Exportiamo.it

A “stand-alone plan” has been drawn up in case no strategic partner is found for Air Malta, Tourism Minister Edward Zammit Lewis has confirmed. Following the collapse of talks with Alitalia a fortnight ago, there has been “renewed interest” from a number of foreign airlines to acquire a stake in the ...

The Valletta local council, supported by three major environmental NGOs, today sent an open letter to the Office of the Prime Minister appealing for urgent action to safeguard the capital city's outstanding universal value.The letter was signed by mayor Alexiei Dingli, Friends of the Earth President Martin Galea de Giovanni, ...

Tourism Minister Edward Zammit Lewis yesterday slammed Opposition MP Robert Arrigo, saying that decisions at Air Malta were being taken to save jobs, not the PN parliamentarian’s business interests.Mr Arrigo, who is the PN’s spokesperson on small businesses and the self-employed, is a hotelier and also owns a travel agency. ...

The White House has confused the spelling of British PM Theresa May's name with that of porn actress Teresa May in media guidance notes ahead of her audience with Donald Trump.The British PM met Donald Trump on Friday - the new US president's first meeting with a foreign head of ...

President Donald Trump on Friday barred all refugees from entering the United States for four months — and those from war-ravaged Syria indefinitely — declaring the ban necessary to prevent "radical Islamic terrorists" from entering the nation.The order immediately suspended a program that last year resettled to the U.S. roughly ...

The National Commission for People with Disabilities (KNPD) has asked the police to confiscate the Blue Badge belonging to the wife of Labour MP Luciano Busuttil and to investigate the matter.The action comes in the wake of an inquiry the KNPD undertook after allegations were raised by journalist Daphne Caruana ...

GRTU today held its first Executive Council meeting during which Paul Abela has been confirmed as GRTU President for the year 2017.The GRTU Council this year welcomed the inclusion of young entrepreneur Mr Matthew Bezzina owner of Ecabs. Mr Bezzina was already very active in GRTU’s Transport Lobby Group and ...

A 31-year-old man from Birkirkara has been given a suspended sentence after he admitted to a number of charges in connection with a May 2015 domestic dispute.Jonathan Sciberras was charged with involuntary causing grievous bodily harm, voluntarily causing damage to third party property, being in possession of a sharp instrument ...

Minister for Finance Edward Scicluna presided over the first meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) under the Maltese Presidency, during which he also presented his working programme which covers financial services, economic governance, investment, taxation and the EU budget.The meeting’s agenda included a presentation by former Italian Prime Minister ...

British consumers spurred faster-than-expected economic growth in the last three months of 2016, but experts warn a slowdown may be on the way as the country's plans to leave the European Union curtail spending and investment.The economy grew 0.6 percent in the fourth quarter from the previous three months, according ...