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UK Gambling Industry On Alert As Tax Changes Threaten Profits
Canyon News - California
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August 18, 2025
UNITED STATES—The UK’s gambling industry, a sector worth £15.6 billion annually, is facing growing anxiety over proposed tax changes. What began as a modest initiative to “harmonize” online gambling taxes has turned into a political debate that...
SummerDaze Malta 2025 closes after two nights of dazzling performances
Times of Malta
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August 18, 2025
The sixth edition of SummerDaze Malta came to an end on Sunday evening, attracting over 30,000 attendees over two nights at Ta'Qali, according to organisers. Organisers said the main event, on Saturday, featured headline performances by Central...
Europe’s Energy Divide: Why the Green Transition Risks Leaving Half the Continent Behind
Social Europe
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August 18, 2025
The war in Ukraine has made one thing painfully clear: reducing Europe’s dependence on fossil fuels is no longer just about fighting climate change. It is equally about preventing future inflationary shocks — like those that eroded European...
Malta’s reliance on electricity from Sicily grew in 2024
Malta Today
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Electricity imported from the European grid through the Malta-Sicily interconnector made up 32.4% of Malta’s power supply in 2024, according to figures released by Enemalta. This represents a sharp increase in reliance on imported electricity,...
Financing our maritime industry
Times of Malta
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August 18, 2025
The feature, ‘Bond review: maritime sector’ penned by Edward Rizzo (Times of Malta, July 31), makes interesting reading and raises a number of considerations, which, we, as the Malta Maritime Forum, discuss from time to time. The analysis made by...
Pirates and corsairs once raided Malta’s shores. Now they have a museum
Times of Malta
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August 18, 2025
For centuries, pirates and corsairs raided Malta’s shores each summer and now their violent history is being explored in a new museum in Marsascala. The Corsair and Piracy Museum, housed in the restored 17th-century St Thomas Tower overlooking the...
AI requires a strategy that is consistently refreshed to remain at the cutting edge, MDIA chief says
The Malta Independent
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Kyle Patrick Camilleri Sunday, 17 August 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 20 minutes ago The CEO of the Malta Digital Innovation Authority (MDIA), Kenneth Brincat, has told The Malta Independent on Sunday that artificial intelligence requires a...
Disney+ and National Geographic Production ‘Surviving Pompeii’ Being Filmed in Malta
The Malta Independent
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A new National Geographic series, set to stream on Disney+, is currently being filmed in Malta, the government said. The production blends documented facts about the natural tragedy of Pompeii with dramatic storytelling, narrated by renowned actor...
Pompeii documentary series starts filming in Malta
Times of Malta
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August 17, 2025
A new National Geographic series for Disney+ about Pompeii has started filming in Malta. Visiting the film set at Fort Ricasoli, culture minister Owen Bonnici said this production showed Malta has become “a serious and established destination in...
€15m Naxxar distribution centre to boost electricity supply for 12,000 consumers
Times of Malta
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August 17, 2025
Works are underway at a new distribution centre in Naxxar that will serve up to 12,000 consumers strengthening the electricity supply in Naxxar, Għargħur, and surrounding localities. Visiting the centre, Energy Minister Miriam Dalli said this...
A new energy Malta: Wind, solar, and green maritime fuels
Malta Today
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Malta’s energy story must change. For decades, we have been dependent on imported fossil fuels, leaving our energy system exposed to rising costs, supply risks, and carbon emissions. But the future will belong to those who invest in clean,...
WATCH | Malcolm Borg: ‘We have a problem because we see agricultural land as developable space’
Malta Today
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Malcolm Borg believes Malta has a problem because it sees agricultural land as “developable land” and the “sacrificial lamb on the altar of development”. Nonetheless, the president of Għaqda Bdiewa Attivi, an NGO representing farmers, says he was...
Farmland reform seeks to protect Malta’s food production potential
Malta Today
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Landowners of agricultural land are still able to use their field for hunting and weekend barbecues but new rules oblige them to plough the land once a year. The new regulations introduced recently are intended to protect agricultural land from...
Maltese energy drink created to help manage ADHD hits shelves
Times of Malta
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August 15, 2025
A new energy drink, developed by a Maltese entrepreneur to help manage his ADHD, has reached local shelves, with over 11,000 cans sold or pre-sold within the first weeks of its launch. A shipment of 100,000 cans of the drink, named MEYN, arrived...
Offshore gambling websites’ boom spurs concern in Virginia over lost tax revenue, weak consumer safeguards
The Virginian-Pilot
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August 16, 2025
Virginia’s shift to online gambling has been dramatic — and has led to significantly more money flowing to state coffers. The Virginia Lottery went online five years ago, with a change in law allowing bettors to put their money at stake...
Aquaculture industry pledges cleaner seas after Opposition raises slime concerns
Malta Today
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The Federation of Maltese Aquaculture Producers has acknowledged public concern over recent slime occurrences along Malta’s coast, while stressing that the industry is actively working to address the issue. In a statement issued on Friday, the...
Watch: Freak hail storm hits parts of Malta
Times of Malta
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August 16, 2025
After months of hot, dry weather, Malta got a much longed for soaking with hail reported in certain localities on Saturday afternoon. Videos and photos shared by readers show hail coating Iklin and Għargħur while others living in Sliema reported a...
Greece’s Attica Bank Emerges as Preferred Buyer for HSBC Malta
Greek Reporter
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August 16, 2025
HSBC Bank in Malta. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Continental Europe CC BY SA 4.0 HSBC Malta is set to change hands after its parent company confirmed on Friday that CrediaBank, formerly known as Attica Bank, has been selected as the preferred bidder....
Amstel Malta Honours Igbo Women at Enugu August Meeting
This Day
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August 16, 2025
On Saturday, August 9, Amstel Malta, in partnership with the First Lady of Enugu State, Nkechinyere Mbah, joined scores of women to celebrate one of the most powerful traditions in Igbo culture: the annual Women’s August Meeting (Nzuko Umu...
Growth in Number of Installed Industrial Robots in Bulgaria Expected to Slow to 8.2% in 2025
Bulgarian News Agency
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The Professional Association for Robotics, Automation, and Innovation (PARAi) expects a slowdown in the growth rate of installed industrial robots in Bulgaria to 8.2% in 2025, compared to nearly 10% recorded in 2024, according to Yonko Chuklev,...