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Giappone
Japan’s current growth unsustainable but easing policy to stay: Kuroda
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda said the recent pace of growth in the world’s third-largest economy is probably unsustainable and pledged to continue with ...
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India Nigeria
Nigeria ranks fifth in number of foreign students in Indian universities
There are 1202 Nigerians studying various academic programmes in Indian universities, a report said on Saturday. According to the report by Association of Indian Universities, Nigeria ranks fifth in the biggest sources of international students in the country’s academic institutions behind Nepal (5,480 students), people of Indian birth who live outside ...
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Cina USA
China bans new business ventures by North Koreans
China’s commerce ministry has banned North Korean nationals from setting up new businesses in the country, enforcing recent UN sanctions as Washington urges Beijing to do more to curb its ally’s nuclear ambitions. The ban, effective immediately, came as Pyongyang launched three short-range missiles on Saturday according to the US ...
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Canada
Algérie-Canada-Corée du sud : Renforcer la coopération énergétique
Le ministre de l’Energie, Mustapha Guitouni, a invité le Canada et la Corée du Sud à renforcer leur coopération énergétique avec l’Algérie, à l’occasion des visites des ambassadeurs de ces deux pays, respectivement, Isabelle Roy et Park Sang-Jin, jeudi à son département ministériel, a indiqué un communiqué du ministère. Le ministre ...
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Brasile
BMI Research revê em baixa o crescimento da economia do Brasil de 0,8% para 0,5% este ano
A evolução na produção de petróleo é positiva, mas o elevado desemprego e a baixa produtividade levam a consultora BMI Research a corrigir a sua previsão de crescimento. "A economia do Brasil vai mostrar uma modesta recuperação este ano, saindo da recessão que começou no segundo trimestre de 2014", sublinham ...
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Portogallo
A volta ao mundo dos chinelos em cortiça
As Portuguesas são para calçar e baloiçar nos pés. A nova coleção de 2018 chega ao mercado no final do ano e resulta da vontade da Ecochic e do know-how da Amorim Cork Ventures. Um produto made in Portugal que aposta num material tipicamente português e do mais ecológico que ...
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Belgio
La Belgique n'est toujours pas membre du Partenariat pour un gouvernement ouvert
Le Partenariat pour un gouvernement ouvert (PGO) a été créé en 2011. Il réunit actuellement 70 pays (Etats-Unis, Amérique latine, Australie et la plupart des pays européens), plusieurs ONG et autres représentants de la société civile.
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Malta
Malta's economy gets another positive credit rating
International credit rating agency, DBRS, has affirmed Malta’s credit rating at A while upgrading the trend on the ratings to positive. The development comes weeks after credit rating upgrades by Standard and Poor’s and Fitch. DBRS acknowledges that, following a fiscal consolidation process since 2013, Malta’s fiscal out-turns came in better than expected in ...
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Malta
Curtail 'large-scale' projects frenzy until masterplan is drawn up
The government should curtail the "large-scale projects frenzy" for a limited time until a proper well studied national masterplan is drawn up, a private members' motion will propose. The motion, to be presented by the Democratic Party, will propose "where and what" kind of developments are more suited to our country's ...
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Nigeria Malta
Watch: 'All this fuss for nothing' - Herrera sees no nepotism in daughter's law appointment
Environment Minister Josè Herrera has denied that appointing his daughter as commissioner for justice while he forms part of the Cabinet is a case of nepotism, insisting that the move was not unethical. Times of Malta reported earlier this week that Martina Herrera, the minister’s youngest daughter, was given the judicial ...