• Malta

    Hunters and environmentalists join forces to feed the swans

    Environmentalists and hunters have agreed to join forces to ensure swans resting in Gozo are appropriately fed.  BirdLife Malta, the Federation for Hunting and Conservation and St Hubert's Hunters (KSU) have agreed to manage a feeding protocol established by veterinarian Euridiyke Kovacs. The feeding will be reduced after a while to encourage ...

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    Konrad Mizzi's EU Energy Council role is PM's prerogative - Finance Minister

    Finance Minister Edward Scicluna has declined to comment on former Energy Minister Konrad Mizzi’s appointment as chair of the EU’s Energy Council during Malta’s six-month rotating presidency.Asked about Prime Minister Joseph Muscat’s decision to appoint Dr Mizzi to head the council, Prof Scicluna said the choice was Dr Muscat’s “prerogative”.“Every ...

  • USA

    2017 - a threat or opportunity for EM currency bonds

    In 2016 emerging market (EM) hard currency bonds registered a strong performance. Bofa Merill Lynch emerging market index posted a total return of 17.3 per cent, despite the fact that investors were aware that the Federal Reserve (Fed), continued to indirectly pronounce the sanity of the US economy. In the US, the ...

  • Regno Unito

    Amazon rebrands London tube station, and MPs are not happy

    Some UK lawmakers criticised an advertising campaign by Amazon.com yesterday which involved changing the name signs at London's Westminster underground station, where parliament is located, to 'Webminster', branding it "insulting". Amazon paid underground operator Transport for London (TfL) 390,000 pounds to change the signage at the station underneath the Houses of ...

  • USA

    In tearful farewell, Obama awards Biden the Medal of Freedom

    At the dusk of both of their political careers, surrounded by teary friends and family, President Barack Obama on Thursday bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Joe Biden, the man he called "the finest vice president we have ever seen."The vice president winced in shock as Obama announced he was conferring the nation's ...

  • Malta

    Air Malta, Alitalia deal off; unions are set to be briefed on failure

    The government is refusing to answer questions on Air Malta after it was revealed that negotiations to reach a strategic partnership with Alitalia fell through. In the meantime unions representing employees of the ailing national airline are to be briefed about the situation this afternoon. They are expected to be ...

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    Malta earmarked as likely location for post-Brexit Lloyds subsidiary

    Malta is emerging as a likely possible location for a subsidiary of Lloyds of London after Brexit, as discussions between the insurance firm, the Malta Financial Services Authority, and a local law firm intensify, the Malta Chamber said on its website.According to sources who spoke to The Business Observer, Lloyds ...

  • USA Regno Unito

    As talks loom, 'hard Brexit' option raises fear of tariffs

    Is it cod or haddock?That's the sort of question that will matter to Britain if it leaves the European Union's tariff-free single market and ends up operating under rules overseen by the World Trade Organization.A complete divorce, often referred to as "hard Brexit," would see the EU impose tariffs on ...

  • USA

    IT companies should flag terrorist content, hate speech to authorities - MEP Marlene Mizzi

    During an extraordinary exchange of views with Google and Facebook on “Social media, the internet and counter-terrorism”, S&D MEP Marlene Mizzi held a debate on the challenges of ensuring that the internet and social media are not used as a platform for terrorists’ propaganda and online hate speech.The initiative was ...

  • Portogallo

    Justiça regulamenta transferências para obras do Plano de Segurança Pública

    A Secretaria Nacional de Segurança Pública do Ministério da Justiça regulamentou a celebração de contratos de repasse, por intermédio de agentes financeiros, como a Caixa Econômica Federal, no âmbito de atuação da secretaria.De acordo com portaria publicada no Diário Oficial da União desta sexta-feira (13/1), a destinação de recursos por ...