Asia Syria Germany's Ministry of Transport lifted the landing ban and normalized passenger traffic with Syria from 27 July 2026, thus opening to direct flights Düsseldorf-Damascus today 29 July, Berlin Brandenburg-Damascus and Cologne/Bonn-Aleppo on 1 August
Africa Cape Verde The municipality of Praia will be represented by plastic artists at the Lisbon Art Biennial 2023
Europe Bulgaria A draft EU regulation on essential oils has revived fears of yet another 'European conspiracy' against a sensitive Bulgarian product: rose oil, with the country believing that 'the Commission wants to ban the Bulgarian rose'
Asia United Arab Emirates The 29th Dubai Boat Show - underway these days in Dubai with 1.000 exhibiting companies and brands from over 60 countries - is the largest maritime show in the Middle East
Asia Turkey The death toll from last month's devastating earthquake has exceeded 45.000 in Turkey only, the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority said, while geologists warned that another strong tremor could hit the country's industrial northwest
Africa Gabon Gabon's One Forest Summit kicked off on 1 March in Libreville, to bring together countries with large forest areas to collaboratively develop a platform for scientific and economic solutions and to combine forest protection and economic development
Europe Sweden Immigration Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard has announced that the country will review ways to increase voluntary return migration; opposition believes this is yet another demonstration of the extreme right's influence on the government
Africa Guinea The Forces Vives de Guinée, composed of several opposition political parties and forums, has decided to organise a peaceful march on Thursday 9 March 2023
Africa Ethiopia Drought in the Borana area of the Oromia region has forced more than 7.800 students to drop out of school; 174.000 students enrolled in 490 schools in the area are suffering from the drought with a significant drop in their results
Africa Mauritius One of the least expensive options for South Africans wishing to obtain permanent residence for investment in another country is now Mauritius - and it may soon be one of the few where it is possible to do so
America Costa Rica The state has issued a decree for the creation of a digital health strategy, aimed at digitizing the country’s health system, such as for the protection of personal data, interoperability of health systems, and the ethical use of AI in health
Africa Tunisia Tunisian-German start-up BakoMotors has provided six Tunisian cities with six solar-powered electric tricycles to strengthen the regional health infrastructure for their vaccination and awareness campaigns
America Saint Kitts and Nevis St. Kitts and Nevis Football Association kept its promise to provide a grant of up to $25.000 to each member clubs to raise standard of football; SKNFA 4.0. grant is $650.000, largest solidarity grant given by a national sports association to its members
Africa Libya A school has been inaugurated in Tripoli to train young people in programming and bring them closer to technology, the Tripoli Codign Academy, an initiative of the Raqam-e project, financed by the French government and implemented by Expertise France