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 Estonia Private forest owners submitted applications to the Estonian Private Forestry Centre for Natura subsidies totalling €5.043 million, €28.000 more than the budget for the current round of applications
Europe Ireland Hundreds of schools have asked for government help in responding to the refugee crisis in Ukraine, as class sizes and requests for funding for books, iPads and school trips have drastically increased
Europe Poland Poland has the largest gas storage reserves in Europe and the highest gas storage rate, with 95% of its storage facilities full, totalling 3,35 billion cubic metres
Asia Bangladesh All unlicensed hospitals, clinics and private diagnostic centres will be closed, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said; private health organisations that do not provide quality services will be admonished
America Haiti On the occasion of the International Day of Action for Women's Health in Haiti, at the Union for Haiti's mobile clinic hundreds of women were screened for cervical cancer and other conditions and provided with medicines and birth control pills
Africa Equatorial Guinea As several traders confirmed that the increase in prices is closely linked to the excessive number of fees being paid, the committee set up to analyze the reduction of port fees presented its report to the Vice-President
Europe Albania The European Court of Human Rights has found the government guilty of segregating Roma and Egyptian children in a school in Korca, in the south of the country, in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights, in a case filed by Roma Rights Centre
Asia Taiwan Taiwan's chief trade negotiator, John Deng, held more talks with the US on bilateral trade, the island's government said, after being excluded from the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, the US economic plan for the Asia-Pacific region
Asia Sri Lanka An appeal to farmers to grow more rice as the country faces its worst economic crisis in 70 years comes comes from the Minister of Agriculture who said 'food situation is worsening'
Asia Azerbaijan At the opening ceremony of Baku Energy Week yesterday, 1 June, a letter by US President Biden read out for the occasion said the country is playing a critical role in helping to stabilise European energy security
America Antigua and Barbuda 1.396 public and private school students, along with home-schooled pupils, took the first of four examinations for the Grade 6 National Assessment at more than 50 centres yesterday
America Grenada Dennis Cornwall - the National Democratic Congress' candidate for St Patrick East - has firmly promised to pay back pensions owed to public servants "within the first six months" if he is elected to form Grenada's next government on June 23
Europe Montenegro The country 'is not opposed' to joining Open Balkans, launched in 2019 by leaders of Serbia, Albania and northern Macedonia to create an area without barriers to the movement of goods, people and capital - Minister of Economic Development and Tourism said