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Regno Unito Malta
Minnows' Euro 2016 success brought Maltco plenty to smile about
Minnows Iceland and Wales brought smiles to the faces of football fans during the Euro 2016 finals but the month-long tournament also had Maltco Lotteries smiling. The company saw revenue from sports games increase by 25 per cent to €12.4 million in the first six months as a result of the ...
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Germania Regno Unito
Frankfurt takes lead in Brexit race for City jobs
As UK triggers EU divorce, other financial centres jostle to take business from London
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Malta
BOV and GO lift the MSE Share Index
Following the declines in the previous three trading sessions, the MSE Share Index partially recovered by 0.12% to 4,718.103 points reflecting the gains in the share prices of BOV (+0.5%) and GO (+0.3%) which outweighed the 0.1% drop in FIMBank. Meanwhile, three equities traded unchanged. Trading volumes slipped to just ...
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Polonia Russia
Polish minister accuses EU Council president Tusk of involvement in 2010 plane crash
Poland's defence minister accused European Council President Donald Tusk of working with Russia's Vladimir Putin to harm Polish interests in connection with a 2010 plane crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others in Russia. The ministry notified the military department of the National Prosecutor's Office on Monday that it ...
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India Nuova Zelanda
Indian rivers given same status as humans
Two of India's most famous rivers have been given the status of living entities to save them from further harm caused by widespread pollution. The High Court in the northern state of Uttarakhand ruled that the Ganges and Yamuna rivers - considered sacred by nearly a billion Hindus in the country ...
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USA Georgia (Country)
Damien Hirst painting of George Michael to be auctioned for charity
Artist Damien Hirst - famous for his pickled sharks and diamond-encrusted skull - has painted an image of late singer George Michael. Hirst, 51, has depicted the Wham! star in household gloss to help raise cash for HIV and Aids prevention and awareness. The work on canvas, entitled Beautiful Beautiful George Michael ...
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USA Portogallo Malta
ITS advisers also provide services to Seabank Group
The audit firm engaged by the government to advise it on the value of the ITS land in St George's Bay has been providing services to various companies associated with the (db) Seabank Group and its owner, Silvio Debono, for a number of years, Times of Malta is informed. Publicly available ...
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USA Regno Unito Malta
Ministry attributes decrease in iGaming companies to greater enforcement and mergers
The number of iGaming companies has decreased from 275 to 265 from December 2012 to January 2017, a parliamentary question has revealed.The PQ, which was tabled by MP Chris Said and answered by Minister for Competitiveness and Digital, Maritime and Services Economy Manuel Mallia, also showed that the number of ...
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Malta
INDEPTH: PN considering shifting position on media law – Mario de Marco
Nationalist Party deputy leader Mario de Marco said the PN is considering a shift in its original position on the media law as presented by the government.Interviewed by The Malta Independent online editor Stephen Calleja on INDEPTH, Dr de Marco said that the criticism the PN levelled at what he ...
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USA
The pot can stop calling the kettle black
I am quite sure that many of you have come across situations where, in your heart of hearts, you felt that the idiom 'the pot calling the kettle black' fits like a glove. The idiom comes from old times when pots and pans were generally black, and kettles were generally ...