Asia Indonesia After a 7,7 magnitude earthquake hit Flores, the scientific community said consecutive major earthquakes, (like Venezuela, Colombia) are normal: global earthquake rates remain steady, averaging about 16 major earthquakes, magnitude 7 or higher, each year
Europe Bulgaria Having given up on its initial goal of joining the eurozone on 1 January 2024 because parliament failed to pass the necessary laws before being dissolved, Bulgaria is hoping for a maximum delay of six months
Asia Cyprus The Bank of Cyprus released its preliminary financial results for 2022, posting a profit after tax of €71 million for the entire year; after-tax profit generated in 2021 was €30 million
Europe Sweden Stockholm police rejected, for the second time in a row, a request to burn a Koran outside the Iraqi embassy in Stockholm, as the protest could lead to an increased terrorist threat in Sweden
Africa Ghana A $6,3 million project to minimise the use of mercury in mining has been launched in Accra by the government in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Industrial Organisation
Africa Algeria The local cosmetics industry is growing and in 2022 over 80 operators started export of various products thanks to regulatory procedures and reduced import bills - reports the Minister of Trade and Export
Europe San Marino Controversy is raging over light pay envelope of salaried workers of Public Works Company assigned to the snow ploughing service during last month's heavy snowfall, given the non-recognition of overtime informally communicated to trade union at the last
Asia Palestine For 6th consecutive day, thousands of Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails continue civil disobedience measures against the campaign of repression initiated by ultranationalist Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir
Asia Bhutan Bhutan's Ministry of Education and Skills Development recently conducted a national online coding competition to understand the level of coding concepts in students who took various CodeMonkey courses in schools
Africa Liberia The National Disaster Management Agency and the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia signed a note verbale for a consignment of rice worth about USD 500.000
Asia Bangladesh For the second consecutive quarter, the US became the main source of remittances for Bangladesh, with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in second place
Asia Myanmar USAID will provide additional humanitarian aid to the population with USD 50 million; in 2023, more than 17 million people, almost one in three, will need humanitarian assistance, compared to less than one million in 2020
Africa Namibia Residents of Aminius Constituency, counting some 13.000 inhabitants, are forced to transport the remains of dead relatives to Gobabis mortuary, around 175km away, since their mortuary broke down several months ago
Asia Afghanistan According to Saturday's Guardian report, the governemnt banned the sale of all contraceptive drugs and devices to women in Afghanistan