Health Services   •A further increase in health expenditure of €38 million, to a total of €465 m.   •Extension of Pharmacy of Your Choice in order to cover...

•Development of Local Employment Development Unit in Gozo to strengthening work carried out by the ETC   •Scheme to support unemployed Gozitans   •Development of...

Energy and environment   •Delimara Power Station extension in line with best EU environmental standards. An investment in favour of better air quality. Together with the interconnector...

Finance Minister Tonio Fenech read out his government’s Budget Speech in Parliament last night, without knowing whether the measures he was announcing would be approved by a fractious House...

The White House and a key congressional Democrat hinted at fresh concessions on taxes and cuts to government benefit programs Wednesday as bargaining with Republicans lurched ahead to avoid the...

Greece's plan to back some of its bonds from private investors "must succeed" as it is a vital part of efforts to reduce the country's excessive debt, Finance Minister Yannis...

European Union authorities have approved the payment of €37 billion ($47.96 billion) in bailout loans to four of Spain's struggling banks — provided each of them cut their loans and...

Dubai is suddenly rediscovering its old habits.   That means relentless hype and construction plans loaded with superlatives. Case in point: A proposed Taj Mahal replica four times bigger...

    U.S. consumer confidence rose this month to its highest level in almost five years, helped by a better outlook for hiring over the next six months.   The Conference Board...

Greece has avoided imminent bankruptcy after its international creditors finally agreed to give it the money it urgently needs but the cash-strapped country's economic distress is likely to drag...