Africa Ghana Popular musician and human rights activist Sister Derby has thrown her weight behind Buz Stop Boys, a group of young people who started a social networks-based clean up of Accra in 2023, gaining international popularity and involving more and more people
Europe Hungary World stars, representatives of Hungarian jazz dynasties, outstanding Hungarian jazz educators and young up-and-coming talents will perform for audiences in Romania at the sixth Hungarian Jazz Days in Bucharest from 7 to 11 October
Europe Luxembourg The government announced a €5 million bridging loan for Caritas, which went into crisis following the embezzlement of €61 million, allegedly by an employee
Europe Finland The financial difficulties faced by higher education students have increased over the past three years, with 19% of students now reporting that their income is severely limited and uncertain, up from 13% in previous years
Europe Netherlands The Court of Rottdertam sentenced a man for the first time in history for sexually assaulting a woman in the street; the law was amended to make it a punishable offence on 1 July
Europe Lithuania Almost 87% of the heat produced in Vilnius will be ‘clean’ thanks to the activation of the most powerful heat pump in the Baltic States, within the territory of Vilnius Power Plant 2, operated by Vilniaus Šilumos Tinklai
Europe Ireland The Ministry of Education was ordered to pay €5.000 to a blind student who was denied access to a summer school programme during the Covid-19 pandemic because the support was insufficient
Asia Nepal A mountain village in Solukhumbu is set to generate electricity from a perennial river near Mount Everest by 2026, becoming the highest in the world, after the government approved an environmental impact assessment study for the energy project
Asia Maldives The State Electric Company has planted more than 36.000 trees in the three months since the project to plant 500.000 trees over the next five years was launched in June
America Jamaica The Marcus Garvey in Schools project, which aims to bring children to an understanding of their history and cultural heritage, has been extended to 23 primary schools
Africa Togo Feasibility studies for several energy-related projects that the country intends to make part of the Millennium Challenge Corporation's Compact programme have been submitted to expand the electricity grid and increase access
Asia Brunei Gross domestic product grew by 6% in the second quarter of 2024, due to a 7,7% increase in the oil and gas sector and a 4,5% increase in the non-O&G sector, the Department of Economic Planning and Statistics said
Europe Greece Eighteen years after construction of the Thessaloniki metro began, it should finally open to the public on 30 November; however, officials failed to start the tender procedures for the ticket rolls in time and it risks opening without tickets
Africa Angola The two recently enacted laws on the offences of vandalism of public property and services and national security, which have been strongly criticised by national and international human rights groups, including Human Rights Watch, are causing controversy