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
America Bahamas Aisha Bowe, Bahamian aerospace engineer and future astronaut, former NASA rocket scientist and technology entrepreneur, has been appointed as the country's official collaboration advisor after the historic agreement with SpaceX
Europe Lithuania In 2025, the country will allocate almost EUR 32 million to support the education of Ukrainian refugees who arrived in Lithuania between 2022 and 2023 and are regularly enrolled in higher education institutions
Africa Rwanda President Kagame has told CNN earlier this month he doesn’t know if Rwanda’s troops are in the east of DRC, where fighting between M23 armed group and Congolese soldiers has killed over 1000 people, injured and displaced thousands in recent weeks
Africa Libya Two mass graves with at least 50 migrants' bodies have been found in the southern desert, Libyan authorities and the Red Crescent said; the cause of death is not known yet, autopsies are awaited, some of the bodies bore gunshot wounds according to IOM
Europe Kosovo In the parliamentary elections, the ruling party Vetevendosje!, 'Movement for Self-Determination!', led by outgoing Prime Minister Albin Kurti, won a relative majority of seats
Europe Poland A Polish couple, devoted to the Virgin Mary, is building a large statue of the Mother of God near the Shrine of Our Lady of Sorrows in Konotop; it will be a total of 55,6 metres high and will be the higher in Europe when it wiil be finished in half 2026
Asia Nepal From next September, climbing Everest will become more expensive: the Nepalese Tourism Department has announced a 36% increase in the price of permits, up to $15.000 during peak season
Asia Azerbaijan The first meeting of the Pardon Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan is scheduled for tomorrow 12 February
Africa Ethiopia The Addis Ababa Municipal Administration's Land Registration and Information Agency is implementing a modern address system to standardise street names and house numbers to improve accessibility by simplifying the location of roads and key infrastructure
Africa Ivory Coast To better plant health and promote resistance, the Regional Centre of Excellence for Virus Epidemiology in West and Central Africa signed partnership agreements in Abidjan in collaboration with the Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel
Africa Seychelles Nature Seychelles gave two local companies, Titan Plant Hires and D&S Equipment, 'Friends of Cousin Island' award for contribution to marine conservation for equipment and services to assist the installation of large coral nursery tubes on land at Amitié
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina Students gathered in front of the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina because of the tragedy in Jablanica in which 19 people died, demanding that the authorities be held accountable and making demands of those responsible
Europe United Kingdom 176 World War II unexploded bombs were discovered under a children's playground in Wooler, Northumberland, and it is feared that more will be unearthed; it is believed that the area was used as a Home Guard training camp