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 Lithuania The government has announced that it is considering increasing the country's military spending as a result of rising tensions in the Ukrainian crisis
Africa Egypt A joint working group with the US has been launched to prepare for the next UN climate change summit the country will host in November
Africa Kenya A new beverage is hit in downtown Nairobi: cappuccino with a splash of camel's milk; demand for milk was initially growing from the Somali community and now from the whole population
Africa Ghana Moringa School, Africa's top tech boot-camp, has launched its operations in the country, partnering with Impact Hub Accra to train tech talents in the country by closing the skills gap
Europe Serbia 80% of urban waste, 2,4 million tonnes out of 2,9 million per year, ends up in unhealthy and illegal landfills, not equipped to prevent the spread of the pollution they generate, with obvious impact on citizens' health
America Cuba Honouring 50 years of higher education in Matanzas will be a special motivation for the city's Book Fair, with an inaugural gala scheduled for today; dancer and choreographer Liliam Padrón will be the artistic director of the opening ceremony
Europe Austria Interior ministers from 23 EU countries met in Vienna to find a common European position on dealing with asylum seekers and support Balkan countries in dealing with migrants
Africa Cameroon More than 700.000 children are deprived of the fundamental right to education in the Anglophone Northwest and Southwest regions of Cameroon, with many experiencing their fifth year of denied or restricted access to schooling
Europe Liechtenstein Sportmonitoring Liechtenstein 2021, the national annual report on sports issued yesterday, shows a general trend of good attitude towards active daily life, especially among children and teens
Europe Kosovo Last week the country celebrated 14 years of independence; despite the support of the US, it is still not part of the EU not of the UN, and it suffers a major rift with Serbia, which doesn't recognize it as a country nor admits its atrocities in war
Africa Burkina Faso Exactly one week ago, Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was inaugurated as president; many are placing great trust in him because they believe he can fight corruption, which is regarded as a major scourge of the country
Europe Hungary The country bought a seven-storey property in central London to establish a Hungarian cultural centre
Europe Latvia An administrative court has received dozens applications from LGBT couples requesting legal recognition of their relationships as de facto families, in line with the recent Supreme Court ruling