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...

This New Year's Day was quite different for the European Union and for one of the Baltic States - Lithuania. Indeed, Lithuania officially became the 19th EU member state to join the euro area. Since...

On Saturday evening, the government issued a press release announcing that Standard & Poor's had reaffirmed the BBB+ rating for Malta with a stable outlook. The news dated from the previous...

Noel Grima On 1 January, Elmo Insurance's general manager Lino Ferris retired from his position and was succeeded by two general managers, younger people who have been working with the company...

OVERVIEW• Malta's economic growth prospects remain strong relative to the eurozone,but we view the government's debt burden as a constraint on policyflexibility. • We consider...

The decline in December retail sales by 0.9% reported by the US Commerce Department triggered a sizeable reaction from the market, which after giving it some thought, seems like an over-reaction in my...

The Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry strongly disagrees with the new Property Tax announced by Government in the Budget for 2015. The Malta Chamber believes the new tax regime will...