The Netherlands’ third-largest bank ABN Amro is to pay a €480 million settlement to prosecutors following a money-laundering probe, the bank announced on Monday. The announcement follows a 2019 investigation by prosecutors who sa...

The main highlight this week comes from central banks, where the European Central Bank will announce its latest rate decision on Thursday, followed by President Lagarde’s press conference. A change in the policy stance is unlikely ...

This year, the Oscars will feature a best picture contender about a drummer with hearing loss, a nominated documentary exploring a hippie camp for disabled youths, and a nod for the first film ever to star a deafblind actor. It’s a...

Twelve of Europe's most powerful clubs announced the launch of a breakaway European Super League on Monday in a potentially seismic shift in the way football is run, but faced accusations of greed and cynicism. Six Premier League tea...

Moviment Graffitti and the Qala Local Council have kicked off legal proceedings with the Environment and Planning Review Tribunal to revoke a permit to construct a 63-apartment block in Ta’ Kassja. The development of this block wou...

Economic theories are not written in stone. They tend to change to acknowledge social and economic realities at a particular point in time. When a global crisis erupts, the chances are that long-held economic theories are challenged,...

The Malta Community of Illustrators has launched its latest online exhibition dedicated to the older generation. Kliem ix-Xjuħ features 16 artists forming part of the above community, who present intimate portrayals of their own eld...

Asian markets rose on Monday after recovery hopes for the coronavirus-battered US economy fuelled another round of record highs on Wall Street to close last week’s trade. Both the Dow and S&P finished at new peaks on Friday and als...

Emotions ran high on Monday as excited passengers set off on the first flights to take advantage of a quarantine-free travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand, allowing families split when borders closed almost 400 days ago to...

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Javier R. Moreno Gonzalez has been appointed new chief execu­tive officer of MAPFRE Middlesea plc. His appointment was approved by the company’s board of directors on April 1. Moreno Gonzalez has held various executive positions t...

Melita Ltd’s customer satisfaction ratings continue to improve as its investments in people, infrastructure, technology and systems keep bearing fruit. These investments include the recent launch of an AI-powered chatbot on the Mel...

It is becoming increasingly clear that it is not only the independent media which struggle to continue doing their duty in a democratic society, by giving the people the information they have a right to. The Commissioner for Standard...

Slightly more than a third of adolescent voters aged 16 and 17 are not interested in politics, with roughly the same number having a lukewarm interest, according to a recent university study. Only 27 per cent said they were keen on p...

The entire world is currently facing daunting logistical issues with the rolling out of the largest, most complex vaccination programme in history.  COVID-19 vaccination requires a complex set of interlocking management, han...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Monday. Times of Malta refers to comments by Robert Abela, who on Sunday urged caution over the relaxation of COVID-19 regulations, warning people they needed to continue fo...

The CMA CGM Centaurus from Genoa to Suez, the CMA CGM Scandola from Fos to Beirut, the Atlantic Silver from Bejaia to Taranto, the APL Antwerp from Genoa to Damietta, the Jaguar from Beirut to Tripoli, the Atlantic Monaco from Al Khu...

The wave of heinous crimes in Maltese political life will negatively affect our young people’s interest in politics. The selfishness and greed that has pervaded this island has led our young people to become more apathetic, disenga...

Obituaries HASSELMAN. DIRK died on Friday, April 9, in his beloved Malta. He died after a very long illness which had gradually taken its toll. His wife, Candida, is totally distraught as are his grown-up children Paula, Karen, Robe...

A jury is to hear closing arguments on Monday in the trial of the white ex-police officer accused of murdering African-American George Floyd, a case that laid bare racial wounds in the United States and has come to be seen as a pivot...