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 Romania For the first time in ten years, the money sent home by Romanian workers working in other EU countries exceeded the amount of foreign direct investment, writes business portal Ziarul Financiar
Europe United Kingdom One of the last members of a bat species feared to be extinct has been spotted hibernating in a secret tunnel in Sussex, and a search for a companion has begun to save the near-extinct species
Oceania Tuvalu A new research by Unitec, based on live experience narrations, is drawing attention on the desperate situations Tuvaluan undocumented migrants and their children face when trying to enter New Zealand
America Saint Lucia Appeal for 'stronger public cooperation' comes from Minister of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs as he underlines how common sense and compliance with the rules are a crucial elements to curb surging Covid infections
Asia South Korea To coexist with Covid-19 in 2022 is the country's goal, with more vaccines and treatments and less social distancing, Vice Minister of Health and Wellness declared in his end-of-2021 news briefing
Europe Denmark Greenlanders living in the country will soon be able to listen to news and important local information in their own language thanks to a new radio service that will receive funding for DKK 7 million (about €940.000)
Europe Italy The iconic photo of Falcone and Borsellino, anti-Mafia magistrates, chatting serenely a few days before the attacks that killed them and other 9 people, will appear on the 2€ coins, available from today, 30 years after the massacres
Africa Mauritania The slavery abolitionist movement, Ira, born in 2008 and founded by Mauritanian activist Biram Dah Abeid has been officially recognised by the authorities in Nouakchott as a human rights organisation in the country
Asia Sri Lanka The Saudi Development Fund completed the development of the Peradeniya-Badulla-Chenkaladi road project in the country for which it had sanctioned a $60 million loan, as well as a $28 million loan for the Wayamba University Township development project
Asia Cyprus In the yearly review of the most impactful events of 2021, the massive wildfire in Arapakas that in July only took hours to destroy almost everything in an area of around 55 square km, has earned the title of the worst blaze in living memory
Africa Tanzania There is great hope for the official opening of the first Zanzibar Law School to produce qualified judges, magistrates and lawyers for the efficiency of the islands' judiciary
Europe Serbia The plan to introduce 8.100 cameras in Belgrade and other cities by the Interior Ministry has concerned both civil rights and cybersecurity experts; the move, banned in EU, stirs fears they will be a used to target opposition, activists, journalists
America Mexico As part of the country’s plan to be self-sufficient in fuel production, the state purchased from the US government the Deer Park refinery; this being a historic US$1.2 billion purchase that will increase production by 700.000 barrels a day