medal at the jiu-jitsu tournament in Chicago earlier this week
Europe Croatia The town of Hum has won a place in the Guinness Book of World Records as the smallest town in the world: just one hundred metres by thirty and a population of only twenty inhabitants
Africa Madagascar The revision of the mining code is at the centre of Parliament's work, after the State pledged to present it by June 2023; a reform that worries professionals and creates distrust in civil society
Europe Luxembourg Tiny house projects, which were previously hampered by a lack of regulations, received a boost when the country made it easier for landlords to register the address of their tiny houses in an attempt to combat the worsening housing crisis
Asia India Top wrestlers have been protesting in New Delhi for the past 10 days over the lack of action against the head of the country's wrestling federation, Brijbhushan Sharan Singh, whom they accuse of sexual harassment
Africa South Africa As part of efforts to combat cross-border crime, the KwaZulu-Natal government, in collaboration with the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure, is accelerating the construction of a concrete wall with Mozambique