Skip to content
Wednesday, 11 November 2026Malta edition Enquire Malta-24 Briefing @CDNewsDispatch
Malta's world news feed Local perspective with global outlook
CDE.NEWS The Dispatch
Enquire
LATEST
Ukraine cites “huge progress” as Russia reports only partial understanding in Abu Dhabi Third major airline warns fares will rise next year Hapag-Lloyd raises outlook for third time on strong freight rates At least 300 schools in Italy evacuated after emailed bomb threats Schools shut, citizens told to stay home as Storm Charles hits Portugal

Economy

Diplomacy · 14 May 2018 Insight – Effects of US sanctions not limited to higher oil prices but could spill over into global trade jitters (Diplomatique.Expert) Although the immediate response to Tuesday’s announcement of the US withdrawal from Iran’s nuclear deal was a jump in oil prices, most… Italy · 8 May 2018 Political impasse in Italy sends Government Bond yields rising Following the unsuccessful final round of coalition talks, Italian president Mattarella declared that the process to form a government had failed. Mattarella’s… EU Commission · 4 May 2018 EU Spring 2018 Economic Forecast: Expansion to continue amid new risks "The economic expansion in Europe is set to continue at a solid pace this year and next, supporting further job creation. However,… Economic Review · 29 Apr 2018 Malta needs to depart from the myopic 5-year political cycle – Part 2 In the first part of this series , we argued how both the International Monetary Fund and the European Commission identified certain… ECB · 28 Apr 2018 ECB retains same interest rates This week, the European Central Bank announced that it will keep its interest rates unchanged. This decision was based on the ECB's… Germany · 26 Apr 2018 Unprecedented threats to unprecedented growth The IMF released its World Economic Outlook in January 2018, where it expressed satisfaction with global economic growth in 2017, where the… EU Commission · 24 Apr 2018 Decrease in European deficit and debt registered In 2017, the government deficit and debt of both the euro area (EA19) and the EU28 decreased in relative terms compared with… Italy · 20 Apr 2018 Spain overtakes Italy, and it’s not about football. Italy and Spain, often end up 'fighting it out' on the football pitch. The past weeks saw Roma and Juventus facing Barcelona… EU Commission · 15 Apr 2018 Europe’s vicious circle of misery You feel World War III is fast approaching when you are in a room in Brussels, during a technical working group meeting,… EU Affairs · 5 Apr 2018 Euro area annual inflation up to 1.4% Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 1.4% in March 2018, up from 1.1% in February, according to a flash estimate… EU Affairs · 4 Apr 2018 February 2018 Euro area unemployment at 8.5% EU28 at 7.1% – Malta (with Germany) registers second lowest unemployment rate The euro area (EA19) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 8.5% in February 2018, down from 8.6% in January 2018 and from 9.5% in…