Africa Seychelles Parents whose autistic children didn't meet medical assessment criteria for support in November 2024 - June 2026 will now be eligible for assistance under the Children Neurodivergent Disorder Needs Scheme CNDNS, introduced by government in July 2026
Africa Sao Tome and Principe The largest opposition party in São Tomé has appealed against the parliament's decision to reject and postpone the debate on the recently tabled censorship motion
Asia Thailand A thick haze covered the city as Bangkok's air pollution reached an unhealthy level, with an AQI value of 166; AQI values above 100 are considered unhealthy
Asia Nepal Pfizer-BioNTech's bivalent Covid-19 vaccine is expected to arrive this week; Ministry of Health says 76,5% of Nepalis have been fully vaccinated
Asia Qatar The General Tax Authority has announced that the ban on the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products without a valid and activated digital tax stamp came into effect yesterday 1 February 2023
Europe San Marino The population has been alerted to numerous phone calls to landlines in the country with fraudsters posing as Tim operators in order to steal sensitive data
Africa Algeria The Algerian League for the Defence of Human Rights informally announced its dissolution dictated by a court ruling, before which it was not even summoned
Asia Myanmar Myanmar's junta has extended the country's state of emergency for another six months, the acting president said as citizens marked the anniversary of the 2021 military coup with a 'silent protest'
Oceania Samoa The deputy leader of the Human Rights Protection Party, Lauofo Fonote Pierre, has been declared leader of the opposition in Parliament
Oceania Solomon Islands The Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme continues to offer a lifeline to many unskilled, low-skilled and semi-skilled workers who can help respond to labour shortages across rural and regional Australia
Europe Andorra The new compensation system for public passenger transport companies will come into operation on 1 February, with an expected public saving of €1 million
Africa Morocco Cultivating, producing, processing and exporting cannabis for medical purposes will now also be possible in Morocco, which is taking starting steps in this industry with the first ten authorisations for production, processing and marketing
Europe Bulgaria After negotiations to form a new government failed, President Radev called early elections for 2 April, 5th in less than two years; inability to resolve the political crisis could jeopardise the country's entry into the eurozone, scheduled for 2024
Europe Slovakia The Climate Act, which for the first time officially enshrines in legislation the goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, was presented by the Slovak Ministry of the Environment on Monday