• USA Malta

    Deutsche Bank’s move from Malta played down

    Bank of Valletta has confirmed that Deutsche Bank withdrew correspondent banking services for US dollar transactions but would not dwell on the reasons why. Describing this as “a normal occurrence” in the banking sector, a BOV spokesman yesterday said Deutsche Bank had withdrawn these services from a large number of banks ...

  • USA Malta

    Government to present Air Malta plan to unions in two weeks' time

    Tourism Minister Konrad Mizzi this afternoon announced that government’s fresh plans for Air Malta would be presented to the unions in two weeks' time. Though he gave very few details of what is in store, he said that certain areas would be outsourced, some routes re-introduced and a new organisational ...

  • Turchia USA Malta

    David Casa remains coy on preferred Nationalist Party leader

    MEP David Casa would not tell The Malta Independent who he would like to see as the Nationalist Party Leader, after revealing that he is interested in contesting for the post of PN Secretary General.Casa announced that he wanted to contest as General Secretary for the Nationalist Party in comments given to The Times ...

  • Cina USA Spagna Regno Unito Malta Estonia

    Helping clients restructure

    This meeting is of Grant Thornton CEOs from all over Europe and the network opportunities it offers are enormous.Grant Thornton in Malta was founded, like other Grant Thornton outfits elsewhere, by a local person but it has experienced huge growth through its connection with Grant Thornton International.It employs 100 people ...

  • Panama

    PL, PN go head to head over two seats in Parliament, Marlene Farrugia testifies

    As the Labour Party and the Nationalist Party go head to head over two Parliamentary seats, some big names in the local scene took the stand to testify such as Partit Demokratiku leader Marlene Farrugia and outgoing PN general secretary Rosette Thake.Carm Mifsud Bonnici and Frederick Azzopardi were given two ...

  • Malta

    Assignment to Ministers of responsibility for the business of Government

    In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 82 of the Malta Constitution, the President of Malta, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister, re-assigned responsibility for the business of the Government of Malta, including the administration of Departments of Government, as follows: Office of the Prime Minister ...

  • USA Malta

    Winning design of traditional Maltese balconies to dress two new Air Malta aircraft

    A new livery design was chosen for the new Air Malta aircraft added to the fleet, named Romeo and Juliet. The competition called for designers to send their ideas as to design a new Air Malta livery. The winning design (above) was by US national Mitchell Dill, who designed the ...

  • Regno Unito

    UK treasury chief: economy should be main focus in Brexit

    Britain's finance minister said Friday that protecting jobs and the economy should be the main focus in upcoming discussions over the country's exit from the European Union.Arriving for a meeting with his counterparts in the 28-country EU, Hammond said his "clear view and I believe the view of the majority ...

  • Malta

    Casual elections: Deborah Schembri says it is 'unlikely' she will get elected

    The general election saw a number of high profile Labour Party members fail to make it to parliament.However, the casual elections have opened the door for several former ministers and parliamentary secretaries, who missed out in the election, to form part of parliament.With the casual elections to fill seven extra ...

  • USA Malta

    Konrad Mizzi says urgent action needed to avoid Air Malta closure

    Tourism Minister Konrad Mizzi said today that urgent action is needed or else Air Malta will have to close down.“The costs as they stand are not sustainable,” Mizzi said at the MHRA Hotel Survey by Deloitte at the Hilton.“We would feel the pinch if it closed down.”The minister said that ...