• USA

    Growth initiative launched in Africa

    Hilton has committed $50 million over the next five years towards the Hilton Africa Growth Initiative to support the continued expansion of its Sub-Saharan African portfolio. These funds are intended to support the conversion of around 100 hotels (roughly 20,000 rooms) in multiple African markets into Hilton branded properties, namely into ...

  • Regno Unito

    Maltese architect winner at international design awards

    Maltese architect Jonathan Mizzi was a winner in the ‘Outside’ category at the Restaurant & Bar International Design Awards ceremony in King’s Cross, London. Together with his team, Mizzi was recognised for his breathtaking Colicci Coffee kiosk at London’s Westfield Stratford shopping centre. Mizzi Studio’s design for the Colicci kiosk is ...

  • Malta

    Today's front pages

    The following are the top stories in national newspapers today. Times of Malta says the Ombudsman is questioning once again whether the employment of people from outside the public service on a ‘position of trust’ basis is in line with the Constitution. In another story, it quotes Prime Minister Joseph Muscat ...

  • Malta

    Part of intangible heritage

    The Malta Band Clubs’ Association has just been awarded the prestigious European Citizen’s Prize for 2017 by the European Parliament. The Maltese members of the European Parliament had nominated it for the prize on the 70th anniversary of its formation in recognition of its promotion of cross-border musical cooperation in ...

  • Malta

    INDEPTH: Trade unions were against health and safety issues, now recognise importance – OHSA chief

    Trade unions were against health and safety issues on the workplace, but have now understood their importance to safeguard workers, Occupational Health and Safety Authority chief executive officer Mark Gauci said.Interviewed by The Malta Independent online editor Stephen Calleja on Indepth, Gauci recalled a day when a prominent trade unionist ...

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    Stymied police seek help in uncovering Vegas gunman's motive

    After five days of scouring the life of Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock and chasing 1,000 leads, investigators confessed Friday they still don't know what drove him to mass murder, and they announced plans to put up billboards appealing for the public's help.In their effort to find any hint of ...

  • Russia Turchia USA Regno Unito Malta Cipro

    A federal Europe will silence voice of small EU states - Alfred Sant

    A major dilemma facing small member EU states like Malta, Cyprus, Ireland and Demark is that while it is in their interests that the EU strengthens controls on security and on  tax evasion, these same member states want to maintain their sovereignty to secure their soverignty on national governance involving ...

  • USA Australia Malta

    Ocean meeting in Malta raises over $7 billion for marine protection

    A global conference to better protect marine life has raised more than $7 billion and won commitments to protect huge swathes of the Earth's oceans.The European Union, which organized the Our Ocean conference in the Maltese capital of Valletta, its 28 member states and its EIB investment bank gave almost ...

  • Spagna

    Empresas de Cataluña buscan nuevos hogares a lo largo de España

  • Portogallo

    Santander ajuda reconstrução de Porto Rico com dinheiro e voluntários

    O banco Santander Estados Unidos e a subsidiária em San Juan, o Banco Santander Porto Rico (BSPR), vão dar mais de dois milhões de dólares (1,7 milhões de euros) para financiar a recuperação na ilha, após os furacões.