Oceania Papua New Guinea Condemning a man to a 3 years sentence, a Judge explicitly said women harassed or abused at work should report the episode to the police, underlining no one has the right to touch women without their consent
Europe Poland PM Morawiecki has promised his Finnish counterpart that he will help convince PM Orban, who, together with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is the only remaining to ratify Finland's application for NATO membership
Europe Finland The Finnish Nature Conservation Association and Greenpeace claim that the government has not met its carbon neutrality target and will take the matter to the Supreme Administrative Court
Europe Netherlands The country is confident that it will meet the national gas storage targets set by the European Commission to ensure security of supply next winter
Asia Taiwan The Council of Ministers has approved a draft amendment to the Commodity Tax Act that, if approved, will extend the current period of reduction of the commodity tax for buyers of new and heavy diesel vehicles who dispose of old ones until the end of 2026
Asia Brunei Three products sold at supermarkets in the Sultanate were found to contain non-halal ingredients; the finding was made after public complaints based on the information on the packaging and the goods have been immediately moved to the non-halal section
Europe Germany The Bundestag has officially ratified the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the EU and Canada, in provisional application from 2017, calling on the other 11 missing countries to do the same
Asia Thailand Environmental crimes police shut down 16 illegal dumps in Bangkok and arrested seven people for operating them
Asia Tajikistan The Government discussed the Light Industry Development Programme: it was noted that the production volume of light industry products has tended to increase year on year, from 2,7 billion somoni in 2018 to 4,1 billion in 2021 (€390 million)
Europe Vatican City Pope Francis will travel to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan from 31 January to 5 February 2023, after having postponed a visit planned for the summer of 2022 due to health problems
Africa Burkina Faso It was supposed to end today, in Bobo-Dioulasso, the 20th edition of the National Culture Week, postponed to a date to be determined by the government due to the insecurity in the country
Asia Sri Lanka State-owned liquefied petroleum gas supplier Litro Gas plans to distribute 100.000 cylinders of LP gas per day to the market without any shortage during the festive season
Oceania Vanuatu The acting CEO of the Vanuatu Foreign Investment Promotion Authority, Minnie Bani, stated that Vanuatu is not as dangerous as other Pacific nations, after a foreign investor labelled Vanuatu as dangerous after his shop was looted in Korman
Europe Switzerland Federal government's request to downgrade the wolf from 'absolutely protected' to 'protected' species was rejected by Bern Convention; Federal Department of Environment wanted to give member states more room for manoeuvre in the event of attacks