• Cuba

    Cuban uses condoms, tropical fruit to make own brand of wine

    The sweet smell of fermenting fruit fills the streets around the modest Havana home where Orestes Estevez and his family fill glass jugs with grapes, ginger and hibiscus, then slip a condom over each glass neck to start the unusual process of winemaking in a land famed for rum.From origins as an ...

  • Perù Malta

    Hibernians demonstrate their true potential; Camenzuli denies Valletta derby spoils

    HIBERNIANS –  3BALZAN FC-        1       Hibernians: A. Hogg, R. Soares (J. Bezzina), D. Boljevic, M. Dias, J. Lima, C. Failla, B. Kristensen, Jorginho (D. Vella), J. Degabriele (M. Jallow), G. Ribeiro, A. AgiusBalzan: I. Janjusevic, D. Grima, B. De Oliveira, B. Kaljevic, R. Fenech (L. Micallef), S. Bezzina, A. Souza ...

  • Regno Unito Malta

    Daily Mail describes PM as ‘puffed-up pin-up’, former radio journalist who's holding Britain hostage

    The Daily Mail today described Malta’s Prime Minister as a “puffed-up pin-up”, a “former readio journalist who’s holding Britain hostage”.The article, written by Ian Birrell, says Joseph Muscat “holds the destiny of our country in his hands. For make no mistake, the obscure Mr Muscat is every bit as crucial ...

  • USA Malta

    Updated: Collapse of ID card system: More cases of people with double voting documents, ID Cards

    The double and triple ID Card saga revealed in detail by The Malta Independent on Sunday last week has taken a new twist, as more sources have come forward with fresh information sustaining the claims made in Parliament by PN Deputy Leader Beppe Fenech Adami who described the ID card ...

  • Canada

    GWU calls for recusal of judge in case concerning use of headquarters

    The court proceedings instituted by the Nationalist Party Parliamentary Group against General Workers’ Union for a breach of contract over the Workers’ Memorial Building in Valletta, after parts of the building were leased to third parties, begun today with the GWU requesting the recusal Judge Jacqueline Padovani Grima, who is ...

  • Belgio

    L'avortement hors du Code pénal : des paroles aux actes !

    C'est un anniversaire un peu particulier que le Code pénal belge célèbre aujourd'hui. En effet, le 3 avril 1990, après avoir frôlé de peu la crise politique, l'IVG était enfin partiellement dépénalisée en Belgique. Vingt-sept ans plus tard, il nous apparait primordial de nous pencher à nouveau sur cette loi ...

  • Nigeria

    Naira Down 8% As Investors Seek Dollars For Investment Repatriation

    The value of the Naira nosedived last week at the parallel market, despite the continuous injection of Dollars at the official end of the foreign exchange market by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The Naira which had gained a substantial 30 per cent since the CBN’s efforts at boosting ...

  • Nigeria

    Illegal Detention: CAN Writes DSS, Demands Apology For Dogonyaro, Lemo, Others

    The Christian Association of Nigeria has demanded that the Department of State Services should tender a written apology to four members, Board Trustees of CAN Trustfund who were detained on the orders of its director-general. The director of Legal and Public Affairs in CAN, Kwamkur Samuel, in a protest letter ...

  • Nigeria

    CBN Vows To Sustain Forex Liquidity

    The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday reiterated its determination to sustain the provision of foreign exchange with a view to ensuring liquidity in the market and enhance accessibility and affordability for genuine end users. The apex bank’s acting director, Corporate Communications, Mr Isaac Okorafor in a statement on Sunday ...

  • Nigeria

    External Reserves Gain $4.45bn In 2017 Q1

    Nigeria’s foreign reserves appreciated by $4.45 billion in the first three months (Q1) of 2017 as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) sustained pressure in bridging the gap between official foreign exchange and parallel market rates. Statistics on the CBN website at the weekend revealed that the foreign exchange reserves ...