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
Asia Jordan Moody’s upgraded Jordan’s credit outlook from “stable” to “positive”; the change in outlook is driven by the government’s strong commitment to wide-ranging structural reforms and track record of effective implementation on the fiscal front
America Brazil At COP27, the President-elect Lula promised to resume Brazil’s ‘leading role’ as a climate defender; as a special guest at the UN conference, he said he’s going to tackle deforestation
Europe Malta The iGaming sector contributed over €700 million to the country's economy in the first six months of this year and currently employs 10.000 people, Prime Minister Robert Abela said
Africa Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio addressed over 500 final year students, graduates and young entrepreneurs from across the country, challenging them to be innovative and focused
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina During the two-day meeting of the Subcommittee on Economic and Financial Issues and Statistics between BiH and the EU, predictions were made that BiH's economic growth in the period from 2023 to 2025 will be reduced
Europe Slovakia In the canyon of Lačnovský, a popular tourist resort near Prešov, a new hiking infrastructure has been added, an imposing metal staircase that makes the stretch along the waterfall safer
Africa Namibia Oranjemund has become the 4th city with a landfill site after the municipality fenced off a portion of land in the north of the city, a few metres away from the current landfill site, where no recycling activities take place
Asia Azerbaijan Azerbaijan's foreign trade turnover amounted to $41,2 billion in January-September 2022, according to the State Statistics Committee
Africa South Sudan USAID announced $43,5 million in funding to equip young people in South Sudan, particularly girls and young women, with knowledge and skills that will enable them to lead healthy, engaged and productive lives
Asia Palestine Nearly 90% of Palestinian refugees in Syria and Lebanon live in conditions of "unprecedented poverty", the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees said
Asia Sri Lanka According to the World Bank, Sri Lanka's offshore wind resources far exceed the South Asian country's energy demand and their development could help the country's economic recovery by replacing expensive fuel imports
America Uruguay As the Qatar World Cup is about to begin, the country’s National Institute of Meat (INAC) has given the Uruguayan football team almost 2.000 pounds of meat from their homeland in order to take during the World Cup and share with other players their natura
Europe Portugal The government is launching a 50 million euros programme to help tourism companies renovate their real estate