• Nigeria

    Más de 150 mil autos circularían sin seguro

    El superintendente de Seguros y Reaseguros de Panamá, José Joaquín Riesen, informó que la...

  • 'The only thing they have got to do is clear the dead bodies away'

    Boris Johnson has been slapped down by a senior Cabinet colleague after saying a Libyan city could become the next Dubai once it had cleared the dead bodies away. The British Foreign Secretary is facing calls for his sacking over the comments on the fringes of the Conservative conference. Damian Green, the ...

  • Giordania

    Motorbike explodes in Paris outside Jordan military mission

    A motorbike exploded outside a Jordanian military attache's office in western Paris this morning, Jordan's Petra news agency has reported.  No staff at the mission were injured in the blast, a spokesman from Jordan's foreign ministry told the news agency.  An embassy official said that there was no indication that the explosion was ...

  • Spagna

    Catalan officials study date for independence declaration

    Catalonia's regional government is mulling when to declare the region's independence from Spain in the wake of a disputed referendum that has triggered Spain's most serious national crisis in decades.The region's pro-independence president, Carles Puigdemont, who has said an independence declaration will come in a few days, is due to ...

  • Malta

    Two new support schemes aimed at attracting association conferences to Malta

    Conventions Malta has launched two new support schemes aimed at assisting and attracting more association conferences to the Maltese Islands.  Both schemes will apply to events taking place between 2018 and 2020. The Local Associations Scheme supports local entities looking to host international conferences and meetings in Malta. The Scheme ...

  • USA Malta

    David Casa to be responsible for work-life balance directive

    PN Head of Delegation David Casa will be responsible for one of the most important EU initiatives in the area of employment and social affairs during this legislature – the Work-Life Balance Directive. This was announced during an EPP Group meeting at the European Parliament in Strasbourg.  “The objective of ...

  • Malta

    BirdLife CEO - belief that governments may win elections by helping hunters is ‘fallacy’

    Mr Sultana has followed the Prime Minister's comments with disbelief. While fielding questions from the press on Tuesday night, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said that thanks to a change in the law during the previous legislature, he can only close the hunting season upon advice from the Ornis Committee.A follow-up ...

  • Malta

    PBS Board to appoint independent inquiry to look into John Bundy procurement issues

    The Public Broadcasting Services' board of directors is going to appoint an independent inquiry to look into CEO John Bundy and an alleged breach of procurement rules, sources within the PBS Board told The Malta Independent.The inquiry was ordered on Wednesday 28 September, then the PBS Board met at the Arts ...

  • Malta

    Opposition will vote against Public Administration Bill if draft not amended

    Nationalist MP Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici this evening called for amendments during the second reading of the Public Administration Bill, which Justice Minister Owen Bonnici hailed "a strong step forward in favour of democracy." Mifsud Bonnici said that the Opposition will be voting against the bill if it is not amended.The ...

  • Malta

    Alibaba can be an important contributor to Malta’s e-commerce strategy – Silvio Schembri

    When addressing a networking event for the introduction of the Alibaba group to the local firms, Parliamentary Secretary for Financial Services, Digital Economy and Innovation, Silvio Schembri, said that Alibaba can be an important contributor to Malta's e-commerce strategy, helping local and foreign investors to increase their visibility globally. He affirmed ...