Asia Cyprus Cyprus is one of Europe’s ten largest video game industries by revenue, with over 400 companies generating an estimated €3,2 billion in 2025; report by Cyprus Game Makers Association CYGMA says sector is dynamic and largely absent from official statistics
Africa Republic of the Congo Two new tax offices were inaugurated in Brazzaville, Makélékélé and Mfilou; ten tax offices are under construction across the country with a total estimated cost of CFAF 4 billion, €6 million
America Mexico A Judge has permanently banned bullfights at a famous bullring in Mexico city; it is a major step towards the ban of the practice
Europe San Marino Two years after the last passage, the 1000 Miglia returns to the Republic of San Marino today, with the cars of the "Red Arrow" driving as far as the stamp control in Piazzale Lo Stradone
America Saint Kitts and Nevis At a meeting on water and drought conditions, the government proposed more wells and a desalination plant to address the problem
Africa Sierra Leone A delegation from the US government's Millennium Challenge Corporation has been warmly welcomed in the country; the bilateral meetings aim at advancing the development of the country's first compact program, a grant designed to facilitate economic growth
Europe Serbia Drones will be used to follow and monitor the new high-speed trains on the Belgrade - Novi Sad line; they have been introduced this spring after a series of stonings
Europe Poland The Polish authorities' decision to end the state of emergency follows the completion of the border wall with Belarus, which aims to stop the illegal movement of migrants
Africa Rwanda All day schools in Kigali will be closed from 20 to 26 June, while the country will host the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
Europe Spain What is currently hitting the country has been recorded as the worst heat wave in 20 years, with all but two of the country's 17 autonomous communities on alert for extremely high temperatures
Africa Tunisia The Tunisian trade union UGTT announced a national public sector strike beginning today in protest against rising inflation and to prevent the privatisation of major state-owned companies
Oceania Papua New Guinea PM Marape urged citizens to respect the electoral process, asking them to be vigilant and to allow all contesting candidates the freedom to campaign and spread plans and policies to raise their hands for the leadership
Europe Sweden The country is submitting an update to its gambling laws that includes a looser stance on offshore operators, not approving a plan that would have given the authorities the possibility of blocking all forms of unlicensed gambling
America Trinidad and Tobago Although the country is benefiting from increased oil, gas and petrochemicals production and related prices, it should not rely on that gain indefinitely, the Central Bank warned in its May 2022 Monetary Policy Report