Oceania Nauru Nauru embraces a name change, and the beginning of renewed national pride, as the President decided to get back to traditional name Naoero for the country without holding a referendum
Europe Iceland The Icelandic Police Academy at the University of Akureyri will accept 50% more students this autumn to address the shortage of staff; the country has the second lowest number of police officers per capita of all European states
Asia Laos Authorities in the capital are trialling the use of electric rubbish trucks, equipped with a sophisticated rubbish collection system able to compress rubbish to 3 m3, and will distribute more than 1.000 rubbish collection bins to target villages
Europe Moldova National telecommunications operator Moldtelecom has announced that it has connected several areas at Moldovan-Ukrainian border crossing points to WI-FI free of charge to facilitate communication for refugees and to keep up to date with the latest news
Asia Maldives Environment Minister Shauna said that at the end of President Solih's administrative term, 26% of the electricity supplied will be powered by solar energy; he pointed out that spending on fuel amounts to about 10% of Maldivian GDP
Europe North Macedonia The Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning has received air quality measuring equipment worth over €300.000, provided as part of Sweden's support for improving the country's air quality
America Peru After almost 20 years, the state has begun an official court case against ex-Ministers of Health since during their mandate, over 200.000 citizens were forcefully sterilised
Europe Monaco The Compagnie des Autobus de Monaco (CAM) has put into operation the new bus service number 7, a 100% electric minibus with a capacity of 22 seats; it is for now an experiment for which the government and CAM will make a full evaluation in summer 2022
Africa Togo Russia has been the country's largest supplier of wheat and meslin in 2020, according to data from the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for an estimated $12 million value of the imported commodity
Europe Norway All schools in Oslo are being offered a course on how to talk to children about what is happening in Ukraine and receive practical help on how to deal with the situation
Asia United Arab Emirates The UAE celebrates Reading Month every March, in accordance with the Cabinet decision, with activities during the entire month across the country to instil reading among 50% of Emirati adults, 80% of pupils by 2026
Asia Sri Lanka Construction of the 37 km section of the Central Expressway from Kadawatha to Mirigama is currently underway with about 25 % of the work nearly done; the project is expected to be completed within the next two years
Asia Kuwait 529,43 million dinars were spent on tobacco products in Jan-Sept 2021, and economic cost of smoke - health expenses and indirect costs of lost productivity for early mortality or morbidity - amounts to KWD 278,9 million (€843 million)
Africa Seychelles Fighting corruption and improving the skills of health workers are two areas on which bilateral relations with South Africa will focus