President of the Estate Agents Section (EAS) within the Malta Developers’ Association (MDA), Douglas Salt says that the rental market had already been “correcting itself”.

Tourism industry stakeholders have raised the alarm over “unsustainable” practices impacting the sector, which, this year, has seen a rise in the number of visitors to the island.

According to figures recently released by the National Statistics Office, the first five months of 2019 registered a 2.8% increase in inbound tourist numbers – up to 929,979 - when compared to the same period in 2018.

Exports of Latvian goods in June this year, compared to June of the previous year, decreased by 8.2%, which is the sharpest fall of exports since January 2016. Although much of this decline in June was attributable to the decline in re-exports in the product group machinery and mechanical appliances due to the rebuilding of airBaltic aircraft, exports would have fallen without this effect, reflecting weaker external demand.

The European Commission has informed Czech operators of mobile telephony O2 CZ and T-Mobile CZ, as well as the Czech telecom infrastructure provider CETIN of its preliminary view that their network sharing agreement restricts competition in breach of EU antitrust rules. O2 CZ and T-Mobile CZ are major operators in the Czech retail mobile telecommunications market. O2 CZ's mobile infrastructure and wholesale business have been transferred to CETIN, a network infrastructure company belonging to the same corporate group.

Klarna fits the classic ‘disruptor’ description within the payment sector and has been sold as an alternative to credit cards, even allowing users to shop instantly and pay later.

Popular Swedish payments company Klarna has reached the position of largest private fintech firm in Europe after recent investor funding increased its value to €4.9 billion ($5.5 billion), The Guardian reports.

The European Commission has informed Czech operators of mobile telephony O2 CZ and T-Mobile CZ, as well as the Czech telecom infrastructure provider CETIN of its preliminary view that their network sharing agreement restricts competition in breach of EU antitrust rules.

To ensure refugees continue to be supported by the EU's largest humanitarian programme in Turkey, the Commission has today announced an additional €127 million to the Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) programme via the EU Facility for Refugees in Turkey. This new funding brings the total EU contribution to the programme to €1.125 billion.

A new Eurobarometer survey released today shows a strong increase in citizens' positive perception of the European Union across the board – from the economy to the state of democracy. These are the best results since the June 2014 Eurobarometer survey conducted before the Juncker Commission took office.

The European Union and the United States, represented respectively by Stavros Lambrinidis, EU Ambassador to the United States and Jani Raappana, Deputy Head of Mission, for the Finnish Presidency of the Council of the EU, and Robert Lighthizer, U.S. Trade Representative, signed today in Washington D.C. an agreement reviewing the functioning of an existing quota to import hormone-free beef into the EU.

Unleaded petrol has gone up in price by 5c per litre, from €1,36 to €1.41.

Enemed has announced that all fuel supplied by the state-owned company has gone up as of Thursday morning.

Unleaded petrol has gone up in price by 5c per litre, from €1,36 to €1.41. Petrol super, also known as e-petrol has gone up from €1.51 to €1l56 while Diesel has risen from €1.23 to €1.28 per litre.

The Minister of National Defense, João Gomes Cravinho, presented the two new portals of the governing area of ​​the National Defense in Lisbon, one dedicated to general affairs and the other to military recruitment.