America Costa Rica Water access became a hot topic after Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers said tariffs haven't been updated since 2018, foreseeing an abrupt increase; meanwhile, villages close to the capital recur to buying bottles to avoid contaminated, unhealthy water
Europe Austria The Social Democrats urged the government to increase spending to combat gender-based violence by creating dedicated facilities in the country, where 14 feminicides were already recorded in 2022
Africa Benin The government recently announced the recruitment of 500 new qualified health workers to strengthen the presence of qualified human resources in Benin's hospitals
Africa Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea's Vice President, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, has threatened to expel the French ambassador over a corruption case in Paris
Europe Latvia According to Linda Jakobsone, board member of the Lets Help Refugees association, the biggest problems for Ukrainian war refugees who have arrived in Latvia are their involvement in the labour market and the insufficient supply of housing
Europe France The use of Google Analytics is not legal without a new agreement to replace the EU-US data processing agreement, French data watchdog CNIL clarified on its website, also shutting down hopes that it could be reconfigured to allow data transfer to the US
Europe Montenegro The country, hoping that Ukraine will soon be granted EU candidate status, said it was ready to provide it with political and expert help
Europe Portugal Parliament has approved the first reading of four bills by the Socialist Party, Left Blocc, IL and PAN that regulate the decriminalisation of medically assisted death
Europe United Kingdom A group of asylum seekers, supported by refugee groups and a British border staff union, asked a British court to stop the government from taking them to Rwanda, arguing that the controversial plan is unsafe
Europe Bulgaria The country will lift its veto on North Macedonia's EU accession talks if 3 criteria are met: compliance with the framework position adopted by Bulgarian Parliament, inclusion of Bulgarians in Constitution and implementation of Neighbourhood Agreement
Oceania Fiji Over 120 inmates of the Fiji Correctional Service will be engaged in sugarcane harvesting when crushing begins this season, as stated by Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Sugar Karan
Europe Switzerland The National Gotthard Museum at the top of the Gotthard Pass in a building dating from 1843 reopens today, totally renovated, after two years of work, with themed rooms and interactive stations
Europe Norway The National Museum of Norway was inaugurated yesterday, which will house, among other 6500 works, the famous 'The Scream of Munch'; one million visitors are expected in a year
Europe Moldova The conditions for the conduct of the competition for the financing of publishing projects and the purchase of books by the State will be improved thanks to new government amendments