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 Kosovo The Information and Privacy Agency received 200 complaints concerning the protection of personal data and access to public documents, making final decisions on 80% of them
Africa Eritrea The country's cycling team has been excluded from the Tour of Rwanda because its members have not been vaccinated against Covid-19; the country is still the only one of the 55 African Union member states that has yet to vaccinate its entire population
Asia Lebanon UNICEF has received US$1,8 million from the Government of Japan to increase humanitarian assistance and life-saving winter interventions through the Adolescents and Youth and Water Sanitation and Hygiene programs
Asia Sri Lanka Three new seismic centers will be donated by China to the country, bringing to 7 the total number of seismic centers
Africa Guinea A key communication has been issued by the ARPT, Autorité de Régulation des Postes Et Télécommunications, on the reduction of communication tariffs for mobile phone services
Africa Zambia Given the positive results that are starting to come through the macroeconomic stabilisation programme, the country would be on track to achieve single digit inflation by the end of 2022 according to President Hichilema
Asia Palestine The project aimed at strengthening the fiscal position of the Palestinian Authority by improving customs revenue collection and border management, a EU-Lithuania twinning, has ended
Asia Nepal Preliminary census figures show that the population grew by an average of 0,93% per year over the last decade, the slowest growth in 80 years
Asia East Timor The visit of Xavier Reis Magno, East Timor Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, to the Kingdom of Cambodia ended yesterday, where, among other things, the country's application to join ASEAN was discussed
Asia Singapore Vaccination centers have now encouraged parents to make appointments to minimize waiting time, instead of just walking into facilities; vaccinations of children aged 5 to 11 have been open since 25 January without need of an appointment
Africa Malawi Vendors plying their trade around Karonga main market have given the District Council a seven-day ultimatum to address outstanding issues affecting the market or they will boycott the payment of market fees
Africa Sierra Leone In a bid to tackle the worsening mix of extreme heat, overcrowding and poverty that is rapidly eroding health and safety for at least 35% of its population, the city of Freetown recently appointed Africa's first Chief Heat Officer
Europe Bulgaria The country has refused to supply the fifth Covid-19 vaccine approved by the European drug regulator - by the US company Novavax - as the availability of vaccines significantly exceeds the needs of those wishing to be vaccinated