• Nigeria

    CBN to sustain foreign exchange liquidity

    The Central Bank of Nigeria on Sunday reiterated its determination to sustain the provision of foreign exchange with a view to ensuring liquidity in the market and enhance accessibility and affordability for genuine end users. The apex bank’s acting Director, Corporate Communications, Mr. Isaac Okorafor in a statement said the ...

  • Nigeria

    CBN to sustain forex intervention

    The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Sunday reiterated its determination to sustain the provision of foreign exchange with a view to ensuring liquidity in the market and enhance accessibility and affordability for genuine end users. The apex bank’s acting Director, Corporate Communications; Mr Isaac Okorafor in a statement on ...

  • Spagna Regno Unito

    Spain eases opposition to an independent Scotland in EU

    Spain, at loggerheads with Britain over Gibraltar, appears to be easing its opposition to an independent Scotland in the European Union, saying it would not block such a move at least initially. The Scottish independence drive -- now resuscitated by the prospect of Britain's departure from the EU -- is highly ...

  • Malta

    Busuttil: Government is on 'an orgy of nepotism'

    Opposition leader Simon Busuttil said this morning that the government was on an orgy of nepotism and vote-buying as the general election approached. Speaking at the PN club in Dingli, Dr Busuttil also accused the government of letting Air Malta go to waste, adding that the country would be at a loss ...

  • Giappone Kuwait

    JBIC, Japanese mega-banks to lend $1 billion for Kuwait oil refinery renovation project

    The Japan Bank for International Cooperation plans to extend $1 billion to a Kuwaiti oil refinery company in concert with Japanese mega-banks and a major British financial firm, it was learned on Sunday. The government-backed JBIC and the commercial bank group, comprising Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, ...

  • Giappone

    Minimalist hotel targets tourists at Kansai International Airport

    A hotel with 153 high-end capsule-type guest rooms recently opened at Kansai International Airport in Osaka to cater mainly to foreign visitors. First Cabin Kansai Airport, located in the Aeroplaza commercial complex near Terminal 1, offers two types of rooms — one dubbed “first class” with 4.4 sq. meters of ...

  • USA Regno Unito Malta

    VGH will ensure equity of care for NHS patients and paying patients

    Vitals Global Healthcare will ensure equity of care when it comes to NHS patients and paying patients, VGH Vice President of Operations Dr Nadine Delicata said during an interview with The Malta Independent on Sunday.The issue of private patients being treated alongside public patients has raised concerns that some patients ...

  • USA Panama Malta

    Editorial: This is all getting more than a little embarrassing

    All these antics between two leading government functionaries who are still embroiled in the Panama Papers scandal and the European parliamentary committee tasked with investigating the implications of the Panama Papers and others matters related to money laundering and tax evasion, are more than a little embarrassing for the nation.From ...

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    Wind farm project in Montenegro taken over by Enemalta ‘clouded by corruption’

    The multi-million euro wind farm project in the hills of Montenegro that was taken over by Enemalta has faced some serious allegations of corruption, which has led companies previously involved in the project to cut their losses and leave.Research carried out by The Malta Independent on Sunday revealed that the ...

  • USA Malta

    Miriam Dalli asks Brussels if Manoel Island deal can still be legally challenged

    Labour Party MEP Miriam Dalli has asked the European Commission if and how the Manoel Island deal that had been brokered back in 2000 can still benefit from EU Directives that would allow the project to be reviewed by a court of law to challenge the legality of the decision.Dr ...