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 Pakistan An IMF mission will arrive this month to discuss a new 'longer-term, larger' loan programme aimed at helping the government repay billions in debt maturing this year
Europe Latvia The draft 'Law on Crypto-asset Services', which will designate the Bank of Latvia as the competent supervisory authority for issuing operating licences to crypto-asset market participants, is being examined by the government
America Canada 4th session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for an international legally binding document on plastic pollution, also in the marine environment, closed in Ottawa with 176 countries participating and a draft text available in all UN languages
Europe Norway After years of accidents and complaints that led to stricter regulation of electric scooters, the new Conservative-led city government in Oslo now wants more of them, along with some deregulation
Africa Guinea The Guinean justice system is a 'big sick body', admitted current Justice Minister Yaya Kairaba Kaba, claiming that it has never been independent and impartial since 1958
Asia Iraq Thousands of civil servants demonstrated in Baghdad and the southern Iraqi provinces of Basra and Diwaniyah, demanding a revision of the pay scale and an update of government salaries
Europe San Marino A new accident involving a cyclist occurred on the stretch under renovation for asphalting in preparation for the Tour de France, that will cross the Republic on 29 June
Africa Liberia China-Aid's solar power project has been handed over to Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications; it will supply the Ministry itself and 8 provincial post offices with a reliable and environmentally friendly power
America Saint Lucia At a meeting organised by the Caribbean Public Health Agency, it was learnt that over 300 youths in Saint Lucia have been victims of homicide in the last decade
Europe Greece Ferries are registering a 100% occupancy rate yesterday and today, thanks to travellers joining families for Orthodox Easter festivities
Europe Netherlands The 'coronavirus pass', a digital certificate introduced in September 2021 that allowed people vaccinated or cured of Covid to access museums and events, did not violate fundamental rights, the Hague judges stated
Asia Kyrgyzstan A three-storey medical unit was inaugurated at the Republican Clinical Hospital for Infectious Diseases after a major renovation in Bishkek; the building modernization was financed through the WB's Emergency Response to COVID-19 project
Africa Angola The USAID administrator in a recent visit to the country promoted investment in the Lobito corridor, a vital component of the Global Partnership for Infrastructure and Investment