Oceania Marshall Islands The fish aggregation devices FADs that fishing boats use to make catches easier, lately equipped with satellite communications gear to pinpoint location, are now being built by drug cartels that wrap packs of cocaine and radio transponders to trace troves
Europe Malta Nature Trust- FEE Malta, major environment protection actor, is facing financial challenges after a building contractor claimed over €200.000 in damages and froze the NGO's assets with an attachment order
Europe Greece With fewer and fewer young people enrolling in the country's military academies, the ministries of Defense and Education have teamed up to announce a benefits package to attract new students
Africa Kenya Mazingira Day was observed on 10th October as national holiday dedicated to the environment; the key role of schoolchildren was awarded with a ceremony and the crucial action of the National Youth Service for planting 15 billion trees by 2030 was reminded
Asia Turkey Restoration work began on the notorious Diyarbakır Prison; transferred to the Diyarbakır Ministry of Culture and Tourism, in 2022 was drafted the future of the building as museum, with a library and venues for culture and arts
Europe Luxembourg Speed cameras in Luxembourg flashed more than 352.000 times in 2023, generating fines of more than €15 million, marking an increase over 2022 according to government figures
Europe Montenegro Montenegro's draft cybersecurity law, a response to a massive cyber attack on state institutions, is raising questions about overlapping jurisdictions, practicality, and risk of political influence, experts say
Oceania Tuvalu The traditional rice cake was offered to Tuvaluan Prime Minister Feleti Penitala Teo as a birthday dish during the reception attended at Taiwan President Lai Ching-te premises
Asia Maldives The Ministry of Fisheries has opened nominations for the awards given on the occasion of 44th Fishermen's Day, which this year falls on 10 December
Asia Kazakhstan This year, for the first time in the last five years, the water supply plan for the Aral Sea during the irrigation period was complied almost 100%; 977 million cubic metres of water were supplied
America Canada Income inequality in Canada has hit the highest level ever recorded as wealth becomes increasingly concentrated in fewer hands, said Canada's statistics agency; the gap of disposable income of the richest 2/5 and the bottom 2/5 grew to 47% in Q2 2024
Asia Singapore The Singapore Prison Service and the Attorney-General's Chambers acted illegally by disclosing and requesting letters from inmates, the Court of Appeal ruled
Africa Tanzania 'Tanga', meaning 'sail' in Swahili, is the name of the house run by Polish missionaries to provide a safe home for albino children in Tanzania
Europe Croatia Croatian real estate prices are rising more than elsewhere in Europe; looking at the situation on an annual span, average prices of residential buildings have increased by 10%