Europe Hungary Hungary has become the only country in Europe without a printed political daily as Magyar Nemzet switched to a weekly publication yesterday 1 August; smaller European media markets are likely to follow
Europe Slovakia Footballer Hamšík, addiction expert Okruhlica and Canadian-Slovak photographer Dojč are just some of the 28 personalities to whom President Čaputová conferred state honours
Asia Laos The country recorded the highest number of accidents in the capital Vientiane in 2022, over 1.000, with most accidents caused by speeding
America Paraguay Due to rising Dengue cases, various local governments have established new regulations that dictate how fines will be imposed to citizens that don’t maintain their properties and respective lawns clean
Oceania Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Port Authority CEO Eranda Kotelawala has joined the board of the International Association of Ports and Harbors, elected vice-president for the Southeast Asia and Oceania region
Europe Spain Spanish national police arrested Michael J. Pratt, one of FBI's 10 most wanted criminals, listed as a fugitive in September after being accused of sex crimes in connection with his websites GirlsDoPorn and GirslDoToys
Oceania Tuvalu Speaker of the Tuvalu Parliament Samuelu Penitala Teo will meet President Tsai Ing-wen during his visit to Taiwan in 8-12 January, according to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Africa South Sudan Media rights groups have called on the South Sudanese authorities to release six journalists, detained after a video was leaked showing President Salva Kiir urinating on himself
Asia Turkey More than 10.000 megawatts (MW) of electricity have been generated from waste at the regular solid household waste storage facility in central Turkey, established by the Bitlis Solid Waste Association (BI-KA) with the help of EU funds
America Grenada The Grenada Tourism Authority reports that for the third consecutive month, visitor arrivals have recorded a significant increase compared to the base year of 2019
Europe Ireland The passport service is producing 'record passport numbers', beating the previous biggest year, 2019, by almost 20%; according to the Department of Foreign Affairs, in 2022 over 985.000 passports were issued
America Venezuela After the opposition-controlled National Assembly voted to dissolve the interim government, Juan Guaidó will be no longer recognized as the country’s legitimate leader by the US
Africa Ivory Coast Among 148 cultural works asked to France is the Djidji Ayôkwé, a priceless 'talking drum', confiscated in 1916 and currently kept at the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris, ready to return to the country
Europe Ukraine President Zelensky signed a decree to apply economic sanctions against 119 Russian celebrities who are reported to supported the war; presidential adviser Podolyak called the sanctioned personalities 'death propagandists'