• MITLA poses numerous questions on proposed Media and Defamation Act

    The Malta Information Technology Law Association has publicly released several questions in anticipation of a Q&A Session on the Media and Defamation Act being held tomorrow.MITLA said it believes in the importance of the protection of our fundamental freedoms online."Basic human rights such as the freedom of expression should apply ...

  • 19 Mar Fiera IFE di Londra 2017

    L'ICE-Agenzia per la promozione all’estero e l’internazionalizzazione delle imprese italiane, nell’ambito della Linea di Intervento B1 del Piano Export Sud, organizza la Collettiva italiana alla Fiera IFE di Londra 2017. L’evento che costituisce la principale manifestazione fieristica di diffusione e promozione dell’agroalimentare nel Regno Unito, si terrà presso il centro fieristico ...

  • The Myth Of UK-US ‘Special Relationship’

    When UK Prime Minister Theresa May became the first foreign leader to visit US President Donald Trump at the White House last month, few in Britain remained impassive. For critics of May’s first appointment with America’s 45th commander-in-chief, the trip was nothing short of a political embarrassment. With the UK’s ...

  • Il tribunale dei minori di Firenze riconosce l’adozione di due bambini da parte di una coppia gay.

    Il tribunale dei minori di Firenze riconosce l’adozione di due bambini da parte di una coppia gay. I due bambini sono stati adottati nel Regno Unito da una coppia di italiani che da anni risiedono all’estero. Il tribunale fiorentino ha disposto la trascrizione degli atti che diventano effettivi anche in Italia, ...

  • Turkey highlights free trade deal with UK in post-Brexit era

    Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci has highlighted the need for a free trade deal between Turkey and the U.K. soon after Brexit.

  • Will France carry the flag of the next revolution, again?

    Claiming that the western world is fed up with the current crop of politicians is an understatement. If US voters are able to stomach a Donald Trump as their president, then rock bottom is not far below. Europe is not far behind. The UK has voted to leave the European Union. ...

  • Increasing Kenya's disaster preparedness measures

    Source: Global Humanitarian Assistance programme (Development Initiatives) Country: KenyaA new assessment recommends adopting a multi-stakeholder approach, assessing funding strategies, and data collaboration with NGOs and other non-state actors. In March 2016, the UK’s Department for International Development commissioned Development Initiatives to conduct a political economy study on Kenya’s preparedness to disasters caused ...

  • Toyota may delay U.K. investment decision until Brexit terms are clear

    Japanese carmaker Toyota may delay a decision on whether to build its next-generation Auris model at its British car plant until it sees the outcome of Brexit negotiations, a senior executive told Reuters on Wednesday. Toyota currently builds its Auris hatchback and Avensis car at its Burnaston plant in the ...

  • Voice from the grave: Tristan Voorspuy puts Laikipia invasions into perspective

    Some people are unhappy with the use of the word 'invasion' in Laikipia today. Europeans arrived and built a railway in Kenya in roughly 1900. A population census put the population at two million in what was to become Kenya. At independence in 1963 a survey revealed roughly seven million. ...

  • Rivlin invites British royal family to visit Israel

    Israeli president asks visiting UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to relay the invitation to mark the centenary of the Balfour Declaration.

  • UK's Johnson to JPost: Israel’s choice is two states or apartheid

    UK Foreign Secretary says Israel has ‘rock solid’ support in May govt.; states that Netanyahu gave ‘alternative’ view to Peace Now briefing on settlements.

  • Kenya: The rise of Kenya's matrimonial property sharing law

    Kenya's matrimonial property division laws were borrowed from those enacted in England in 1882.

  • Japan provides timely food support as WFP steps up efforts to prevent famine in Yemen

    Source: World Food Programme Country: Japan, YemenSome US$13 million from the Government of Japan will provide desperately-needed food assistance to 7 million people suffering from devastating conflict and decades of chronic food insecurity.SANA’A – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed today a contribution of some US$13 million from the ...

  • Uhuru and Raila unite in condemning county opulance at Gachagua burial

    At least 18 choppers landed in Nyeri and a record 35 governors attended Nderitu Gachagua burial at Hiriga on Monday. Even as county chiefs showed up in sleek fuel guzzlers, Uhuru and Raila in their speeches condemned the misuse of funds in counties. Nasa leader Raila Odinga opened the pandora ...

  • 49 people caught using false documents since start of 2016

    49 persons were caught entering Malta with false documents since the start of 2016, with 14 people being caught while Schengen was temporarily closed, the Police have confirmed with The Malta Independent.The numbers show that 28% of people using false documents were caught during a 20-day period when Schengen was ...

  • Gestion hôtelière : Des Suisses en démarcheurs à Alger

    Les écoles de gestion hôtelière suisses Glion et Les Roches, qui comptent parmi les plus prestigieuses écoles privées de management hôtelier du monde, sont disposées à nouer des partenariats avec des écoles algériennes, a annoncé, hier à Alger, Tanit Hadj Ali, directrice régionale de recrutement de Glion et Les Roches ...

  • Settlers call on UK’s Foreign Secretary Johnson to visit

    Settler leaders urged the UK's Foreign Secretary to meet with them during his first work trip to Israel, claiming that Johnson won't be able to see the full picture if he only meets with 'Peace Now'

  • Anti-settlement Peace Now to brief UK's Boris Johnson on settlements

    The British Foreign Secretary is scheduled to arrive Tuesday.

  • Editorial: Konrad Mizzi - Questions still lingering

    Minister Konrad Mizzi this week lashed out at this newspaper and accused it of having lied in his regard when we published an article in his respect last summer, an article that had asked valid questions based on valid information.That article was based on two publicly-available documents that showed how ...

  • Sai Mizzi’s replacement will not occupy Consul General role – Foreign Ministry, Malta Enterprise

    The new Malta Enterprise Representative, Jennifer Shen May, will not occupy the role of Consul General of the Republic of Malta in Shanghai, as Sai Mizzi Liang did before her, spokespersons at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Malta Enterprise have confirmed to The Malta Independent. The Ministry also revealed ...

  • Conventions Malta voted as Best Conventions Bureau in United Kingdom

    In less than two years since it was set up, Conventions Malta has managed to win another prestigious international recognition at the M&IT Industry Awards. After placing third among the top Convention Bureaux outside the UK last year, this year Conventions Malta improved its position and picked up the first ...