• Brexit will increase pressure on common euro treasury - Alfred Sant

    “Brexit will increase the pressure on all EU countries to join the Eurozone, the pressure to create a common Euro Treasury and the harmonisation of taxes across all EU member states. I am convinced that the Maltese Government will remain focused on these developments and safeguards Maltese interests. I am ...

  • UK consumers suffer longest decline in spending power since 1970s

    British consumers have suffered the longest decline in their spending power since the 1970s, official data showed on June 30, although there was a sign that the economy may have recently gathered a bit of momentum.

  • At least 20,000 children could die in drought-stricken Somalia

    Source: Save the Children Country: SomaliaSave the Children says thousands of children across nine districts in Somalia at risk of starving to death in a few months unless the international community continues to provide life-saving aid.New study shows severe malnutrition rates are soaring in nearly half the surveyed districts More than 20,000 ...

  • Famine is over in South Sudan but people are still eating leaves

    Source: Tearfund Country: South SudanFamine has officially ended, thanks to a surge in aid, yet, the number of people at risk of starvation has increased. Meagre harvests and soaring food prices are being compounded by conflict.Famine has officially ended in South Sudan thanks to a surge in humanitarian aid. Yet, the ...

  • Uganda: Young Entrepreneur On Mission to Sell Uganda to UK's Midlands

    [Observer] Birmingham -Until he successfully organised the first Uganda - Midlands UK Trade and Investment Convention last month, Daniel Nsaba Buturo was an unknown quantity in the Ugandan community in Birmingham, England's second largest city, and surrounding areas, which are collectively referred to as the Midlands in the United Kingdom.

  • Diplomazia Economica Italiana 27 giugno: ultime news dal mondo

    Australia - Nuovo Galles del Sud: presenta legge di bilancio 2017-2018 Il Ministro del Tesoro dell''Esecutivo liberale, Dominic Perrottet, ha presentato in Parlamento il progetto di bilancio per il biennio 2017-2018 del Nuovo Galles del Sud. Facendo leva su un surplus fiscale di ben 4,5 miliardi di...

  • Air Malta re-connects Europe to North Africa with its new route to Tunis

    Air Malta inaugurated today a new scheduled service to the North African City of Tunis. This service also heralds the national airline’s return to North Africa. The Maltese airline is resuming services to Tunis after an absence of eight years, initially with a three times a weekly operation. Thanks to ...

  • UK fire fears continue as 60 buildings deemed unsafe

    The fallout from London’s devastating tower block blaze has continued with the government announcing 60 high-rises have failed safety tests, as an insurance body said they had warned officials of the fire risks

  • Strong festival with strong sponsors

    Thanks to the media, I don’t feel homesick at all in London where I am and have extended my business trip a couple of days due to the holidays. The TV in a café where we were sitting had the BBC on and the subtitles on the screen were about ...

  • England coaches proving they can match the best, says Paul Simpson

    Under-20 World Cup winner Paul Simpson insists English coaches are proving they are good enough to take the top jobs. Now Under-21 manager Aidy Boothroyd is one game away from the Euro 2017 final, with the Young Lions featuring in tomorrow’s semi-finals against Germany in Tychy. Boothroyd joined the Football Association just ...

  • Northern Ireland party signs deals to support UK Conservative government

    The leader of a Northern Ireland-based party struck a 1.5 billion pound ($1.9 billion) deal with British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives on Monday to support her minority government in a crucial vote on her legislative package later this week.Democratic Unionist Party leader Arlene Foster said the funding would "address ...

  • Business: Africa's biggest firm eyes UK, US bond issue

    The proceeds for the bond will shore up the company's balance sheet for future growth opportunities and will also be used to refinance some of its current debt, Naspers Chief Executive Officer Bob van Dijk said by phone on Saturday.

  • 91% of adult population participates in cultural activity

    91% of Malta’s adult population participated in a cultural activity according to new statistics on cultural participation in 2016 released by Arts Council Malta. The population survey carried out by the National Statistics Office in collaboration with the Valletta 2018 Foundation gives a statistical snapshot of several characteristics associated with the involvement of people ...

  • Angela Merkel sounds warning that UK may copy Malta’s low-tax model

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel this week sounded an alarm that the UK may end up copying Malta's low tax rate model when it exits the European Union.Addressing a meeting with non-governmental organisations in Hamburg this week, before she hosts a G20 summit in the city next month, she said: "I ...

  • ECB seeks greater power over clearing supervision

    The European Central Bank has requested enhanced powers to supervise clearing activities, it said today, a move to shore up its authority over London-based euro clearing once Britain leaves the European Union. The ECB estimates that €101 billion worth of euro-denominated derivatives trading is cleared in the UK each day and ...

  • Brexit: May offers hope for EU citizens, wins guarded praise

    British Prime Minister Theresa May promised Thursday that EU citizens will not be immediately kicked out of Britain when it leaves the union and says their fate will be a top priority in Brexit negotiations — prompting guarded praise from other EU leaders at a tense time for the continent.May's ...

  • Alfred Sant will be main speaker at conference on ‘Malta and Brexit'

    Former Prime Minister and Maltese MEP Alfred Sant will be the main speaker at a Conference on ‘Malta and Brexit’, following the opening of talks between the UK/EU on UK exit from the EU a few days after the UK snap election saw UK Prime Minister Theresa May lose her majority ...

  • Prime Minister speaks about possible EU regulation banning exportation of dinghies to Libya

    Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has indicated that he is backing a proposed regulation that would no longer allow EU countries to export dinghies and motorboats to Libya, unless they have specific permission. "These are used to send immigrants to EU countries. With such a small measure which I believe would be ...

  • From floods to disease, disaster risk rising in surging African cities

    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation Country: Malawi, United Republic of Tanzania, WorldMany ideas are emerging about how growing African cities can cut their risks. Among them: organise slum dwellers to improve the infrastructure or simply sort out which risks are the key ones, experts say.But plenty of ideas on how to sort ...

  • Nigerian yam for export to UK, US next week

    Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja A total of 72 metric tonnes of yam will leave the shores of Nigeria for United Kingdom and the United States of America next week, the Federal Government has said. It stated that the commencement of the raw food exportation from Nigeria would be done through the ...

  • UK gov’t feels ‘confident’ of deal with DUP

    British finance minister Philip Hammond said he was confident Prime Minister Theresa May will strike a deal with Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party to gain support for her minority government