Asia Bahrain 394.000 visitors have been registered in state-run heritage sites in January-August 2026, with the Bahrain Fort accounting for 246.409, nearly two thirds of the total, and foreign visitors prevailed with the presence of 187.567 people
Europe Lithuania The PM has welcomed a proposal by the Finance Minister to introduce a universal property tax from next year, saying the country needs a European property tax - its implementation could be left to local authorities
Europe Kosovo The latest surveys of the Balkan lynx, the subspecies of lynx found in the country's mountains, as well as North Macedonia and Albania, sketch a difficult scenario for the future of one of Europe's most endangered mammals
Europe Sweden The country is trialling a system to improve its emergency response services; it features drones delivering defibrillators, with drone developer Everdrone collaborating with researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm from 2019
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo With the symbolic laying of the foundation stone, President Tshisekedi started work on the construction of the country's first deep-water port, which will be completed in 2025
America Saint Lucia The National Green Party leader raised concerns at the authoritarian way politicians and medical authorities are handling the pandemic, saying the rejection of repurposed, cheap and safe drugs and proven natural remedies is "nothing less than criminal"
Africa Niger The Ministry of Regional Planning and Community Development stated that there are shortcomings, in the field of NGOs and development associations, in terms of non-compliance with the creation and operation protocol, as only 26% have signed it
Asia Malaysia The city of Kuala Lumpur is today celebrating its Golden Jubilee (1972-2022) to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Kuala Lumpur's declaration as Malaysia's first city in 1972
Asia Mongolia Given the declining interest in the sport in Japan, there are more and more sumo champions coming from the country; the three yokozuna (considered to be the pinnacle of sumo culture) active between 2007 and 2017 were all Mongolians
Africa Angola President Lourenço presented the key policies he would implement if elected in August 2022, among which the diversification of the market economy, the fight against corruption and greater supply of health public services
Asia Myanmar In view of the 1st anniversary of the coup on 1 February 2021, Amnesty International called on the community to begin to address the crisis in the country in a concrete and decisive way, to protect the 55 million people and their rights
Africa Namibia Although a judge on 20 January refused to recognise the marriages of two gay couples because of a 20-year-old Supreme Court ruling to the contrary, he declared this unconstitutional, giving great hope to the country's LGBT movement
Europe Portugal The Socialist Party, and leader António Costa, won the parliamentary election with 41,7% and 117 seats, guaranteeing the right to govern with an absolute majority
Asia Japan Many professors are calling for the lifting of the border blockade on foreign students, which has been in place for almost two years; the government has declared that it will welcome 87 of the 150.000 students in February