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Tariff war resilience
Times of Malta
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August 20, 2025
Global trade faces unprecedented turbulence as businesses confront mounting pressures from escalating trade disputes. The current tariff environment represents the most significant disruption to international commerce since the World Trade...
Money market report for the week ended August 15
Times of Malta
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August 19, 2025
ECB monetary operations On August 11, the European Central Bank announced the seven-day main refinancing operation (MRO). The operation was conducted on August 12, and attracted bids from euro area eligible counterparties of €6,520.00 million, €52...
The case for televised jury trials in Malta is not another ‘Amerikanata’
Malta Today
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Matthew Xuereb is a defence lawyer and Thonas Sciberras Herrera is a paralegal In Malta almost all the news portals provide live coverage of jury trials yet live broadcasting of these same trials are often dismissed as another ‘Amerikanata’....
Cyprus Business Now: Tribuna, scholarship, tax, CySEC, properties, CPA
Cyprus Mail
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August 19, 2025
Sports media platform Tribuna.com co-founder Dmitry Navosha has shared his story with the Cyprus Mail in an in-depth interview covering the company’s transformation from Ukraine’s leading sports media outlet into a global digital platform, a...
Watch: ‘I feel broken’ – 80 students told to leave Malta after IEU closes
Times of Malta
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August 19, 2025
Students of a private ‘university’ in Gżira that had its licence revoked earlier this month have spoken of their “heartbreak” after their residence permits were cancelled by Identità without warning and they were ordered to leave the country. More...
Spike in road deaths takes toll on Malta’s mental health
Times of Malta
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August 19, 2025
A recent spike in traffic fatalities is contributing to rising anxiety levels as people worry about their safety and that of their loved ones, according to people who work in the mental health field. Lynn Sammut, who heads the well-being services...
Financing our maritime industry
Times of Malta
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August 18, 2025
The feature, ‘Bond review: maritime sector’ penned by Edward Rizzo (Times of Malta, July 31), makes interesting reading and raises a number of considerations, which, we, as the Malta Maritime Forum, discuss from time to time. The analysis made by...
Malta’s reliance on electricity from Sicily grew in 2024
Malta Today
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Electricity imported from the European grid through the Malta-Sicily interconnector made up 32.4% of Malta’s power supply in 2024, according to figures released by Enemalta. This represents a sharp increase in reliance on imported electricity,...
Amstel Malta Honours Igbo Women’s Leadership and Resilience at August Meeting
Bella Naija
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August 18, 2025
L-R Dame Rita Mbah; Executive Chairman, Enugu State Tourism Board, Enugu State, Joy Egolum; Corporate Affairs Manager (East), Nigerian Breweries Plc, Honourable Ngozi Enih; Honourable Commissioner for Children, Gender Affairs and Social...
In 2023-24 school year, there were 11,699 economically disadvantaged students taught in Bowie County schools
Upper East Texas News
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August 18, 2025
Bowie County schools enrolled 11,699 students classified as economically disadvantaged during the 2023-24 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency. Of the 17,585 students enrolled in Bowie County schools, 66.5% were considered...
Unravelling usufruct over shares: the new Article 117A of the Companies Act
Times of Malta
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August 18, 2025
The institute of usufruct is one of the most known legal concepts in Maltese society. Since its conception under Roman law, it has stood the test of time and owes much of its popularity to the fact that it is widely used in the context of...
G Games appoints Gabrielle Star as Chief Business Officer
Gambling Insider
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She will lead commercial strategy as the supplier aims to expand its market presence and strengthens its platform offerings. By Gambling Insider Key points: - Star brings extensive experience in commercial strategy, market expansion, product...
What’s on in Malta and Gozo this week: August 18 to 24, 2025
Times of Malta
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August 18, 2025
ARTS KampuSajf 2025 The third edition of KampuSajf, organised by the MCAST Institute of the Creative Arts, is taking place from August 20 to 22 at the MCAST Mosta Campus and amphitheatre. This year’s edition, titled ‘Gathering of Possibilities’,...
Amstel Malta Celebrates Igbo Women as Nation Builders at the 2025 August Meeting in Enugu: Honours their Leadership, Resilience and Beauty
Pulse
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August 18, 2025
On Saturday 9th August, Nigeria’s premium malt drink, Amstel Malta, in partnership with the First Lady of Enugu State, Her Excellency Nkechinyere Mbah, proudly joined scores of women to celebrate one of the most powerful traditions in Igbo...
Maleth-Aero, Carnival trim claims in charter flights case
Ch-Aviation
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August 20, 2025
Maltese charter carrier Maleth-Aero (MLT, Malta International) and cruise giant Carnival have adjusted the values of their claims and counterclaims in an ongoing legal battle in the London Circuit Commercial Court over the cost of and payments for...
Success lessons from innovation societies
Meer
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August 20, 2025
Over the last few decades, the nature of the modern innovation process has changed dramatically. It is now being achieved through collaboration and creating linkages among different types of companies, industries, and public institutions under the...
Pirates and corsairs once raided Malta’s shores. Now they have a museum
Times of Malta
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August 18, 2025
For centuries, pirates and corsairs raided Malta’s shores each summer and now their violent history is being explored in a new museum in Marsascala. The Corsair and Piracy Museum, housed in the restored 17th-century St Thomas Tower overlooking the...
AI requires a strategy that is consistently refreshed to remain at the cutting edge, MDIA chief says
The Malta Independent
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Kyle Patrick Camilleri Sunday, 17 August 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 20 minutes ago The CEO of the Malta Digital Innovation Authority (MDIA), Kenneth Brincat, has told The Malta Independent on Sunday that artificial intelligence requires a...
Average speed cameras, better use of technology among insurers’ ideas to make Malta’s roads safer
The Malta Independent
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Speed cameras which based themselves off an average speed across a certain distance and a better use of technology are among the ideas of the Malta Insurance Association to make Malta's roads safer. In comments to The Malta Independent after a...
Economic crisis and yen push Japanese students towards Asian universities
Asia News
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August 16, 2025
The depreciation of the local currency is making the costs of traditional universities in the West, from the United States to Europe, increasingly unsustainable. Hence the choice of alternative destinations such as Taiwan, Malaysia and South...