Spanish banks receive much needed financial assistance
Wednesday, 12 December 2012, 16:54
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The Spanish government said Wednesday that the €39.5 billion ($51.3 billion) in bailout funds approved by European authorities for the country's troubled banks has arrived. A...
Japan election puts spotlight on reviving economy
Wednesday, 12 December 2012, 11:25
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
It's the $6 trillion question: how to jolt Japan out of its 20-year economic slump. The dozen or so parties vying in a Dec. 16 parliamentary election all agree the world's...
US lawmaker urges rethink of Europe gas strategy
Wednesday, 12 December 2012, 08:24
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
A senior Republican lawmaker is urging the Obama administration to do more to help NATO allies in Europe ease dangerous dependence on Russia's gas monopolies. Republican Sen. Richard...
Angry bank clients push way into Cyprus parliament
Tuesday, 11 December 2012, 17:24
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Cypriot police say a group of investors and savers protesting outside parliament shoved their way past security and entered the building. The protesters claim the Cypriot banks sold them...
MFPA re-elects Helga Pizzuto as President
Tuesday, 11 December 2012, 10:54
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The Malta Federation of Professional Associations has announced that it has re-elected Ing. Helga Pizzuto as its president for another term. In her address during the MFPA’s forty...
Spanish state universities protest cutbacks
Monday, 10 December 2012, 17:14
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Rectors from about 50 state-run universities across Spain protested Monday that government spending cuts were choking third-level education and would set back the country's...
German exports edge up in October
Monday, 10 December 2012, 09:23
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Official data show that exports from Germany, Europe's biggest economy, edged higher in October following a substantial drop the previous month. The Federal Statistical Office said...
Thousands protest Spain's health care austerity
Sunday, 9 December 2012, 18:16
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Thousands of Spanish medical workers and residents angered by budget cuts and plans to partly privatize the cherished national health service marched through some of Madrid's...
A new era for Forex trading
Sunday, 9 December 2012, 10:26
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
It was, once again, an HSBC business breakfast for clients and customers that was very well attended. Speaking on Wednesday at The Hilton, apart from Chris Bond (whose speech on the...
Oil exploration facing too many Jeremiahs
Sunday, 9 December 2012, 09:06
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The splendid news that last year Cyprus discovered huge deposits of natural gas in the Levant basin has kindled hopes in other Mediterranean islands of being able to tap this valuable resource. As far...