Oceania Marshall Islands The fish aggregation devices FADs that fishing boats use to make catches easier, lately equipped with satellite communications gear to pinpoint location, are now being built by drug cartels that wrap packs of cocaine and radio transponders to trace troves
Europe Liechtenstein 300 years old traditional cheese should be produced with milk from Liechtenstein only according to the production specification lately discussed, but not yet signed
Europe San Marino San Marino Rtv launches today 'TERRANOSTRA Lovely places'; the new program, aired every Sunday at 1pm, focuses on the historical link with Emilia Romagna, the Italian region surrounding the Republic
Europe Slovenia Data from the Bureau of Statistics show that Slovenia's inflation rate reached a 24-year high of 10,4%, driven by rising prices of oil products, food and electricity
Europe Luxembourg The number of solar panels increased by almost half in Luxembourg last year, according to the national energy regulator, although overall sustainable energy production increased only slightly due to light winds
Africa Chad The Chadian diaspora contributes to the achievement of sustainable development goals through remittances, according to the IOM, which conducted a study on a sample of over 800 households in N'Djamena
Africa Gambia More than half of girls between the ages of 0 and 14 have experienced some form of female genital mutilation, while more than one in four girls are married before they turn 18, according to figures recently released by UNICEF
Europe Portugal A recent discovery by a group of researchers in the Algarve has uncovered a new species of microscopic mud dragon; the marine animal serves as an indicator of the health of the ecosystem
Asia Laos The country begins supplying electricity to Singapore under the Laos-Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore Power Integration Project
Europe Norway Over the past 10 years, number of Norwegians diagnosed with mole cancer has increased by 40%, for men over the age of 50 the increase has been almost 60%; last year, 2443 people in Norway fell ill with mole cancer
Asia Tajikistan Refugees living in Tajikistan - according to UNHCR data - are mostly citizens of neighbouring Afghanistan, in transit to third countries, with numbers decreasing since 2021; there are currently no resettlement programmes in the country
America Dominican Republic The pollution generated by the Punta Catalina thermal power plant covers much of the country and almost all of Haiti, according to a six-month study conducted by environmental specialists in the province of Peravia
Oceania Tonga Three repatriation flights from Australia, New Zealand and Fiji took place on June 29 and 30, with more than 500 passengers; more flights are scheduled for several days in July
Europe Switzerland There are almost 8.000 public recharging stations, an average of 1 for every 10 electric vehicles; fossil-fuelled vehicles are also destined to disappear from Swiss roads, as new cars sold must comply with EU regulations on CO2 emissions