Europe Albania Diaspora is remembering 35 years since the cargo ship Vlora docked in Bari, Italy, with 20.000 refugees fleeing the collapse of the communist regime; the disembarking of 8 August 1991 is the largest single-vessel mass migration landing in European history
Europe Liechtenstein As shopping tourism booms, Sven Simonis, President of Purchasing in Liechtenstein, highlights that convenience is often underestimated
Africa Gambia The Gambia Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Seedy KM Keita, has formally assumed the chairmanship of the African Caucus of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank
America Saint Lucia All government pharmacies will be closed on 17 October to facilitate the staff’s attendance at a departmental training; the ministry asks the public to ensure their medication refills are arranged ahead of the closure to avoid inconvenience
Africa Angola A rural house and surrounding premises have been searched in Bié and seized from a sect that had illegally buried corpses
Europe Slovakia Prime Minister Robert Fico has once again invoked his veto power to block a new round of European Union sanctions against Russia, setting the stage for a full-blown clash during next week's summit of leaders.
Asia Yemen Bakeries across the Yemeni city of Taiz launched a comprehensive strike to protest against a new directive by local authorities mandating the sale of bread by weight at a fixed price
Europe Poland Hotel Forum, a brutalist, communist-era hotel in Kraków that closed twenty years ago has been added to Poland’s official register of protected monuments for its historic, architectural and social value that make it “an element of the city’s identity”
Europe Slovenia Slovenia's top accolades for lifetime achievement in science and innovation this year go to microbiologist Tatjana Avšič Županc, mathematician Tomaž Pisanski and pharmaceutical tech researcher Franc Vrečer
Europe Kosovo Seven years since Kosovo banned the use of smartphones in schools, they remain omnipresent; experts say schools would be better off teaching media literacy than sticking with a blanket ban that failed
America Venezuela Around 300.000 Venezuelan migrants have lost Temporary Protected Status in the US after the Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to end the program, enabling deportations and overriding a lower court ruling that deemed the move illegal
Europe Spain Torrential rain triggered severe flooding across northeastern Spain on Sunday, leaving residents trapped in vehicles and homes in parts of Catalonia — just a day after similar downpours caused travel chaos on the island of Ibiza
Europe Portugal As part of the AI Nation Portugal program business associations Enterprise Confederation of Portugal will launch Artificial Intelligence training for 50.000 for 500.000 executives, employees, students in partnership with universities and research centers
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo Government and Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group have agreed on the creation of joint ceasefire monitoring body that will oversee the implementation of a permanent ceasefire; it was announced via social media posts after months of negotiation in Doha, Qatar