• Costa Rica

    Firma entre IS y Adisa

    Internacional de Seguros (IS), primera aseguradora de Panamá y Centroamérica, se expande a Costa Rica con la compra del 76% de las acciones de Aseguradora del Istmo, S.A. (Adisa). Esta empresa de capital internacional, constituida en Costa Rica en el año 2010, está especializada principalmente en ramos personales de vida, ...

  • Malta

    Various equities decline in value

    After reaching a five-week high of 4,677.502 points yesterday, the MSE Share Index fell by 0.63% today as the drops in the share prices of six equities (including those of IHI, HSBC and RS2) offset the 1.7% gain in Medserv. Meanwhile, another five equities finished the day unchanged. Trading activity ...

  • USA Panama Malta

    Watch live: Muscat grilled by MEPs on rule of law in Malta

    Prime Minister Joseph Muscat will be facing questions from MEPs during a European Parliament debate on the rule of law in Malta in the wake of the Panama Papers scandal. Summing up, European Commissioner Pierre Moscovici says EU states need to abide by a series of strict rules to combat unfair tax ...

  • Panama Malta

    Greens ask EU Commission to probe Malta ‘anti-money laundering law violations’

    The European Greens have asked the European Commission to investigate potential anti-money laundering law violations in Malta, MEP Sven Giegold said today. Addressing a press conference in Strasbourg ahead of a debate about the rule of law in Malta, Mr Giegold said it was worrying that the police failed to act ...

  • USA

    Rifle-wielding gunman shoots US congressman, police at baseball practice

    Updated at 5pm  A top Republican politician has been shot by a rifle-wielding gunman at a congressional baseball practice just outside of Washington. House of Representatives majority whip Steve Scalise was shot and several other people were also wounded in the incident in Virginia, officials said. Capitol Police said officers who were part of ...

  • Malta

    Busuttil reiterates decision to resign, quells speculation that he could stay on as PN Leader

    Simon Busuttil this evening quelled speculation that he would stay on as PN Leader, telling party activists in Gozo that the electoral result required him to step down and pave the way for a new leader.Busuttil announced he was stepping down last week, a day after the Nationalist Party suffered ...

  • Regno Unito

    Lady Brexit meets Monsieur Europe: May, Macron to have talks

    British Prime Minister Theresa May is meeting France's president on her first foreign trip since a catastrophic election that weakened her leadership as Britain heads into tough talks on leaving the European Union.The two are on opposite fronts of the Brexit negotiations — French President Emmanuel Macron wants the remaining ...

  • Portogallo Spagna

    Spanish state prosecutor charges Ronaldo with tax fraud

    A Spanish state prosecutor has charged Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo with defrauding Spain's tax office of 14.7 million euros ($16.5 million) in unpaid taxes.In a statement released Tuesday, Madrid's regional state prosecutor accused Ronaldo of four accounts of tax fraud from 2011-14.It said the Portugal forward "took advantage of ...

  • Regno Unito

    FIRST word: Arabella Hogg and her love for fashion and luxury

    You will never find me on... Facebook - I'm an Instagram girl.The best invention is... sat nav: my sense of direction is seriously lacking!The thing that makes me the most happy is... playing with my daughter: I love to see her joy in the most simple of things.My favourite space ...

  • USA

    Bill Cosby jury sent home after deliberating 4 hours, no verdict reached

    The jury at Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial deliberated without reaching a verdict Monday over whether he drugged and molested a woman more than a decade ago in a case that already has helped demolish the 79-year-old comedian's good-guy image.A conviction could send Cosby to prison for the rest of ...