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Nigeria
Rights Crusader Hail Grassroot Nigerians For Beating Recession
Managing Director, Sykaphia Group of Company and Grassroots rights crusader, Engr. Olayinka Olushola-Obimakinde, has lauded the masses of Nigeria for their resilience and doggedness in the face of the hard economic times they have been passing through since the economy fell into recession. In a statement made available to reporters ...
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Grecia
Greek PM vows bailout exit in 2018, help for workers, youth
Greece will exit successfully its bailout program in 2018 helped by strong growth, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Sept. 9, vowing to support workers, young Greeks and small businesses as the economy recovers.
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Cina Indonesia Singapore Vietnam Hong Kong Filippine
ASEAN to sign Hong Kong free trade deal in November
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is to sign a free-trade agreement with Hong Kong in November, a Philippine government official said on Sept. 9, following three years of talks.
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Cina Qatar Russia
China invests $9.1 bln in Rosneft as Glencore, Qatar cut stakes
Chinese conglomerate CEFC will buy a 14.16 percent stake in Russian oil major Rosneft for $9.1 billion from a consortium of Glencore and the Qatar Investment Authority, strengthening the energy partnership between Moscow and Beijing.
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Turchia
Turkey’s Foreign Ministry issues travel warning to Germany ahead of federal elections
The Turkish Foreign Ministry issued a travel warning on Sept. 9 for its citizens living in Germany and those who will travel to the country
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Regno Unito Malta
AD welcomes consultation on change from petrol, diesel cars to electric cars
AD today welcomed the Prime Minister's announcement that government will launch a consultation on the change from vehicles using petrol and diesel - the true cancer factory in the heart of every town and village - to electric vehicles.AD spokesperson Ralph Cassar said: "This change is one of the concrete ...
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USA Malta
Enforcement of regulations is one of our biggest challenges, Muscat pledges stricter regimes
The enforcement of regulations, Prime Minster Joseph Muscat said this morning at a political activity celebrating the administration's first 100 days, is one of the country's biggest challenges. Acknowledging the situation, Muscat pledged that from now much stricter enforcement is to begin, adding that, "There needs to be clear regulations.Muscat ...
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Malta
Air Malta and Ryanair to strike a deal to connect Europe and Africa
Air Malta and Ryanair have been in talks and have struck a deal that will see Ryanair and Air Malta codesharing, with Ryanair bringing passengers to Malta from Europea after which they would be transferred to Air Malta for onward travel to African destinations.Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, at this morning's ...
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Panama
Judge not expected to recuse himself from tomorrow’s Panama Papers appeal
Numerous legal sources speaking to this newspaper are of the opinion that Mr Justice Antonio Mizzi will not heed calls to recuse himself from a case involving Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, his chief of staff Keith Schembri and Tourism Minister Konrad Mizzi, as well as four other individuals accused by ...
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USA Portogallo Spagna Slovacchia Malta Lettonia
Ryanair introduces 12 new routes from Malta, in ‘partnership discussions’ with Air Malta
Ryanair this morning launched its Malta summer 2018 schedule with 12 new routes, including three new summer services, with an additional aircraft to be based in Malta next year.Ryanair's 54 routes in total will help deliver 2.5 million customers a year through Malta Airport next year.At a press conference this ...