Europe Sweden Researchers at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences have discovered a new species in Swedish forests: it is a fungus that parasitizes lichens
Europe Liechtenstein The Hilti Group wants to minimise its CO₂ emissions with various measures, intending to invest between 500 and 1.000 million Swiss francs over the next ten years in adapting business processes
Europe Bulgaria Bulgaria's two largest trade unions, KNSB and Podkrepa, protested in front of Parliament in defence of the country's energy security, unhappy with the commitment to reduce carbon emissions by 40% by the end of 2025 compared to 2019 levels
Asia Iran Head of Islamic Revolutionary Guards, Hossein Salami, threatened authors of stripes published by satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, advising them to look to the fate of Salman Rushdie - the writer who was the target of a terrorist attack last summer
Europe Norway The Oslo daily Dagsavisen and two other regional newspapers in its media group are the latest to cut the number of weekly editions from six to three, in a bid to reduce costs by relying more on their digital editions
Oceania Australia One of Australia's most prominent politicians, New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet, has admitted to wearing a Nazi uniform to his 21st birthday party and has apologised, calling it a terrible mistake, made when he was young and naive
Europe Finland A 75% increase in wind power capacity has led to an increase in foreign investment in the country, bringing it closer to its green transition goals; 437 new wind turbines went into operation last year
Asia Afghanistan A suicide bombing in front of the Foreign Ministry left several people dead; police in Kabul said five people were killed, but another Taliban official put the death toll at 20
Africa Burkina Faso World Food Programme will conduct a study on school feeding in the country, the first of 11 African countries selected by WFP to carry out this study
Africa Cameroon The country has been declared a non-cooperating country by the European Commission in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, due to inadequate control of the national fleet and the absence of sanction mechanisms
Asia Saudi Arabia There will be no limits this year to the number of believers who can participate in the hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, after three years of restrictions due to the pandemic
America Peru The country’s top prosecutor’s office launched an investigation on new President Dina Boluarte, as deadly protests have swept the state following the ouster of former President Pedro Castillo, leaving over 40 people dead
Europe Switzerland Rents in Switzerland are getting more and more expensive: in 2022, average rents for new or re-rented flats rose by an average of 3%, with some cities showing variations of up to +6,7%
Asia Armenia Russia blamed Armenia for the breakdown of peace talks with Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, in the latest sign of friction between Moscow and Yerevan over the conflict