Malta
Vai alla Scheda Paese »Measure 100 times and cut once.
— Maltese proverb
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Updated: ‘This was a historic week’ – Prime Minister Joseph Muscat says
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat called the past week "historic" during his political address in Hal-Safi, making reference to both the EU informal meeting held in Malta, as well as the €300 million ITS site investment."Throughout the week we did what many people said would be impossible. We helped Libya and ...
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Government refusing to answer questions on Casino di Venezia ‘site repossession’
The Parliamentary Secretariat for Lands Deborah Schembri (below) is refusing to answer questions sent by this newspaper on the subject of the Casino di Venezia in Vittoriosa and has ignored several emails, SMS messages and telephone calls made over the past four months. The Malta Independent on Sunday wanted to ...
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Financial services industry in focus, not only by PANA Committee
The EU Parliament’s PANA Committee will not be the only ones looking into the bones of contention of Malta’s financial services industry and financial regulations, with a Council of Europe monitoring body expected to conduct an evaluation in 2018.MONEYVAL - the Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the ...
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Jury finds Zambian man not guilty of trafficking heroin
A Zambian man has been found not guilty by a jury of trafficking heroin back in 2009, but was found guilty of simple cannabis possession landing him with a one year conditional discharge.Isaac Unigwe, 34, from Zambia, was charged with conspiracy to sell heroin, supplying the prohibited narcotic and simple ...
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Transport Minister Joe Mizzi says stronger deterrents are needed to prevent road work delays
Transport Minister Joe Mizzi has said that stronger deterrents are needed to ensure companies do not miss their road work tender deadlines, indicating that fines are not enough.The minister said that he found such situations when first taking office, where contractors would just receive fines for delayed projects, but "this ...
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IĠM reacts after OPM blogger attacks PN journalist investigating Cardona brothel claims
The Institute of Maltese Journalists, IĠM, today condemned all forms of intimidation against members of the press, saying that efforts to undermine and ridicule journalists were unacceptable in a country that called itself democratic. In a statement this morning the institute said it had noted various cases over the past ...
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Editorial: The minister’s trip to Germany - A case of silence speaking louder than words?
The fact that the government has remained practically silent on the allegations that one of its ministers visited what is effectively a brothel, and that he engaged the services of a prostitute, while on government business in Germany is very strange indeed.One can understand that most of the government has ...
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AD says Speaker has not yet accepted invitation for PANA committee to meet MPs
Despite the fact that the PANA enquiry committee have asked to meet the present Maltese members of parliament on 20 February, to date this request has not yet been accepted by the Speaker of the Maltese parliament, Alternattiva Demokratika said in a statement.Moreover, politicians of special interest to PANA, like ...
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Din l-Art Helwa alarmed at government's handling of ITS site in St George's Bay
Din l-Art Ħelwa today expressed its alarm at the way the government is handling the development of the Institute of Tourism Studies (ITS) site in St George's Bay. By signing the agreement with the developers, the Government has committed itself to the development as proposed, without taking into account urban ...
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INDEPTH: If Muscat removes Mizzi, Schembri, I would be the first to applaud – David Casa
If Prime Minister Joseph Muscat were to remove Konrad Mizzi and Keith Schembri from their respective posts I would be the first to go to the European Parliament to applaud his decision, the PN’s head of delegation at the EP David Casa said.Interviewed on INDEPTH by The Malta Independent online ...
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Education Minister denies claims regarding Gozitan whistleblower; says the story was a fabrication
Education Minister Evarist Bartolo has denied allegations which appeared in an article published by The Times of Malta.The article alleged that whistleblower (Joseph Cauchi) involved in the Anthony Debono (Giovanna Debono's husband) case asked the minister to reinstate a Foundation for Tomorrow's Schools supervisor who was relieved of his duties ...
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Watch (2): Mizzi avoids giving deadline, says Delimara plant will go online in coming weeks
No Portfolio Minister Konrad Mizzi today would not commit himself to a date when the new gas-fired power station at Delimara will be fully commissioned.Press by journalists during a press conference to explain the power shortages Malta experienced last night, Dr Mizzi said that tests are being carried out and the ...
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Updated: Minister Cardona ‘not worried at all’ about reputation, insists he was in hotel; PN reacts
Economy Minister Chris Cardona insisted “he is not worried at all” about his reputation in the wake of allegations made against him about his whereabouts while on a Ministerial visit to Germany.He also maintained that he was in his hotel room in Essen, following a conference, at the time when ...
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Rebuked judge ‘right man for the job’, benefits outweigh controversy – Deborah Schembri
The appointment of rebuked judge Lino Farrugia Sacco to the post of chairman of the newly set up Lands Authority was made without consultation with the Opposition because “we were the ones elected to govern,” parliamentary secretary for lands Deborah Schembri said today.Speaking at the announcement of the controversial appointment ...
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VGH to set up Stroke Unit, company employees to reach 150 by end of June
Vitals Global Healthcare, the company entrusted with the management of St Luke’s Hospital, Karen Grech Hospital and the Gozo General Hospital, will be setting up a Stroke Unit. A VGH spokesperson confirmed that the Stroke Unit will provide specialised post-acute stroke care to patients in Malta. Throughout the past months ...
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Maltese businessman finds priceless lost Bob Marley master recordings in a rundown London hotel
A Maltese businessman has discovered a hoard of lost Bob Marley Master recordings in a rundown hotel in London.Marley fan and businessman Joe Gatt found the thirteen 2” reel-to-reel analogue master tapes in cardboard box files, in a damp hotel basement in Kensal Rise, North West London, where Bob Marley ...
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Record-breaking chart-toppers The Chainsmokers confirmed for Isle of MTV
The Chainsmokers have today been announced as the first and headline act to perform at MTV's annual open-air, summer music festival – ISLE OF MTV MALTA. Widely regarded across the music industry as one of the ‘breakout acts’ of 2016, the multiplatinum selling duo will perform the closing set under ...
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Once-conservative Malta leaps ahead on LGBT rights
At age 24, Alex Mangion became Malta's first transgender politician when he won a local office on the conservative Nationalists' ticket, a striking combination in a country that until recently had been a last bastion in western Europe of social norms largely dictated by the Catholic church.The Nationalist Party recruited Mangion to ...
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Sixty young farmers to benefit from €4.3m EU allocation
Sixty young farmers are expected to benefit from a €4.3 million allocation in a drive to lure people back into farming. Parliamentary Secretary for EU Funds Ian Borg said the sub-measure was aimed at supporting young farmers. In Malta, 70 per cent of the full time farmers are over the age of 40. Young ...
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Public land 'siphoned from people and given for private profit'
It is extremely worrying that swathes of public land, Malta's scarcest and most precious resource, is being siphoned from the people and given for private profits, a pressure group said today. Moviment Graffitti expressed its strong disapproval with the government's decision to transfer public land, currently occupied by the Institute for ...
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Local newspapers in review
The Malta EU summit dominated the front pages of most Maltese newspapers today: Carrying a picture of German chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister Theresa May and Prime Minister Joseph Muscat at St John's co-Cathedral, Times of Malta said the Malta summit had agreed a Libya-specific plan. The Malta Independent said EU ...