Europe Albania Diaspora is remembering 35 years since the cargo ship Vlora docked in Bari, Italy, with 20.000 refugees fleeing the collapse of the communist regime; the disembarking of 8 August 1991 is the largest single-vessel mass migration landing in European history
Europe Kosovo Kosovo judiciary announce strikes, demanding that Albin Kurti's government revokes a draft law on salaries in the public sector which they fear could lead to paying cuts
America Belize The country has formally issued a statement claiming territory from Guatemala, to which the Guatemalan government has responded by openly rejecting the claims; tensions between the two neighbouring countries have surged
America El Salvador The country has established the National Bitcoin Office, a completely new government authority which will be regulated by President Nayib Bukele and will focus on regulating everything related to Bitcoin
Africa Lesotho For Phase II of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project two contracts have been signed with the South African Department of Water and Sanitation; 5.000 jobs are expected to be created once work begins on the construction of the Polihali dam
Africa Benin The monarch of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has pledged to support the development of the Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria, in Iyanomo Town in Edo State
Europe North Macedonia In Pelister National Park an Adrenaline Park will be built as part of the 'Adventure Beyond Borders' project - Pelister Park director Osman Shukriu has recentrly signed the contract with the contractor
Europe Germany Offices in public buildings are allowed to be heated to a maximum room temperature of 19°C, with exceptions for hospital, schools and places with fragile people; the short-term measure, taken to save energy at country level, is arising controversy
Europe Hungary This year, the Youth for Families with Young Children programme collected 7,5 tonnes of donations, which will help 350-400 families in need throughout Hungary, said the president of the National Association of Large Families
Africa Ghana Government should establish a price control mechanism to ensure uniformity of food prices across the country, according to Dr Edward Ebo Onumah, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Agricultural and Agri-Food Economics at the University of Ghana
Oceania Solomon Islands At least 20.000 people in remote communities in Solomon Islands have been highly impacted by the series of earthquakes that struck off the south coast of Guadalcanal earlier this week, with the largest quake reaching magnitude 7
Asia India In the first half of this year, the Indian government made 55.497 requests to Meta for user data, second only to the US government in terms of requests to the social media giant to provide user information
Africa Eritrea The Ministry of Health reported that awareness-raising campaigns have been conducted in all languages since last September for the nationwide cervical cancer vaccination programme
Africa Togo Last year, the country earned 748,6 billion CFA francs (€1,2 billion) from merchandise exports, growing from previous years, according to the Banque Centrale des Etats d'Afrique de l'Ouest