PORTUGAL
Jeffrey Che, Senior Reporter
Politics: Portuguese Prime Minister and Socialist leader António Costa, responded to doubts expressed by far-left parties. Costa seeks to appease the far-left and pledges to “stay on track.”
Economics: Last week, António Costa, Portugal’s Prime Minister, announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that Google has chosen Portugal as a major hub, expecting to create “500 highly qualified jobs, above all in the field of engineering.”
Culture: Tickets for the Irish rock band U2’s upcoming concert at Lisbon’s Altice Arena on 16 September sold out in under an hour.
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LITHUANIA
Hussain Usman Chaudry, Reporter
Politics: An expansion worth 81 million euros takes place in Lithuania to expand the army's training ground.
Economics: After discussions with the Lithuanian officials at Davos, PayPal is considering to invest in Lithuania.
Culture: A square in a Lithuanian town, Maisiagala, gets named after a Polish politician.
AFRICA
NIGERIA
Fatima Yousuf, Senior Reporter and Design/Layout Editor
Politics: Former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo has encouraged other Nigerian politicians to sign on to Coalition for Nigeria that would plan on ousting current President Muhammadu Buhari, claiming that the country’s political and security situation has worsened under Buhari’s leadership.
Economics: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) anticipates that Nigeria’s economy will grow in 2018 at a rate 0.6% greater than that of 2017. However recent political standoffs between President Muhammadu Buhari and Parliament may serve to stunt such growth and hinder markets.
Culture: The Governor of Nigeria’s state of Bayelsa, Ezenwo Wike, plans on hosting the 2018 edition of the National Festival of Arts and Crafts (NAFEST), to promote cultural diversity in Nigeria and to attract cultural enthusiasts around the world.
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