AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoCitizenship-by-investment: São Tomé and Príncipe is selling “golden passports” for a one-time $90,000 contribution to its National Transformation Fund (plus fees), aiming to fund education, healthcare, energy and infrastructure amid weak export earnings and electricity shortages. US Visa Policy: The United States has made permanent a visa bond programme for B1/B2 applicants from 50 countries, including São Tomé and Príncipe, allowing consular officers to require refundable deposits up to $20,000 before visas are issued. World Heritage: UNESCO added the Roças of São Tomé and Príncipe to the World Heritage List, highlighting the island’s Portuguese colonial plantation history, including “forced migration and labor,” and marking the first UNESCO inscriptions for the country. Diplomacy: Serbia’s foreign minister Marko Đurić met São Tomé and Príncipe’s PM Américo Ramos to discuss expanding cooperation in education, healthcare, agriculture, digitalization and culture, and Serbia thanked São Tomé and Príncipe for its stance on Kosovo and for confirming participation in Expo 2027.
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