financial regulation

UK’s Revolut gets French bank licence in European expansion drive

Britain's Revolut announced it had secured a French banking licence, marking a significant step in the fintech's European expansion plans and a development its CEO Nik Storonsky has previously said…

Ukraine aims to align banks, insurers with EU rules by 2028, central banker says

Ukraine is accelerating reforms to align its banking and insurance sectors with EU standards by 2028 despite wartime challenges, to buttress investor confidence and deepen economic integration with Europe, its…

European police bust Albanian investment and call centre scam

A criminal gang suspected of running ‌an investment fraud scheme via call centres in Albania has been dismantled, the pan-European police body Europol said on Wednesday. Europol said the operation,…

Iceland weighs its European future

Gylfi Geirsson and Sigurbjorn Svavarsson cut British fishing trawl wires and dodged Royal Navy friga...

Trump’s ‘Lake America’ Move Adds Fuel to Tensions With Canada

U.S. President Donald Trump renamed Lake Ontario "Lake America" on Thursday, escalating a feud with ...

Serbian war criminal Ratko Mladic to be buried with ‘state honours’

Serbia's Justice Minister Nenad Vujic said Friday that former Bosnian Serb military leader and convi...

Switzerland intends to build military drone battalion by 2028

Switzerland announced its intention to build a military drone battalion on Thursday, amid a rearmame...

King Harald V of Norway dies aged 89 after 35 years on the throne

Norway’s King Harald has died at the age of 89 after more than 35 years on the throne, the Royal Pal...

Russia says it could strike UK military targets

Russia warned on Thursday that it could strike British military targets inside and outside Ukraine ...

Poland rules out hosting nuclear weapons

Poland "does not want" allied nuclear weapons stationed on its territory, the country's Deputy Defen...

Malta News Briefing – Friday 28 August 2026

Morning Briefing Yorgen Fenech defence closes as prosecution begins final submissions The defe...

9/11 Trial for Alleged Mastermind Set for June 2028

A US military judge has set 5 June 2028 as the trial date for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three other...

Malta News Briefing – Thursday 27 August 2026

Morning Briefing Defence tells jurors ‘all roads lead to Keith Schembri’ Defence lawyer Charle...