• 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 ...

  • Are high heel dress codes sexist? UK lawmakers hold debate

    British lawmakers focused on footwear Monday, asking whether employers should be able to make women wear high heels as part of a corporate dress code.Members of Parliament were to debate a ban on mandatory workplace high heels, in response to a petition started by a receptionist who was sent home ...

  • Meccanica, Trasporti & Mobilità

    Aerospazio, la Puglia si rafforza in Israele e Regno Unito

    Si sono conclusi lo scorso 2 marzo con la visita degli impianti produttivi di Sitael Spa a Mola di Bari gli Apulia Aerospace Business Meetings, iniziativa realizzata da ICE Agenzia per la promozione all’estero e l’internazionalizzazione delle imprese italiane in collaborazione con la Sezione per l’internazionalizzazione della Regione Puglia, Puglia ...

  • Insurance vital, but no magic bullet to fight drought in Africa

    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation Country: Malawi, Mauritania, Niger, SenegalInsurance companies that pay out directly to farmers are still few and far between in many developing countries, and they mainly serve commercial farmers because the poorest cannot afford to pay premiums."People think sometimes that insurance is the solution for everything. It is ...

  • Hibob teams with UK insurance co Aviva

    The company is developing a platform that enables employees to select an insurance policy in 15 minutes without an agent.

  • Today's front pages

    These are the leading stories in today's local newspapers.  The Times of Malta leads with news that an inquiry has found that it could not exclude the possibility that an investigation into money laundering was stopped abruptly because PN deputy leader Beppe Fenech Adami's name cropped up.  In a secondary story, the ...

  • Malta could be one of Brexit's biggest losers, KPMG report finds

    Malta may be one of the big losers from Brexit if this leads to poor economic relations between the UK and the EU, new research by KPMG suggests.  KPMG’s chief economist Yael Selfin looked at the EU27 countries most impacted from any future restrictions on trade in goods, services and the ...

  • New European Union returns policies put children at risk

    Source: International Organization for Migration, UN Children's Fund Country: WorldReturnee children are at risk of rejection in their countries of origin, as well as human rights violations. They are vulnerable to exploitation, to being recruited by armed groups, or pushed into forced labour.Brussels, 3 March 2017. The European Commission yesterday adopted ...

  • By working together we can tackle global challenges – EU Commissioner at Malta University Debate

    “Terrorism, migration, climate change, protectionism, and a feeling of mistrust between the people and their national governments or EU institutions are the biggest challenges the EU is facing” European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström told the audience at a student debate which took place in the Arts Lecture Theatre at ...

  • Groom raped woman in a park hours before marrying pregnant partner

    A groom has admitted a "sustained and systematic" rape hours before he was due to marry his pregnant partner, the BBC reports.Convicted rapist Derry Flynn McCann, 28, launched a two-hour assault "within sight" of his victim's front door in Hackney, east London, on 13 January.He later married his partner having ...

  • Economía.- La Bolsa de Londres gana un 46% menos en 2016 y espera la decisión de Bruselas sobre su fusión con Fráncfort

    br /> LONDRES, 3 (EUROPA PRESS) London Stock Exchange (LSE) obtuvo un beneficio neto de 192,9 millones de libras esterlinas (224 millones de euros) en 2016, una cifra un 46% por debajo del resultado del ejercicio anterior como consecuencia principalmente del pago de la factura fiscal ...

  • La Bolsa de Londres gana un 46% menos en 2016 y espera la decisión de Bruselas sobre su fusión con Fráncfort

    London Stock Exchange (LSE) obtuvo un beneficio neto de 192,9 millones de libras esterlinas (224 millones de euros) en 2016, una cifra un 46% por debajo del resultado del ejercicio anterior como consecuencia principalmente del pago de la factura fiscal por la venta de Russell Investments, según indicó el operador ...

  • UNICEF announces collaboration with telecommunications giant in drive for ‘Big Data’ for social good

    Source: UN Children's Fund Country: WorldUNICEF and Telefonica will work together on UNICEF's "Magic Box" initiative – an innovative use of data to inform and plan humanitarian responses to emergency situations.New York, 01 March 2017 – UNICEF and Telefonica, one of the largest European telecommunication companies, will work together on UNICEF's ...

  • Future of the EU: MEPs discuss five scenarios set out by Jean-Claude Juncker

    Lead MEPs from Parliament's political groups reacted on Wednesday to the Commission's Future of Europe White Paper, presented by its President Jean-Claude Juncker to the full House. Some MEPs welcomed the Commission's decision to outline five possible paths for the EU to take in the coming years, while others criticized ...

  • La camera dei Lord rallenta la Brexit.

    La camera dei Lord rallenta la Brexit. Votando un emendamento proposto dai laburisti sulle garanzie ai tre milioni di cittadini europei che vivono nel Regno Unito, la camera dei Lord ha rallentato l’iter della legge messa a punto dal governo di Theresa May che porterà all’uscita di Londra dall’Unione europea. ...

  • Trenitalia, JV con First in shortlist per gara East Midlands

    (Teleborsa) - First Trenitalia East Midlands Rail Limited, la joint venture tra First Group e Trenitalia UK, è stata inserita oggi, 1° marzo, dal Dipartimento dei Trasporti...

  • Kenya: Kabarak University to take on Harvard and Stanford in business competition

    The university will take on top world-ranking universities like Harvard, London School of Economics, Stanford, Instead, Hult International Business School, NYU, Colombia and American University Beirut, LBS Hitotutsubashi, KAUST and Makerere University.

  • Firm says several mistakes caused Oscars best picture gaffe

    The accounting firm responsible for the integrity of the Academy Awards said Monday that its staffers did not move quickly enough to correct the biggest error in Oscars history — the mistaken announcement of the best picture winner.PwC, formerly Price Waterhouse Coopers, wrote in a statement that several mistakes were ...

  • Making a gynae appointment under your girlfriend’s name: what transgender men have to endure

    While Malta has made huge strides in LGBTIQ laws, there are still some situations which need to be looked into, one being the situation of transgender men - men assigned female at birth but whose gender identity is that of a man - and gynaecologist waiting areas, a place which ...

  • Former UK PM Major slams 'unrealistic' Brexit expectations

    Former Prime Minister John Major lambasted Britain's preparations for leaving the European Union on Monday, saying the government must offer more charm and less "cheap rhetoric" if it wants to get a good deal.Major, who led the U.K.'s Conservative government between 1990 and 1997, accused pro-Brexit politicians of giving Britons ...