Asia Syria Germany's Ministry of Transport lifted the landing ban and normalized passenger traffic with Syria from 27 July 2026, thus opening to direct flights Düsseldorf-Damascus today 29 July, Berlin Brandenburg-Damascus and Cologne/Bonn-Aleppo on 1 August
Europe Croatia The Croatian parliament, the Sabor, will be dissolved on 14 March, and parliamentary elections will be held in April or May, as by law they must be held within 30 to 60 days from the date of dissolution of parliament
America Jamaica Over 8.000 participants from 200 schools were trained in restorative justice and Justice Minister Hon. Delroy Chuck encouraged them to become advocates for the conflict resolution method in their schools and communities
America Uruguay The Americas Act, a bipartisan US legislative proposal for trade and investment expansion in Latin America and the Caribbean, was welcomed with optimism by Foreign Minister Omar Paganini, considering Uruguay as a potential "pilot case"
Europe Latvia After the attack on the Occupation Museum, plans are being made to speed up the creation of a comprehensive video surveillance network throughout Latvia; the Interior Minister will have a month to identify what is already in place and what can be used
Europe Hungary Ferenc Krausz, experimental physicist, has been named person of the year 2023 by public media; he is a 2023 Nobel laureate for his experimental methods in producing attosecond pulses of light to study the movement of electrons within atoms
America Nicaragua Nicaragua has formally sued Germany at the International Court of Justice for funding Israel and cutting aid to the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA
Africa Burkina Faso Fespaco, Ouagadougou's African Film Festival, will charge a submission fee this year for films wishing to enter the competition for the first time in its history
Africa Algeria A project on career development support for women magistrates was officially launched in Algiers, thank to a partnership between the Ministry of Justice and the United Nations Development Program
Europe Bulgaria Human Rights Watch urged the country not to deport Saudi activist Abdulrahman al-Khalid, as deportation would expose him to the risk of torture
Asia Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz officials are now calling for the 2019 uranium mining ban to be lifted, while populist President Sadyr Japarov continues to pursue state production in the extractive industries he first supported more than a decade ago as an opposition politician
Africa Comoros Retired people have asked for an increase in their pensions, also considering the growing inflation
Africa Mauritania Mauritania and the European Union have signed a non-legally binding joint declaration, setting out the strengthening of a partnership on migration
Asia Jordan Jordan's Grand Mufti, Ahmed Hasanat, Sunday announced that Tuesday would be the first day of Ramadan, as the Ramadan crescent was not seen during an event to monitor it held by the Iftaa' Department at the King Hussein bin Talal Mosque