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
America Saint Lucia A French contingent, including schools and optical companies from Martinique, collectively purchased over 4.200 pairs of recycled spectacles, including prescription glasses, sunglasses and frames, to donate to Saint Lucia's population
America Saint Kitts and Nevis New 18-megawatt dual-fuel generators to be purchased and installed at the Needsmust power plant in St. Kitts will significantly increase the plant's power generation capacity
Asia United Arab Emirates The UAE field hospital in Gaza began the prosthesis fitting process to distribute 61 prostheses to the wounded in different phases, with each phase housing 10 people for the fitting process, along with support for physical and psychological rehabilitation
Oceania Tonga 17 new houses and a town hall are under construction for 'Atata Si'i community in Tongatapu; the 22 houses built in 2023 were not enough to accommodate all affected families that were relocated from the island of 'Atata after the tsunami of January 2022
Africa Republic of the Congo According to a study published by the Congolese NGO Publish What You Pay, only 2% of health projects were implemented between 2020 and 2023
Europe Slovenia The Slovenian Alpine Association, the country's largest brewery and other partners have joined forces to collect waste aluminium cans and turn them into mountain bivouac shelters
America Trinidad and Tobago 31-year-old San Fernando cancer survivor Darius Emrith was named Global Hero of Hope 2024 by the American Cancer Society in November 2023 and is sharing his story in various forums to raise awareness
Africa Sao Tome and Principe The US considers the human rights situation in 2023 to have remained similar to the previous year, highlighting the lack of judicial independence and accountability in corruption cases
Asia Mongolia Mongolian scientists have published over 8.000 papers in international journals, cited at list 90.000 times since 1944; more than 80% of the papers were written by scientists from the Academy of Sciences and leading public universities
Africa Rwanda 326 disaster hotspots, with heavy rains looming in May, have been identified by the Ministry in charge of emergency management
Oceania Samoa Nuanua O Le Alofa (N.O.L.A), a disability organisation in Samoa, has submitted proposals to include persons with disabilities in the design stages of new road projects
Africa Senegal The Dakar Biennial, a prestigious month-long event dedicated to contemporary African art, will be postponed from May to November as newly elected authorities wish to wait for optimal conditions
Europe Spain Europe's largest battery recycling factory for electric cars will open by the end of the year on Costa Blanca near Alicante