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 Bosnia and Herzegovina New UN survey says some 47% of Bosnians aged 18 to 29 are contemplating emigration, either temporarily or permanently, disillusioned by the lack of prospects at home
America United States Black Friday and Cyber Monday over, figures show that people are spending freely and going back to store shopping - still below pre-pandemic levels -, while online sales have decreased from last year when many were purchasing exclusively via the internet
Oceania Tonga From today, patient data will be transferred from paper to the digital National Health Information System, the first ever commissioned
Europe Albania According to INSTAT data, the country has the highest number of self-employed people in Europe, reaching 32% of the total at the end of 2020
America Antigua and Barbuda Residents have been urged to continue conserving water - warnings that rationing of the critical resource will continue in the new year have been issued by Ian Lewis, head of the water business unit at APUA
Oceania Tuvalu The Sustainability Support Project, that will facilitate the continuity of institutional structures and their impact on integrating and leveraging trade as key objectives of the National Development Plan, has reportedly been endorsed by the WTO
Europe Serbia The Serbian Post Office has signed a strategic partnership agreement with the Turkish Post Office in the areas of e-commerce and money transfers, an important opportunity for the country to tap into Turkey's lucrative e-commerce market
Asia Bhutan The country, which in recent years has been gradually encroached upon by China, which claims over 764km of state territory, has now signed yet another memorandum of understanding on the issue
Oceania Marshall Islands Boys and girls teams from Majuro Cooperative High School battled it out in the school basketball championship sponsored by the Sports and Extracurricular Program that ended last weekend
Europe Italy “Life Seedforce", a project to save autochthonous Italian plants from extinction with seed banks, is led by the Trento Science Museum and funded by the European Commission, as over 100 species of community interest are found no where else
Africa Libya Vaccination against Covid-19 will now be mandatory for employees of public institutions and private companies as well
Oceania Micronesia After it was voted twice to maintain the ban on dual citizenship, a vote will be taken again to change this law, in a move strongly supported by Micronesians living abroad
Asia Azerbaijan Baku has signed an agreement on natural gas supplies of 1,5-2 billion cubic meters from Turkmenistan to the country via Iranian territory