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 Greece A fragment of the Parthenon frieze, the foot of a Goddess with the drapes of her dress, currently held in a museum in Sicily, Italy, will return to the Acropolis Museum in Athens thanks to a cultural agreement of extraordinary international importance
America Bahamas The 13th Annual Bahamas Marathon will now be held virtually for the second year in a row, allowing participants to complete the distance they registered for between now and January 16 at a location of their choosing: outdoors or on a treadmill
Europe Lithuania The armed forces have published this year's conscription lists, after partial military conscription was reintroduced in 2015; out of some 34000 young men on the lists, only 3828 of them will actually be called up for nine months' military service
Europe Austria Local Jewish associations have called for a criminal investigation into Austrian far-right leader Herbert Kickl for comments they say grossly trivialize the Holocaust, illegal in the country
Europe Croatia Croatian police officers will help their Slovenian colleagues in contact with Croatian citizens in the ski resorts of Kranjska Gora and Rogla in Slovenia in the project "Winter tourist season", a version of the police summer project "Safe tourist season"
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina In the first three days of the New Year, a record 15.000 people visited Mostar, raising hopes for the definitive revival of tourism in the south of the country
Oceania Nauru The Taiwanese technical mission team organized a charity event, with 10.000 eggs on sale; the proceedings will go towards worthy causes in education, environment and social welfare
Asia Georgia The current fleet of yellow minibuses in Tbilisi will be completely replaced with new ones by 1 February
Asia Mongolia The capital's Department of Education has organised capacity-building training for general education school psychologists, given the psychological and emotional difficulties students are facing in consequence of the pandemic
Europe Ukraine The latest estimates suggest that public debt in 2021 has fallen to 51,7% of GDP, returning to the level within the safety limit of the Budget Code and approaching the IMF/WB recommended safe level for developing economies
Europe Spain Spanish police received €1 million from Europol to continue their fight against international crime until 2025
Europe Russia Christmas is celebrated today in the country, a different date than 25 December because the Orthodox Church, representing around 260 million Christians, still uses the ancient "Julian" calendar to mark religious festivities
Oceania Solomon Islands The governor-general said consideration should be given to making also secondary and tertiary education more accessible