• Malta

    28-year-old Serbian man denied bail after being found with cocktail of narcotics

    A 28-year-old Serbian national named Vladimir Stankovic has been denied bail after being caught with a cocktail of illegal drugs, namely cocaine, cannabis, ketamine and other psychotropic drugs which would appear that they were not exclusively for personal use.The accused had a long list of charges due to the variety ...

  • Malta

    Simon Busuttil is a threat to new jobs in public sector – Chris Cardona

    Deputy Leader of the Labour Party Chris Cardona said that as Simon Busuttil keeps on lashing out at the government spending, he is making it clear that he intends to remove new benefits introduced by this administration.Addressing a press conference this afternoon at the Labour Party Headquarters in Hamrun, the ...

  • USA Malta

    Need for proactive rather than reactive policies to protect children online – Miriam Dalli

    "All EU Member States need to adopt a proactive approach in their fight against child online abuse to prevent more harm being done," MEP Miriam Dalli said in a meeting with local stakeholders which are involved in combatting child exploitation and online abuse.The meeting formed part of a wide consultation ...

  • Regno Unito Malta

    Government does not exclude updating current laws on suits for pain and suffering

    Under Maltese law, one cannot sue exclusively for moral damages, i.e. pain and suffering derived from some ordeal, but Justice Minister Owen Bonnici pointed out that the law has a number of provisions for compensation to be awarded to injured parties. He said the government does not exclude updating current ...

  • USA

    Editorial: The imponderables of the French election

    By late evening on Sunday we will know the results of the first round of the French presidential election. The two candidates who get the most support will then pass on to the second round which takes place on 7 May.In normal circumstances, the French presidential election is like no ...

  • Singapore

    Singapore home sales at four-year high

    Singapore home sales surged to the highest monthly total for nearly four years in March, a month in which the government rolled back some property curbs in March following a three-year slide in prices.

  • Giappone Vietnam

    Japan reaches out

    With ample liquidity supplied by its central bank and facing an anaemic economy back home, many Japanese companies do not have to look any farther west than Southeast Asia to ply their trade and expand their business empires.

  • Myanmar

    Myanmar deserves our patience

    What a difference a year makes. In the same hot summer last year, Myanmar was the rosy-cheeked debutante of the democratic world after the National League for Democracy (NLD) won a landslide victory in the 2015 election, paving the way for the first civilian-led government in 54 years. Foreign investors ...

  • Giappone

    Dollar weaker around ¥108.30 in Tokyo

    After a brief rally, the dollar dropped to around ¥108.30 in Tokyo trading on Monday, pressured chiefly by unabated geopolitical risks over North Korea. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥108.32-32, down from ¥108.93-94 at the same time Friday. The euro was at $1.0638-0638, up from $1.0619-0621, and at ...

  • Cina Giappone

    China’s property investment remains robust despite curbs

    Real estate investment in China remained robust in the first quarter from a year earlier, official data showed Monday, as the pace of new construction quickened, despite intensified government cooling measures. Growth in property investment, which includes residential, commercial and office spaces, accelerated to 9.1 percent from 8.9 percent in ...