12

Jun

Strong support among Ryanair’s British pilots to strike

Reuters reports that Ryanair’s British pilots have signalled strong support for industrial action over pay and conditions in an indicative ballot carried out by the BALPA trade union. According to…

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10

Jun

EU reviewing past money-laundering cases at banks in the EU

The European Commission is reviewing past money-laundering cases at EU banks to assess what went wrong and decide possible tweaks to rules. Under the plan, the European Commission is assessing…

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10

Jun

Xbox showcases 60 anticipated games, including 34 to premiere in Xbox Game Pass

Xbox showcased a blockbuster lineup of 60 anticipated games for both console and PC in its Xbox E3 Briefing and shared a glimpse of the future with Project Scarlett, which…

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10

Jun

Pope Francis decries modern ‘culture of insults’ on social media

The Pope warned that the more people use online platforms the less social they become, and criticized the trend "to hurl adjectives" at each other. Pope Francis noted that "the…

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09

Jun

Chinese Club Med owner in talks to buy Thomas Cook tour operating business

The Chinese owner of Club Med is in secret talks to buy Thomas Cook's‎ tour operating business, paving the way for the potential break-up of the 178 year-old British travel…

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09

Jun

Boeing’s largest shareholder express concern with company’s management on oversight failures

Boeing's largest shareholder, Vanguard,  has raised concerns with Boeing’s management over its handling of the grounded 737 Max, saying its fund managers have become “very concerned” by reports of oversight…

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09

Jun

Creator of Tunnock’s Teacake knighted by Queen Elizabeth

Boyd Tunnock, the man who invented the Tunnock’s Teacake said he is “deeply honoured” as he was knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. He was recognised for services to…

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09

Jun

Fitch Ratings cuts Deutsche Bank’s credit rating

Fitch Ratings has cut Deutsche Bank’s credit rating, heaping further pressure on the German lender after shares slid to a new all time low this week. Fitch on Friday evening…

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09

Jun

Ryanair to open new airline, based in Malta – UPDATED

The Sunday Times of Malta reports that Ryanair will be opening a new airline to be based in Malta. The report says that the new airline called Malta Air that would…

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08

Jun

For $35,000 one can be a tourist on the ISS

NASA is to allow tourists to visit the International Space Station from 2020, priced at $35,000 per night. NASA said it would open the orbiting station to tourism and other…

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07

Jun

Passengers will soon be able to carry liquids and laptops inside hand luggage in Heathrow

Passengers will be able to carry liquids and laptops through security at Heathrow inside their hand luggage after new security scanners are installed. Other airports including Luton are also trialing the…

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07

Jun

Supply vessel collides with Statfjord A Platform in North Sea

Norwegian oil and gas firm Equinor announced that it has evacuated oil workers from its Statfjord A platform in the North Sea after it was struck by a supply vessel.…

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07

Jun

Facebook stops pre-installation of its apps on Huawei phones

Reuters reports that Facebook Inc is no longer allowing pre-installation of its apps on Huawei phones, in the face of a U.S. ban on its purchase of American parts and…

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06

Jun

Express Trailers’ 25 Years of Servicing Spain Now Also Linking Malta to Portugal

EXPRESS TRAILERS is this year commemorating 25 years of weekly transport services between Malta and Spain. The company started servicing businesses to and from Spain in 1994 with a sea…

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06

Jun

Facebook experiencing problems

Facebook users in Europe are reporting problems with Facebook including difficulty accessing the page and finding it impossible to update their status. The social media platform is reported to be…

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06

Jun

Bad times for press freedom around the world

An annual report by Freedom House said press freedom saw notable declines in Europe. It said press freedom is declining around the world, with democratic governments joining authoritarian regimes in…

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06

Jun

YouTube bans videos glorifying Nazis and promoting extreme views

YouTube announced that it will begin banning videos promoting Nazi ideology, as well as denying "well-documented violent events" such as the Holocaust or the Sandy Hook massacre. YouTube said this…

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06

Jun

Fiat Chrysler withdraws bid for Renault

  Fiat Chrysler has withdrawn its merger proposal for French carmaker Renault, the Italian-American firm has said in a statement. The announcement followed a failed attempt by Renault board members…

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05

Jun

Brussels Airport encouraged to reduce night flights

French experts at the French consultancy Envisa recommended that Brussels Zaventem Airport stops or at least reduces night flights and takes more responsibility in noise management. The report also highlights…

