Africa Tanzania A comprehensive voluntary repatriation program has been finalized to bring back Tanzanian citizens living in South Africa, following growing impatience towards African immigrants; in co-operation with local authorities, returnees will undergo verification
Africa Tunisia Remittances from Tunisian workers abroad increased by 13,3% in the first four months of this year, reaching $791 million, Central Bank data showed
America Uruguay The country has suspended the VAT tax on the majority of its tourism activities in order to boost national tourism and international traveling
America Suriname Due to its increasing collaboration with mining enterprises, as of this year, the country has reported a 126% increase in mining revenues
Europe Italy No graduates of Italian universities will be able to access UK’s ‘High Potential Individual’ work permit; a disappointed Universities and Research Minister Cristina Messa said Italy will petition to include Italian institutions in the list
Asia China Special envoy is sent to Brussels to salvage ties with EU: Mr. Wu Hongbo’s visit follows last month’s virtual summit where Beijing’s position on Ukraine and alleged coercion of Lithuania became a source of tension with the Union
America United States The House passed the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act with 222 to 203 votes; the bill seeks to create dedicated offices throughout the government, after a gunman fatally shot 10 people in an incident that President Biden called “domestic terrorism”
Africa Mauritania The abandonment and dismantling of subsea structures in Chinguetti and Banda fields - recently discovered and with a controversial exploitation history - will be supervised by Norwegian maritime multinational Havfram
Europe Estonia Rental flat prices have risen significantly throughout Estonia in recent months due to increased demand; in Tartu, a university town and the country's second largest city, an increase of 15% is estimated
Europe France According to a Waiting to Access Innovative Therapies study by the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations, in France it takes an average of 497 days for a new treatment approved by the European Medicines Agency to actually reach
Africa Guinea-Bissau The Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries, with the Brazilian Cooperation Agency, supports the introduction of the "Capoeira Project" at the National School of Physical Education and Sport of Guinea-Bissau to enable practice and spread the discipline
Africa Eritrea Eye surgeries have been carried out on 250 patients in six sub-areas of the Southern Region, said the head of the non-communicable diseases unit in the region; efforts are ongoing in the blindness prevention program and eye diseases are decreasing
America Guatemala The country is holding its first ever technical meeting on agriculture with Belize, so they can actively cooperate in the production of grains and raising of livestock, since their geographical conditions are similar
Africa Gabon As part of the inter-ministerial missions initiated by the Prime Minister, one ensured that the new multi-sectoral vocational training centre in Ntchengué will have a water and electricity supply