• Giappone

    If Tillerson becomes Trump’s top envoy, Exxon will give him $180 million sendoff to place in trust

    Rex Tillerson will get a $180 million retirement package from Exxon Mobil Corp. if he is confirmed as President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of state. Tillerson will give up more than 2 million Exxon shares he would have received over the next 10 years. In exchange, the company will make a ...

  • Malta

    PN calls for amendment to 'power of attorney' legal notice

    The Opposition has filed a motion to amend a legal notice connected with the electronic revocation of garnishee orders and power of attorneys. The move comes after the Malta IT Law Association warned that the legal notice recently launched by Justice Minister Owen Bonnici to allow holders or subjects of a power ...

  • Serbia

    French police hold former Kosovo PM after arrest warrrant

    French police have detained Kosovo's former prime minister based on an arrest warrant issued by Serbia. Ramush Haradinaj, who is also a former guerrilla fighter, was stopped as he flew in from Kosovo's capital, Pristina. Kosovo's foreign ministry said the arrest warrant issued by Serbia was "unacceptable". The government said it is ...

  • Malta

    Another positive year for the Maltese equity market

    Following the exceptional performance of the MSE Share Index in 2015 when the equity market rallied by 33 per cent, the Index advanced by a more modest 4.5 per cent in 2016. The MSE Share Index is composed of the 22 equities listed on the Official List of the Malta Stock ...

  • Panama Malta Italia

    April 2016: Public protests against corruption; PM defends Konrad Mizzi; cosmetic Cabinet reshuffle

    April was dominated with articles about the Panama Papers as the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists revealed the leak which caused shockwaves around the world.Minister Konrad Mizzi dug in even further until the Prime Minister removed his Health and Energy Portfolios.In addition, this month also saw Alitalia finally announced as ...

  • Thailandia

    Van, truck collide, catch fire on Thai highway, killing 25

    A van and a pickup collided and caught fire on a highway in eastern Thailand on Monday afternoon, killing 25 people, authorities said.The public transit van lost control and crossed the grass median, colliding with the pickup truck going in the opposite direction Monday afternoon, according to Thai Road Accident ...

  • USA Panama Malta

    September 2016: Leo Brincat’s nomination rejected by EP, approved by Council

    4 SeptemberThe Libyan Visas scandal erupted at the end of August, but at the beginning of September, this newsroom revealed that the Libyan national who served as a middleman in the racket claims to have had his children threatened if he spills more beans in a televised interviewed he had ...

  • Regno Unito

    Updated: Departing UK ambassador to EU criticises government in email

    Britain's outgoing ambassador to the European Union has strongly criticized the government's approach to Brexit negotiations in a blistering farewell email to his staff.Ivan Rogers said Prime Minister Theresa May's government has been hindered by "ill-founded arguments" and "muddled thinking" in its approach to the upcoming talks to pull Britain ...

  • USA Malta

    Updated: Many passengers were unaware of hijacking, thought bad weather forced Malta landing

    Many of the passengers who were on board the Afriqiyah Airways flight 209 did not realise their plane had been hijacked until after it landed in Malta, and thought the diversion was a result of bad weather. Some only learnt about the hijack after the whole ordeal was over, a ...

  • Auditor general, deputy attend congress in Abu Dhabi

    Auditor General Charles Deguara and Deputy Auditor General Noel Camilleri recently attended the XXII INCOSAI (International Congress of Supreme Audit Institutions) held in Abu Dhabi.  The Congress included members from 194 Supreme Audit Institutions around the globe.The XXII INCOSAI focused on two themes, namely audit bodies’ contribution to the UN ...