Asia Georgia The EU annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World noted “severely curtailed” human rights in Georgia, reduced bilateral political contacts and dialogue between Brussels and Tbilisi amid “significant democratic backsliding”
Europe United Kingdom The government will resume bank checks on accounts opened by people suspected of living illegally in the UK in a bid to deter illegal immigration
America Uruguay The Tannat, a hard-to-grow red grape from France, has successfully flourished in the country - over 6.000 miles away from its origin, putting Uruguay on the global wine map
Asia Qatar The Mega Park Carnival at Al Bidda Park in Doha will open from 16 to 30 April 2023 from 7:00 pm to 12:00 midnight during Ramadan nights and from 4:00 pm to 1:00 am during Eid days; the entertainment event comes to Qatar for the first time this year
Africa Burkina Faso The Thomas Sankara University of Burkina Faso won the final of the French version of the International Criminal Court's mock trial competition, which took place in Courtroom I of the ICC in The Hague
Asia Brunei The Department of Housing Development has recorded arrears of over $64 million due to non-payment of loans and rents, according to the Development Minister
Asia Kyrgyzstan An auction for the sale of the city's old buses will be organized, upon request of the Bishkek Passenger Car Transport Company submitted to the Municipal Property Management Department,
Europe Bulgaria The pro-European coalition Continuing the Change-Bulgaria Democratic, which came second in the last parliamentary elections, has announced that it will not support the government proposed by GERB
Africa Ivory Coast Baulé communities have come together to celebrate 'Paquinou', a festival for the people who, wearing masks of spirits and ancestors, perform celebratory dances, drink traditional alcoholic beverage from palm distillation and celebrate Christian mass
Asia Taiwan The plan to pay NT$ 5.000 (US$ 164) to foreign tourists arriving in Taiwan will be implemented on 15 April, in an effort to attract six million visitors to the country in 2023
Africa Liberia The National Electoral Commission has extended daily working hours by an additional two hours over the weekend for the last two days of the first phase of the biometric voter registration process
Africa Uganda Some 65 kilometres north of the capital Kampala, a lush bamboo forest is the brainchild of a former journalist turned farmer, Andrew Ndawula Kalema, to help reverse the environmental damage that is occurring in the country
Europe Montenegro Milo Djukanovic resigned as leader of the once-dominant Democratic Party of Socialists following a crushing defeat in the presidential elections
Europe Serbia Kosovo will remain in Serbia until the end of the term of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, he said on live TV, adding he would implement parts of the European proposal on the normalisation of relations with Pristina