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03

Jun

diamDEXX chooses Microsoft’s AZURE Platform for its new digital wallet & trading platform

  diamDEXX has leveraged Microsoft Azure’s reliability and secure solutions to develop the diamDEXX wallet. This wallet enables users to trade using DIAM, the first stable token 100% backed by…

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03

Jun

Record-breaking Fiat 500X: the 500 thousandth unit is produced

Fiat 500X number 500,000 was built at the Melfi plant in southern Italy. The record-breaking car belongs to the "120th" special series and in this case it is equipped with…

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03

Jun

Danske Bank selling Estonian private loans unit

Danske Bank, which has been embroiled in a major money laundering scandal, has agreed to sell its portfolio of Estonian private loans to LHV Pank in a deal worth $410…

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03

Jun

China warns students about travelling to U.S.

  China’s education ministry on Monday urged students and scholars planning to visit the United States to more carefully evaluate the associated risks, state media said, as tension between the…

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03

Jun

Photo Story: British Airways resumes flights to Pakistan

An armed Pakistani security official stands guard as passengers from a British Airways flight arrive at Islamabad Airport in Islamabad, Pakistan, 03 June 2019. British Airways on 03 June, resumed…

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03

Jun

Passenger plane in Singapore escorted by fighter jets after bomb hoax

A Scoot airlines flight TR385 from Cebu in the Philippines had to be escorted mid-air by two fighter planes from Singapore's air force over a bomb threat which turned out…

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03

Jun

Following opposition social media could result in legal action in Bahrain

Bahrain has warned citizens and residents that following anti-government social media accounts could result in legal action. The interior ministry sent text messages to Bahraini phones late last week warning…

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03

Jun

The Trump family chooses Corinthia for their visit in London

The Sun reports that the Trump family has booked an entire floor at a £22,000-a-night five-star London hotel for their first state visit to Britain. The newspaper report says that…

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02

Jun

Airlines commit to improve travel for passengers with disabilities

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) 75th Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Seoul, South Korea, unanimously  approved a resolution to improve the air travel experience for the estimated one billion…

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02

Jun

Maltese Spanish Chamber Launches New Series of Business Meetings

  As part of a number of celebrations to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of diplomatic relations between Malta and Spain, the Maltese-Spanish Chamber of Commerce is launching a new series…

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01

Jun

Wizz Air delivers strong full-year results

Low-cost airline Wizz Air has delivered strong full-year results, with pre-tax profit up 4.5 per cent to €300m, bucking a recent trend of bad news in the industry. Chief executive…

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01

Jun

Apple will shut down iTunes service as it prepares for the future

After 18 years, tech giant Apple has announced it will officially shut down iTunes. This may come as sad news to the nostalgic among us, but Apple’s CEO Tim Cook…

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01

Jun

Malta Public Transport introduces On-Demand service

Ecolane and Malta Public Transport have partnered to deliver the Malta on-demand transportation services that expand beyond their current fixed route system. Using Ecolane’s application programming interface (API), Malta Public…

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31

May

HP sauce adds BigBen scaffolding to famous label in first change in 124 years

HP Sauce has taken a cue from its namesake - with a redesign of its famous label. Bottles of the quintessentially British condiment, named after the Houses of Parliament, usually…

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31

May

Microsoft implements new AI curriculum for government personnel

Microsoft has implemented a new curriculum under its online business education program with the goal to help government personnel understand the advantages of artificial intelligence. The AI Business School's government-focused learning path is meant…

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30

May

Church in Ireland urges parents not to buy smartphones as Holy Communion gifts

  Archbishop Eamon Martin, the head of the Catholic Church in Ireland, has advised parents against buying smartphones for their children as a Holy Communion present, saying there are "an…

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30

May

De La Rue’s CEO to step down

Banknote and passports maker De La Rue Plc said on Thursday its Chief Executive Martin Sutherland would step down, after five years in the role. The company, in a separate…

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30

May

Abercrombie & Fitch CEO says smaller stores are the future

Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Fran Horowitz said in an interview with CNBC that smaller stores are the future. Abercrombie will do 85 store redesigns in 2019, including some for its…

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29

May

Mediaset buys stake in German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1

Italian television group Mediaset announced it acquired 9.6 percent of German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1. Mediaset, which is owned by the family of former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, will become the…

