Malta
Vai alla Scheda Paese »Measure 100 times and cut once.
— Maltese proverb
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Pembroke FC team manager charged with football bribery, bail denied
The team manager of Pembroke Football Club was today charged with bribery in yet another alleged match-fixing case. The accused is Uchenna sive Ucha Anyanwu, 30, who was born in Nigeria but has lived in Malta for the past 13 years. He denied attempting to bribe Mosta FC players.Defence lawyers ...
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Minister George Vella welcomes Liechtenstein’s Foreign Affairs Minister Aurelia Frick
Minister for Foreign Affairs George Vella welcomed Minister of Foreign Affairs, Education and Culture of Liechtenstein Aurelia Frick as the first liechtensteiner government representative to visit Malta. The minister said that this was an excellent opportunity to share opinions but admitted that there was still a lot of work to ...
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Uncle gets suspended sentence after making sexual advances towards niece
An uncle was given a suspended sentence today after he admitted to making sexual advances towards his niece. He was also placed under a supervision order by Magistrate Charmaine Galea.The Senglea man, in his 40s, admitted to attempting a violent indecent assault on his niece, who was aged 15. He ...
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FDI in Malta reaches €156.7 billion, direct investment abroad at €61.8 billion
The stock position of Foreign Direct Investment in Malta as at the end of June 2016 stood at €156.7 billion, while Direct Investment abroad amounted to €61.8 billion, the NSO said.Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in MaltaDuring the first six months of 2016, FDI flows in Malta went up by €1.9 ...
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Birdlife says AG upholds its position on bird trapping, ‘Malta’s position goes against spirit of EU'
Birdlife Malta has said that the Attorney General upholds its arguments and insisted that there is no justification for the trapping of songs birds, a practice which goes against an EU directive.Addressing a press conference in front of the law courts in Valletta, President of Birdlife Malta Darryl Grima said ...
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Editorial: Growth amid festering corruption
The Maltese economy has experienced unprecedented growth in these past years. This is now admitted by one and all, including bodies like the European Commission and rating agencies.But repeated surveys of public opinion have also shown a perception among the Maltese public of endemic levels of corruption inside the Maltese ...
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European Commission forecast: Malta’s economic activity to remain robust
The Finance Ministry this evening welcomed the latest winter forecast published by the European Commission, which expects economic activity in Malta to remain robust, well above the European Union average. Furthermore, the economic expansion is forecast to continue at a broadly unchanged pace in 2017 and 2018.“Growth is expected to be more ...
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Air Malta can still be saved, PN Leader tells airline employee representatives
PN Leader Simon Busuttil said today that it was not too late to save Air Malta. He was speaking during a meeting with representatives of employees of the national airline. Dr Busuttil said the PN wanted to be clear and concrete on its vision on Air Malta’s future. He invited ...
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Senglea statue of Christ the Redeemer to undergo restoration works estimated to cost €40,000
The statue of Christ the Redeemer will undergo restoration works at the Senglea Parish Church, estimated to cost €40,000.A number of studies have been conducted involving both Maltese and foreign nationals as well as entities such as the Consiglio Nazionale della Ricerca, Firenza, and the Conservation Division from Heritage Malta. ...
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'Joseph Muscat should order Konrad Mizzi, Keith Schembri to appear before PANA committee'
PN Deputy Leader Beppe Fenech Adami said today that the Prime Minister should order Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister Konrad Mizzi and OPM Chief of Staff Keith Schembri to appear before the PANA committee MEPs who will be visiting Malta next week.Dr Fenech Adami was asked by ...
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Updated (2): Brian Tonna and Karl Cini refuse to meet with PANA committee delegation
Nexia BT's Brian Tonna and Karl Cini have refused to appear before the PANA Committee delegation who will be travelling here next week, and this has been confirmed by multiple sources, including an MEP on the committee, as well as AD Chairperson Arnold Cassola and another source in Brussels.Greens MEP ...
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Sunday rally 'a chance for people to say no to corruption, yes to democracy' - Busuttil
Next Sunday’s demonstration will be not be held in the name of the PN but in the name of all people of goodwill, Nationalist Party Leader Simon Busuttil said yesterday. It will be an opportunity for people to say no to lies and hypocrisy, and yes to liberty and democracy.Dr ...
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Speaker condemns Jason Azzopardi’s 'unjustifiable' criticism of government in Politico
Speaker of the House Anglu Farrugia has condemned the "unjustifiable" criticism Opposition MP Jason Azzopardi made in comments he had given to Politico regarding the government's decision not to back an EU proposal for the establishment of a European prosecutor's office.Dr Azzopardi told Politico that it was "no surprise at ...
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Church's Environment Commission warns that MDA-commissioned property study may be biased
The Church’s Environment Commission (KA) has urged the government to come up with its own national study on property, saying that a study carried out by the private sector can be biased. It was referring to the recent announcement by the Malta Developers Association that it had commissioned KPMG to ...
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EU economic forecast shows Labour government has created no new sectors - Mario de Marco
The European Commission’s winter forecast for Malta shows that the biggest contribution made by the government to the economy was not through the creation of new economic sectors but through pushing up public sector costs, PN deputy leader Mario de Marco said today. The report, he said, echoes the position ...
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The pen behind the voice; Maltese speechwriter working with the new EP President
Peter Agius, who was the head of the European Parliament information office in Malta, recently left to take up a post as a speechwriter for the new European Parliament President Antonio Tajani and was interviewed by Kevin Schembri Orland about his experience with EU institutions, and his new post.Dr Agius ...
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Anti-money-laundering agency workers still clueless about new head
Employees of Malta’s anti-money-laundering agency, which investigated the country’s connection to the Panama Papers, are still in the dark about who will be taking over as their new head following the departure of Manfred Galdes last August. Despite an announcement by Finance Minister Edward Scicluna more than three weeks ago that ...
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More romantic than erotic
“This time, no rules, no punishments, no more secrets” When Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James – the first in the Fifty Shades trilogy – was published, this highly erotic tale tracing the burgeoning relationship between powerful business magnate Christian Grey and young college graduate Anastasia Steele, blasted to ...
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Pharmacists in ‘conscientious objection’ to morning-after pill
A number of individual pharmacists are refusing to dispense the morning-after pill on moral grounds, it has emerged, even though the emergency contraceptive is stocked in the pharmacies where they work. The pharmacists are either directing customers to other pharmacies where they will not have a problem purchasing the pill or ...
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Savouring the art of excellence
Pet’s Plates ZenPortomaso Food: 9/10 Location: 9/10Service: 9/10Value: 8/10Overall: 10/10 This place has got to be up there with the best restaurants that Malta has to offer. The menu held the promise of ingredients like fresh tuna, crab and prawn. I wanted it all. It was our duty to work our way through the ...
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Government’s new land valuation formula is here to stay, Mizzi and Schembri confirm
Despite the controversy raging on how the valuation of the land at the ITS site in St George’s Bay was calculated, the government will be sticking to the modus operandi it had commissioned from Deloitte for the site as a means of selling public land in the future.Contacted by this ...