Europe Slovenia Anti-establishment populist party leader and current Parliament Speaker, Zoran Stevanović, is pushing to hold a national referendum on withdrawing from NATO and is strictly opposing the government's financial and military aid packages to Ukraine
Asia Nepal A 33-kilometre stretch of the Narayangadh-Butwal section along the East West Highway was paved; initially scheduled for completion in less than 4 years, the project has been completed at 50% in over five years and three months
Europe Monaco The Garden Club of Monaco revealed the winners of the 55th International Bouquet Competition in the presence of Prince Albert II and the Princess of Hanover, President of the Club; this year's theme was 'Seas and Oceans'
America Paraguay President Santiago Peña celebrated the "historic visit" of Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, aiming to strengthen bilateral ties and enhance regional integration and cooperation in areas such as education and technology
Oceania Solomon Islands The US Embassy in Honiara has labelled recent allegations of alleged interference in the Solomon Islands elections as 'questionable' and 'misinformation'
Oceania New Zealand The newly formed Harm Reduction Coalition Aotearoa sent an open letter to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, signed by national and international organisations and drug policy specialists, calling for the legal regulation of all drugs
Asia Syria International Organisation for Migration stated that Syria continues to be the largest source of refugees in the world at the end of 2022, with a number of 6,5 million, although down from 6,8 million in 2021
America Trinidad and Tobago The government, who announced it would soon bring home its nationals, should urgently bring home Trinidadian children and their mothers imprisoned in Iraq because of their alleged association with the Islamic State, Human Rights Watch said
Europe Russia 'The descendants of Napoleon and Hitler want to defeat Russia again with the help of the Anglo-Saxons,' allegedly said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, on the eve of Victory Day over Nazi Germany
Europe Spain An unprecedented attack on landlords and managers of short-term rentals has been launched by the mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez Almeida, who announced a freeze on licences for this type of housing and increased penalties for unlicensed renters
Africa Sao Tome and Principe The PM defended the revision of the spelling agreement of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries to make the Portuguese language more simplified and dynamic and to integrate new languages of Lusophone cultural diversity
Europe Montenegro The number of unemployed people in Montenegro decreased by 12,9% year-on-year to 36.421 at the end of March; unemployment rate at the end of 2023 was 13,1%, according to data from the country's statistical office
Africa Republic of the Congo An international conference on China and Africa opened in Brazzaville with experts, researchers, policy makers and development actors assessing the impact of Sino-African cooperation on the economic, social and political development of Africa
Africa Rwanda Since December 2023, after the government waived taxes by granting an exemption allowing free registration of plots of land, more than 324.000 plots have been registered in all districts