Last year, Customs authorities in the European Union detained around 36 million items which were suspected of violating intellectual property rights (IPR). This information was recently published in...

The first Exchange Traded Instrument (ETI) issued under the Malta Securitisation Act went live recently on the European Wholesale Securities Market (EWSM). The Dynamic Trading Strategies ETI is linked...

The European Central Bank has left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at a record low of 0.15 percent as the crisis in Ukraine casts a shadow over Europe's modest economic...

HSBC Bank Malta announced that as part of their vision to streamline their operations they will be implementing a direct banking strategy, which will focus on mobile banking applications, internet...

Risk sentiment soured overnight as investors fled to safe-haven assets such as bonds and gold. Concerns among market participants rose after Russia announced counter measures to a series of sanctions...

The Keynesians and the Monetarists have battled it out throughout the economic slowdown and recession of the last seven years, without a clear winner. Roughly speaking the Keynesian economists (i.e....

Focal Maritime Services has been certified an IATA (International Air Transport Association) Accredited Agent. This accreditation certifies that airfreight cargo is handled by duly qualified...

The search for Malta’s outstanding young people has begun. As nominations for the JCI Malta Awards 2014 open, members and non-members of JCI Malta are hoping to prove that Malta’s young...

Recently, sir.com surpassed 1 million visits in a single month for the first time in its history.   July 2014 saw 1,042,043 visits to sir.com, which is a 15% increase from July...

Gasco Energy Ltd, the leading operator responsible for storage and bottling of Liquified Petroleum Gas in Malta, and the General Workers Union’s Chemical and Energy Section signed their first...