America Peru Peru won 3 World Travel Awards, including "Best Culinary Destination," "Best Cultural Destination," and recognition of Machu Picchu as the "World’s Best Tourist Attraction”
Europe Liechtenstein 'Google Street View' now completely covers the country, after Google's camera car was on the road in Liechtenstein in August
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
Asia Cyprus The north’s Gecitkale, or Lefkoniko, air base “may be used” by the Turkish air force if tensions continue to rise in the Middle East and if Turkey gets involved in the tensions in the region, the north’s air traffic controllers’ trade union chairman said
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
Asia Oman The first race of the 22nd annual camel races for 2024-2025 season will start on Friday and continue for 3 days with 89 laps in the Barka and Adam fields in an event organised by the Oman Camel Racing Federation in cooperation with the Royal Camel Corps
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
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
Oceania Fiji With an ageing population, the number of elderly people is expected to increase from 10% to 15% by 2050; fears of a more frequent poverty among the elderly also also growing
Europe Malta The Maltese archdiocese's shareholding in APS bank has been diluted to around 55% in 2022, compared to the 79% it previously owned, and the Catholic Church intends to continue 'withdrawing' from Maltese banking sector by further diluting its shareholding
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
Africa Kenya A businessman from Kitale, Bonface Koimburi Ndura, 78, has petitioned the Nairobi High Court for legal recognition of polygamy in Christian marriages through an amendment to the Marriage Act
Europe Slovenia A 10 floor, sustainable certified office building was inaugurated in north-eastern Ljubljana; designed by Barcelona-based archistudio BAX, the €30 million project was awarded DGNB gold pre-certification by German Association for Sustainable Construction
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