Asia Cyprus Cyprus is one of Europe’s ten largest video game industries by revenue, with over 400 companies generating an estimated €3,2 billion in 2025; report by Cyprus Game Makers Association CYGMA says sector is dynamic and largely absent from official statistics
Europe United Kingdom The Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire Hunt, one of Scotland’s fox hunts which first met in the 1700s, has come to an end after 252 years following the introduction of new law on hunting which prohibits killing wild mammals with dogs except in few circumstances
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo The authorities asked the UN Security Council to strengthen the mandate of the UN Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo which has been deployed in the country for two decades
Asia Iran The five young women from Ekbatan, who filmed a video in which they danced without veils, were reportedly detained for 48 hours and forced to repent for dancing in defiance of the bans imposed by the authorities
Europe Luxembourg The gluten-free restaurant Eden Rose in Kayl was awarded its first star in the latest Michelin guide for Luxembourg and Belgium
Asia Jordan On the World Happiness Report 2022, Jordan ranks the second unhappiest country in the Arab world; the Kingdom’s ranking in the World Happiness report has been declining since 2017
Africa Mali The ruling junta has announced it will postpone the constitutional referendum scheduled for 19/03 but will stick to timeline agreed with the ECOWAS to return to civilian rule
Asia Lebanon As the Lebanese pound lost 98% in value since late 2019, the government began allowing grocery stores and restaurants to be paid in dollars; this would help ease inflation without much-needed structural reforms, but will deepen inequalities
Asia Oman The opening of the Oman Across Ages Museum in the Wilayat of Manah, Governorate of Al Dakhiliyah was held yesterday, officially patronized by His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik
Africa Kenya First Kenya National Beach Games, expected to attract more than 500 athletes to develop a sustainable sports culture and promote the Olympic movement in the country, will be held from 17 to 19 March in Malindi
Asia Maldives 417.070 tourists have visited the Maldives as far as 11 March this year; Russia is the leading country in terms of entries, with 52.291 visitors
America Trinidad and Tobago An international tobacco distributor operating under the Free Zone Act for almost two decades has received the High Court's permission to challenge a Ministry of Health decision to declare its operation in breach of the Tobacco Control Act
America Costa Rica Local entrepreneur Lynne Corvaglia has founded a company that turns old airline seats into high-end leather products, and does so through teaching women in rural areas leather-working and business skills, to then recruit them and become paid artisans
Europe Slovakia The Russian embassy in Bratislava is the most active on Facebook compared to other Russian and even Chinese embassies across the European Union, says an analysis conducted by the International Republic Institute