Asia Cyprus Cyprus is one of Europe’s ten largest video game industries by revenue, with over 400 companies generating an estimated €3,2 billion in 2025; report by Cyprus Game Makers Association CYGMA says sector is dynamic and largely absent from official statistics
Africa Botswana Efforts are being stepped up to crack down on illegal sales of TV decoders, in a coordinated action by the Botswana Police Service and the Companies and Intellectual Property Authority
Asia East Timor A Special Test will be held to allow teachers hired in 2023 to enter the national education system, following a dialogue with representatives of former teachers and the Ministry of Education
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo In the cemeteries in Goma there is no more room and large pits are being dug for the bodies of the victims of the conflict between the M23 group's military and the army of DRC; a new UN estimate has put the number of casualties at over 3.000
Europe Italy Italy is under investigation by the International Criminal Court for non-cooperation with the Court in the Almasri case, wanted for war crimes and crimes against humanity: it is the first time this happens to a European country
Africa Chad Emergency, an Italian NGO, will support the government with initiatives to improve access to healthcare, particularly in Chad's most remote areas, in an agreement between Emergency and the Minister of Public Health
America Dominican Republic Farmers in Hato Mayor asked President Luis Abinader and National Police Director Ramón Antonio Guzmán Peralta to address the growing wave of cattle thefts affecting the livestock sector
Asia Iran Journalists Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, who had been convicted for reporting on Mahsa Amini's case, were pardoned; freed on bail after 17 months' imprisonment last January, their sentences were reduced on appeal in August
Africa Lesotho About 1.500 health workers, doctors, nurses, laboratory technicians and consultants have been affected by the unilateral suspension of funding by US, the Ministry of Health has confirmed, highlighting the devastating impact on essential health services
Europe Luxembourg An increasing number of Luxembourgish teachers are learning Portuguese in order to communicate more easily with Portuguese-speaking pupils and parents as almost all of them teach in classes with pupils of Portuguese origin
Asia China As of 10 February, tourist groups from the 10 ASEAN countries can enter and leave as a group without a visa via the Xishuangbanna Gasa International Airport, Mohan Railway and Mohan Highway
Africa Equatorial Guinea In view of the celebration of 8 March, the First Lady, H.E. Doña Constancia Mangue de Obiang, has made available 62 million CFA francs (almost €95.000) to support the commemoration of International Women's Day and the various planned activities
Europe Moldova The country is preparing to become the world epicentre of viticulture and oenology from 16 to 20 June 2025, hosting the 46th World Congress of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine
America Barbados The Eco Fit Youth initiative, a programme dedicated to sustainability and a healthy lifestyle, having involved over 3.000 students in 20 primary schools in Barbados, will now expand to the Caribbean