America Bolivia 77 gold bars seized at Viru Viru Airport in compliance with a court order have been delivered to the Central Bank of Bolivia; the total weight recorded during the valuation process is 189.503,9 grams with an average purity over 90%
Europe Ireland A new, 'ethnically diverse' and ‘grocery-centred’ market open 9am-10pm Thursday to Sunday will be inaugurated this months on Moore Street in Dublin
Africa Mali An exhibition entitled 'Protecting our cultural heritage for future generations' at the National Museum in Bamako will be open until 30 September, showing 200 objects seized from illicit trafficking
Africa Zambia New study by FAO and the Centre for International Forestry Research estimated that rural households harvest at least 12 million large buckets (20 litres) of wild forest food per year, which is equivalent to 125% of the volume of sawn wood produced
Europe Serbia The government has adopted a recommendation to switch off the lighting of public building façades as an energy-saving measure
Asia Kuwait The Kuwaiti authorities will implement a number of requirements for home delivery workers by the end of the year, including the need to have an official health certificate and wear a uniform
Africa Togo The country was praised by the World Health Organisation for becoming the first country in the world to eliminate four neglected tropical diseases in 11 years: Guinea worm, lymphatic filariasis, sleeping sickness and trachoma
Africa Central African Republic A committee was set up to draft a new constitution, as recently decided by President Faustin Archange Touadéra; the current constitution prohibits the head of state from running for a third term
Africa Burkina Faso The country's first generic drug factory has been inaugurated, an entirely private initiative financed by Burkinabé and sub-regional capital; the factory produces paracetamol and other 2 generic drugs, but aims at producing at least a dozen
Africa Kenya A group of Kenyan lawyers have filed a lawsuit against the British government in the European Court of Human Rights, seeking compensation for "historical injustices committed during the colonial period"
Europe San Marino In a one-off national case, local producer of leather shoes and accessories Fantini Pelletteria has increased its e-commerce value from 1% pre-pandemic to 50%; it now counts 5 shops inside the Republic and exports to Europe and Japan
Europe Moldova Approximately 1.900 hip and knee replacements were performed in the first half of this year, 180 more than in the same period last year, according to the National Medical Insurance Company
Europe Montenegro Montenegro will be the second country in the region, after Croatia, to abolish VAT on solar panels
Africa Namibia People visiting Namibia will no longer be required to present a vaccination certificate or a negative PCR test result at ports of entry