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29

May

Psychometric Assessments Help Companies Make Informed Decisions

One can expect that companies take their strategic decisions backed up by informed data. So, when it comes to people management and employment, companies can always choose to apply psychometric…

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29

May

12% increase in GO’s operating profit

During GO p.l.c’s 21stAGM held on Tuesday, Chairman Mohamed Fadhel Kraiem praised the company’s resolve to achieve stronger results and return on investment that continues to add value to the company’s…

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27

May

Express Trailers Delivers 40km Of Ductile Iron Pipes For Water Network

Express Trailers recently completed the delivery of around 40km of ductile iron pipes to Malta on behalf of Electrosteel Castings (UK) Ltd. The purple-coloured pipes ranging from 80mm to 300mm…

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27

May

Fiat Chrysler, Renault in talks about partnership

  The Financial Times reports talks, citing an unnamed "person familiar with the matter” between Italian-US concern Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and France's Renault, which is already in a group…

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25

May

Flight cancellations due to eruption of volcano in Bali

A volcano eruption on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali, is causing some flight cancellations to and from Australia as an ash cloud rose into the sky. Mount Agung volcano…

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25

May

Brussels demands 2.1 million euros compensation for nuisance caused by air traffic

Céline Fremault, the Brussels Minister for Environment, has made a request for 2.14 million euros of penalty payments for the noise nuisance in Brussels in April because of the airport…

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24

May

Facebook plans to launch its own cryptocurrency

Facebook is planning to launch its own cryptocurrency, dubbed GlobalCoin, in early 2020, allowing users to make digital payments in a dozen countries. GlobalCoin would enable Facebook’s 2.4 billion monthly…

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23

May

Multi-million euro cryptocurrency laundering service Bestmixer.io taken down

  The Dutch Fiscal Information and Investigation Service (FIOD), in close cooperation with Europol and the authorities in Luxembourg, clamped down on one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency mixing service…

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23

May

UK embraces AI in healthcare

  Artificial intelligence could revolutionise healthcare by allowing doctors to spend much more time with their patients, according to a leading health and technology expert at Microsoft. Dr Kenji Takeda,…

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23

May

500 suspicious groups suspected of disseminating fake news detected on Facebook

  The U.S.-based NGO Avaaz, which is active in the fight against cybercrime, said it has identified over 500 suspicious pages and groups on Facebook suspected of disseminating fake news…

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23

May

Panasonic halts component shipments to Huawei

  Panasonic has halted shipments of some components to Huawei in order to comply with US export restrictions. The Japanese group said it had sent an “internal notification that it…

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23

May

Computer system of Baltimore in the US locked down by hackers

  Anonymous hackers have brought the US city of Baltimore to its knees by seizing control of government computers, demanding bitcoin in return for releasing their hold over the systems.…

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22

May

EE to become UK’s first mobile operator to start 5G services

  Britain's biggest mobile operator EE is going to be the first company to launch 5G services in the country, beginning in six cities, including London. At a press event…

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22

May

British holidaymakers hit as pound slides

The pound has fallen to its lowest level for five months just as many British holidaymakers start to get ready to head off for the late-May half-term break. Sterling had…

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22

May

Huawei founder warns Trump:  ‘You underestimate our abilities’

  Ren Zhengfei, the founder of Huawei has taken aim at U.S. President Donald Trump, warning that  U.S.  restrictions on its business "underestimate our abilities". Ren was quoted by Chinese…

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21

May

Island Insurance Brokers Ltd Celebrates 30th Anniversary

Island Insurance Brokers hosted an event to celebrate its first 30 years of operations. The reception for the company’s clients and employees, was held at the Marsa Sports Club and…

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20

May

British Government expands use of ePassport gates to 7 more countries

From Monday 20 May, visitors from Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea and the United States will be able to use ePassport gates at ports across the UK…

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20

May

Ryanair posts its weakest annual profit in four years

  Ryanair posted its weakest annual profit in four years on Monday and said earnings could fall further next year as Europe's largest low-cost carrier grapples with overcapacity, Brexit and…

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20

May

Greece expects more than five million cruise passengers this summer

Greece’s Union of Cruise Shipowners and Associated Members estimated that Greek ports are expected to welcome more than five million cruise passengers this summer, breaking last year’s record. The experts…

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