Europe Italy Giorgia Meloni's government became the longest since Italy became a republic after WWII: the first led by a woman, it lasted 1.413 days as of 4 September, one more than Silvio Berlusconi's 2nd; premier said stability isn't a record, but a key for planning
Europe Hungary The painting "The Mysterious Island", by Hungarian artist Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka's, was sold for 460 million forints (€1.253.880), setting a record in the history of Hungarian auctions
Asia Turkmenistan The UN Development Program together with national partners evaluated the recently launched project for the conservation and sustainable management of land resources and high nature value ecosystems in the Aral Sea basin
Oceania Palau The Senate, in a special session, approved the appointment of Gaafar Uherbelau as Minister of Health and Human Services unanimously by a vote of 12-0
Asia Uzbekistan About 6 million pieces of fireworks illegally introduced into the country, for an estimated value of 2,18 billion soums (US$200.000), have been confiscated by police
Europe Austria Parliament has passed a law allowing assisted suicide for people with very serious or incurable illnesses, joining a wave of other EU countries moving towards legalisation
Africa Nigeria For the third time in five years, senators rejected a bill seeking to promote gender equality in the country, attributing their resistance to strictly religious reasons; only 7% of senators are women
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina Investigators in Nevesinje, a town in the Herzegovina region, are still looking for 20 children who disappeared during the 1992-95 war
Asia Philippines Google said it will ban political advertising ahead of the Philippine elections next May; the decision came after criticism of how social media handled political advertising during the US presidential election in 2020
Asia Cyprus €5 million have been allocated for a one year subsidy scheme for the replacement, by vulnerable groups, of old home appliances with energy efficient ones; it is expected to significantly reduce the electricity bills of the households who benefit from it
Europe Switzerland A recent report by the public prosecutor's office of the Italian region of Tuscany has revealed how 'ndrangheta - a criminal organization - phenomena also exist in the country; the Federal Police admits the issue has long been underestimated
Oceania Samoa The government has begun to address the issue of the tax on church ministers, considered one of the key reasons why the FAST party won the election
Africa Eritrea For the second year running, 21-year-old cyclist Biniam Girmay has been recognised as the best African cyclist by the organisers of La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, an annual tour of Gabon
Asia Turkey Ilhami Isik, a Kurdish intellectual and writer from the southeastern province of Batman, has covered a total of 40.000 bills for the needs of 14.000 poor families