Europe United Kingdom A wave of far-right anti-migrant sentiment is sweeping across the UK and a protest in Portsmouth was marked by violent incidents; around 500 hooded people besieged the port, disrupted ferry terminals after learning of the landing of 140 migrants
Africa Seychelles Renovation work on the Botanical Garden bridge has been completed thanks to a generous donation from Travizory Border Security
Africa Namibia The country expects over 500.000 international tourist arrivals in 2022, up from 354.508 arrivals recorded in 2021, also due to the new targeted intervention programme in the tourism sector
Africa Madagascar While the salary increase announced by the President of the Republic on 1 May is already effective for civil servants, the private sector is still waiting for the decree implementing the increase of the minimum wage and the compensation arrangements
Asia Philippines UnionBank of the Philippines has become the first financial institution in the country to use blockchain technology to issue bonds
Europe Andorra Free public transport tickets for the entire population will be available from 1 July via both physical purchase and app, a measure to mitigate the impact of inflation and loss of purchasing power for citizens
America Peru Formal discussions for the establishment of an anti-corruption plan have begun between the government and the OAS; it will consist of public entity transparency and easier access to corruption complaints from citizens among other measures
Africa Liberia The EU Ambassador to Liberia has spoken publicly about the many benefits ArcelorMittal Liberia has gained by becoming a critical supplier of iron to the decarbonised steel market in the European Economic Zone
Asia Iraq Two Chinese companies have been awarded a contract to build 8.000 schools in the country, as part of a historic oil-for-projects deal signed by the two countries three years ago
Asia Palestine Expulsions have begun in Masafer Yatta, an area south of Hebron consisting of 8 villages, inhabited by at least a thousand Palestinians; it is the start of what is likely to be the largest mass expulsion of Palestinians in the West Bank since 1967 war
Asia Laos A cryptocurrency mining operation was launched in the Bachiang Chaleunsouk district of Champasack province; Lao Crypto Mining and AIF Group, with United Power of Asia, plan to increase facilities to around 6.000 machines by the end of the year
America Jamaica The head of the island's main anti-animal cruelty lobby has criticised the culture of provocation at Jamaica's Lacovia Zoo in St Elizabeth, calling it 'reckless endangerment' after a lion appeared to rip a worker's finger off
Africa Gabon IMF predicted that Gabon's economic outlook for 2022 will grow by 2,8% compared to 1,5% in 2021, as the country continues its gradual recovery from the recession of 2020
Europe Kosovo The Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into the energy sector decision-making process for the period 2006-2022, at the legislative, executive, regulatory and public enterprise levels, approved the commission's work plan and budget