• Francia

    Le Pen kicks off her French presidential campaign

    France's far-right party leader Marine Le Pen kicked off her presidential campaign today, hoping promises to shield voters from globalisation boost her chances at a time of French political turmoil. Opinion polls see the 48-year old daughter of National Front (FN) founder Jean-Marie Le Pen topping the first round on April ...

  • Malta

    Sixty young farmers to benefit from €4.3m EU allocation

    Sixty young farmers are expected to benefit from a €4.3 million allocation in a drive to lure people back into farming. Parliamentary Secretary for EU Funds Ian Borg said the sub-measure was aimed at supporting young farmers. In Malta, 70 per cent of the full time farmers are over the age of 40. Young ...

  • USA Malta

    EU migration plan will provide no quick-fix solution - PN

    EU leaders must be careful not to give the impression that a 10-point plan agreed in Malta yesterday will provide a quick-fix solution in addressing migration flows from Libya, the Nationalist Party said today.  "Things will not change from one day to the next... We have been here before and previous ...

  • Malta

    Public land 'siphoned from people and given for private profit'

    It is extremely worrying that swathes of public land, Malta's scarcest and most precious resource, is being siphoned from the people and given for private profits, a pressure group said today.  Moviment Graffitti expressed its strong disapproval with the government's decision to transfer public land, currently occupied by the Institute for ...

  • Cina Mongolia

    Jewellery, cash... horses donated to help Mongolia government

    Private citizens in Mongolia are donating cash, jewellery, gold and even horses to help the government make a near $600 million payment to bondholders next month. The cash-strapped nation has been embroiled in an economic crisis brought about by a collapse in foreign investment, slowing growth in China and weak commodity ...

  • Malta

    Local newspapers in review

    The Malta EU summit dominated the front pages of most Maltese newspapers today: Carrying a picture of German chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister Theresa May and Prime Minister Joseph Muscat at St John's co-Cathedral, Times of Malta said the Malta summit had agreed a Libya-specific plan.  The Malta Independent said EU ...

  • USA Malta

    Decision to remove temporary protection for migrants will drag them into poverty – Colin Calleja

    Withdrawing the Temporary Humanitarian Protection-new status for migrants will drag them into poverty, Dr Colin Calleja, who forms part of the Solidarity with Migrants group, told The Malta Independent.“As a result of the withdrawal of their documents, all ​would face problems in their daily lives, including difficulties obtaining medication, inability ...

  • USA Iran Yemen

    US judge temporarily blocks Trump's travel ban nationwide

    A U.S. judge on Friday imposed a nationwide hold on President Donald Trump's ban on travelers and immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries, siding with two states that had challenged the executive order that has launched legal battles across the country.U.S. District Judge James Robart in Seattle ruled that Washington ...

  • Malta

    Hollande visits Napoleon’s one-time Malta bedroom

    French President Francois Hollande today paid a private visit to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Palazzo Parisio), and was welcomed by Minister George Vella just to see the minister's office, which had been used by Napoleon Bonaparte (reportedly as his bedroom) during his brief stay in Malta

  • Malta

    Updated: Former Labour Party Minister Joe Grima passes away, aged 80

    Former Labour Party Minister and TV presenter Joe Grima has passed away aged 80. He was due to turn 81 tomorrow.Born in Zejtun, Joe Grima was educated at Stella Maris College and St Michael's Training College.He started his journalism career as a reported with Times of Malta and later as ...