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    Coppini moves to Von der Heyden Group

    Luke Coppini is joining the Von der Heyden Group as group chief financial officer and will be appointed as a management board member of Timan Investments Holdings Ltd as of September 18. Mr Coppini has gained vast experience in the field of finance during the last more than 30 years of ...

  • Malta

    Illegal street betting gets men deported

    Two men who engaged unwary passers-by in an illegal game of chance were each fined €500 today and ordered to leave Malta this very evening. Over the past days, police had been alerted to various instances of illegal betting allegedly taking place on the streets. Reports had even been published on social ...

  • Francia

    France to sell €10 billion worth of state assets - source

    France will sell €10 billion worth of state assets to finance projects geared towards innovation, a finance ministry source said today. "It will be done as soon as market conditions will allow," the source said, adding that these would mostly concern minority stakes. While campaigning for the presidency, Emmanuel Macron had said ...

  • Malta

    A&H: Oral health... rotting teeth

    Tooth decay is more common than we might think. Often, children have as many as eight holes in their teeth or teeth that are worn down to stumps. The cause is a diet that is high on sugary and acidic food and drink. Counterintuitively, "healthy" drinks are partly to blame. From ...

  • Malta

    Vassallo told Busuttil, PN whip of decision to vote against gay marriage before Parliament speech

    Nationalist Party MP Edwin Vassallo had told Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil and Whip David Agius of his decision to vote against the Marriage Equality Bill before yesterday morning’s Parliamentary session where he made his position publicly known.Parliament was debating the second reading of the Marriage Equality Bill that will establish ...

  • USA

    EU states on the periphery rely on tax flexibility to promote economic activity - Alfred Sant

    Former Prime Minister and MEP Alfred Sant told the European Parliament that EU member states having limited endowments, especially if situated at the periphery, must rely on tax flexibility to promote economic activity. Dr Sant made this statement when explaining why he was abstaining on a report on the proposal ...

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    Pope John Paul II's longtime spokesman dies at age 80

    Joaquin Navarro-Valls, a suave, silver-haired Spaniard who was a close confidant of Pope John Paul II, serving for more than two decades as chief Vatican spokesman, has died at the age of 80.Manuel Sanchez, spokesman for the Opus Dei movement in Rome of which Navarro-Valls was a member, said he ...

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    Updated (2): Air Malta says all operations 'normal' in spite of strike, union explains position

    Air Malta said this afternoon that its operations are running normally in spite of industrial action taken last night by the Association of Operations Controllers (AAOC).Flights to London were slightly delayed due to bad weather conditions over the city, the airline said in a statement this afternoon. The work usually ...

  • Spagna Malta Yemen

    Maltese company invests €154 million in Munich development project

    The Valletta-based Von der Heyden Group is investing €154 million in the Bavaria Towers, a €380 million development consisting of three office towers and a hotel tower that will redefine the skyline of Munich.  Described as one of the most spectacular developments in the recent history of this German city, ...

  • USA

    Second reading of gay marriage law approved by Parliament, final vote on Wednesday

    Parliament this evening approved the second reading of the bill introducing gay marriage, with one Nationalist MP, Edwin Vassallo, voting against.The committee stage, as announced this evening by Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, will take place on Thursday and Friday with a final vote on the third reading to be taken ...