Unemployed Britons in Europe are drawing much more in benefits and allowances in the wealthier EU countries than their nationals are claiming in the UK, despite the British government's arguments...

Accommodation resorts in Gozo are taking bookings of minors without asking for their age, this newspaper is informed. According to legislation, it is illegal for property owners to allow minors to...

The fledgling Maltese-registered airline FlyHermes will be off the radar until at least 18 January, a spokesman for Malta International airport told The Malta Independent on...

MaltaPost plc announced that the Annual General Meeting of the Company held today, approved all the resolutions on its agenda. They were:  1. To receive and approve the Audited Financial...

Corinthia group (International Hotel Investments) has today announced that it has made an approach to buy the Radisson group (Island Hotels Group Holdings p.l.c.) in a takeover deal....

Europe's automakers' association ACEA has confirmed that the industry's six-year decline ended last year, reporting a 5.7-percent increase in car sales in 2014 to 12.5 million vehicles. That was...

The European Union's top court ruled Thursday that Ryanair has the right to block or impose conditions on price comparison websites that mine data from the budget carrier's online database without its...

Equity Indices Energy shares and basic-resources companies posted the biggest losses among all 19 industry groups as Brent prices slid further, while copper tumbled to a 5 1/2-year low. The World...

ECB Monetary Operations On Friday, 2 January, the European Central Bank (ECB) announced its weekly main refinancing operation (MRO). The auction was conducted on Monday, 5 January and attracted...

The European Commission is ready to further assist Ukraine, which has been hit hard by a deep recession. The conflict in the East of the country has had a heavy toll on the economy. Last week the...