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Leader: One ball, one field, one World

Thursday, 12 June 2014, 10:46 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

At last the 2014 World Cup has arrived, and even the most indifferent sports fan cannot help but be excited about this global event. If the football disappoints (and with players like Messi and...

Business in Malta: Where Malta’s MEPs stand

Thursday, 12 June 2014, 10:19 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

David Casa – PN   What more can the EU do to help bring down current high levels of unemployment?   High levels of unemployment are a common challenge for numerous member...

Qataris cast eyes on foreigners in modesty push

Thursday, 12 June 2014, 10:17 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Mariam Saleh avoids malls and outdoor markets on the weekends because the low-cut tops, sheer dresses and miniskirts that foreign women wear reveal much more than she would like her impressionable...

Let the games begin

Thursday, 12 June 2014, 10:14 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The much-touted World Cup games in Brazil begin today.   Increasingly these past years, the World Cup vies with the Olympic Games for being the most watched sports event the world over....

Scheme encouraging people to own up to undeclared assets

Wednesday, 11 June 2014, 11:40 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The Finance Ministry has launched a scheme through which people are urged to regularise their position and declare any assets which are unknown to the authorities – before the authorities get an...

Institute of Digital Games inaugurated at the University of Malta

Wednesday, 11 June 2014, 11:10 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The Minister for Education and Employment, the Hon. EvaristBartolo, officially launched the Institute of Digital Games at the University of Malta today, in the presence of the Minister for Justice,...

Facebook, Twitter brace for World Cup fever

Wednesday, 11 June 2014, 10:20 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

This year's World Cup will play out on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and messaging apps like WhatsApp just as it progresses in stadiums from Sao Paulo to Rio De Janeiro.   Nearly 40...

World Bank cuts global economic forecast for 2014

Wednesday, 11 June 2014, 06:17 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The World Bank downgraded its forecast for the global economy this year, citing a bitter American winter and the political crisis in Ukraine.   In an outlook released Tuesday, the bank still...

Subway strike suspended in Sao Paulo, may hit Rio

Tuesday, 10 June 2014, 06:39 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

A paralyzing subway strike has been suspended, though union officials warn that if their demands for higher pay aren't met they will call workers off the job again Thursday — the day Sao...

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