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 Albania The number of people diagnosed with HIV and AIDS is increasing in the country, with eight cases confirmed since the beginning of 2023
Oceania Fiji The University of Fiji has been awarded global quality accreditation by the Higher Education Quality Assurance Agency after successfully completing the international quality review
America Cuba Fuel shortages have forced Cuba to cancel Workers' May Day parade, a longstanding tradition; normally hundreds of thousands of people would be bussed in from all over the island nation and flood into Revolution Square
Europe Czech Republic Czech, Finnish and Hungarian authorities dismantled a criminal network suspected of leading an international prostitution ring in which many victims and perpetrators were allegedly from the country
Europe Monaco At the first edition of the Cagliari-Monaco offshore sailing race, Yacht Club de Monaco members fully dominated the podium; the institution is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year
Asia Palestine Increases in import and export tariffs imposed by the Gaza Strip rulers since last year have fuelled discontent among the territory's traders
Europe Denmark The Danish national auditor Rigsrevisionen has criticised both the Environment and Defence ministries for failing to limit the use and emission of the controversial ‘forever chemical’ PFAS over a period spanning several years
Europe Hungary Pope's plea resonates in the country after his Apostolic Visit: stay open to those who, in his words, are “foreign or unlike us,” such as migrants fleeing war, persecution, and poverty
Europe Montenegro Twenty-four years after NATO air strikes killed six people, including three children, in the village of Murino, the victims’ families have received no compensation and say consecutive governments have done nothing to help them
Asia Qatar 2,62 million people in Qatar - 96,8% of the total population - are active social media users, the DataReportal online reference library reveals
Asia Laos A workshop to promote the protection of creative professionals in Laos and facilitate collaboration between creative people has been hosted by the US Embassy in Vientiane and the Ministry of Industry and Trade
Asia Cyprus New rules for permanent residency for third country nationals who are naturalised as a result of investments they make into Cyprus will come into force tomorrow 2 May, with more measures to come in the frame of a changing migration policy
Europe Serbia The Serbian Museum of Genocide Victims said on Friday that it has obtained a list with the names and details of 5.800 Serbian children rescued from Ustasa death camps in the Nazi-allied Independent State of Croatia, thought to have been lost or destroyed