Malta
Vai alla Scheda Paese »Measure 100 times and cut once.
— Maltese proverb
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Mater Dei Hospital owed over €3 million by third country nationals
The Health Ministry is moving to recover millions in unpaid bills from third country nationals – some €3 million from Mater Dei Hospital alone – and has chosen a company specifically to carry out this task. Health Minister Chris Fearne had explained in December, during a business breakfast organized by ...
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EU leaders scheduled to discuss 'catastrophic' situation in Libya in Malta
The human rights situation in Libya is "catastrophic," with migrants heading for Europe bearing the brunt of abuse, the German government said.A report Sunday by German weekly Welt am Sonntag quoted an internal Foreign Ministry memo describing how migrants face torture and execution at detention camps in Libya. The country ...
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Editorial: Disintegrating the integrated
Times of Malta, The Malta Independent and MaltaToday have joined forces to call on the Maltese government to review Malta’s arbitrary system of ‘temporary humanitarian protection’ and to regularise the position of detained migrants whose looming ejection from the island appears to be guided by opportunistic politics rather than reasoned ...
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Court declares lack of legal aid in interrogations breach of fair trial in Nigerian drug case
A Constitutional Court has upheld a Nigerian man’s plea that his right to a fair trial had been breached when he was interrogated without legal aid, but no remedy was required as the outcome would not have changed.Nigerian John Udagha Omeh, 42, was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment and fined ...
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Updated: Norwegian PM on official visit, meets President Coleiro Preca; MOUs signed
President of Malta Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca received Prime Minister of Norway Erna Solberg on a courtesy call at San Anton Palace today.During the meeting, President Coleiro Preca conveyed Malta’s appreciation for the Norwegian Grants and spoke about the good history which Malta has in managing these grants. The President of ...
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PM lauds 2016 tourism results, hopeful Air Malta will find 'the right' strategic partner
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said today he was hopeful that Air Malta would find a strategic partner “in the time to come.” Dr Muscat was speaking at an event during which the Malta Tourism Association gave a detailed breakdown of tourist arrivals and expenditure during 2016. Around 1.98 million tourists ...
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BOV, HSBC drag share index lower
The share index eased by 0.16% to 4,715.747 points today, mainly reflecting the declines in the share prices of BOV (-0.5%) and HSBC (-1%). Most of today’s trading activity took place in the equity of Bank of Valletta which slipped by 0.5% to the €2.16 level across 88,263 shares – representing ...
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EU chief calls on Europe to rally against Donald Trump threat
European Council President Donald Tusk said that US President Donald Trump has joined Russia, China and radical Islam among threats to Europe and called on Europeans to stick together to avoid domination by three other continental powers. In a letter to national leaders before a summit that he will chair in ...
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Nationalist Party proposes Regional Council for Gozo
Speaking at a General Convention on Gozo, PN leader Simon Busuttil proposed a Regional Council for Gozo which, as he explained, would be keeping the Minister for Gozo to implement the promises made by the party in a specific electoral programme for Gozo.One of the previous speakers at the Convention ...
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Police complain about delays of payments for extra duties
The Malta Police Association said that several officers are complaining that it is taking too long for them to be paid for extra duties they give to third partiesIn a statement, the MPA said that when an officer carries out extra duty he or she is not paid until the ...
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Malta has hallmarks instrumental for money launderers, criminals – PANA Committee vice-chair
Socialist MEP Ana Gomes, who is the vice-chair of the European Parliament’s PANA Committee, has highlighted her concerns about the Maltese financial system in an interview with The Malta Independent on Sunday, observing that the system bears the hallmarks of “something that is instrumental” for money launderers to operate.During a ...
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34 AFM soldiers presented with medals for their long and efficient service
34 AFM soldiers of varying rank were presented with medals during a ceremony held at the Luqa barracks.The soldiers were were decorated either a medal for long and efficient service or a clasp for 25 or 30 years of service.Home Affairs Minister Carmelo Abela said that these AFM soldiers serve ...
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Tenants eligible for rent subsidies have suffered due to changes in regulations – PN
Changes made to the conditions of rent subsidies have left tenants who are eligible to the assistance worse off, shadow minister for social policy Paula Mifsud Bonnici said in a press conference this afternoon.The conference was also addressed by Nationalist Party (PN) spokesperson for family, rights of the child and ...
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Assistant police chief files for prohibitory injunction over post of Deputy Police Commissioner
Assistant Police Commisioner Dr Antoine Casha today filed a warrant of prohibitory injunction on a call for applications for the post of ‘Deputy Commissioner in the Malta Police Force in the Ministry for Home Affairs and National Security’, claiming that his right to a fair hearing and equality of arms ...
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Change in MATSEC exam timings, more sixth form colleges proposed in education reform report
A move from an exam-oriented curriculum to one that gives bigger emphasis to critical thinking, analytical and communication skills, creativity and problem solving – the so-called 21st century skills – is among 26 recommendations included in a report on the future of post-secondary education in Malta. Speaking at the launch ...
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PM calls success over previous years an 'economic miracle', says Malta 'fixed its own roof'
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has called Malta’s recent economic success under the Labour administration an “economic miracle”. He said this in relation to how this government has focused efforts on creating a strong economy that can withstand external shocks, rather than wasting time on concentrating solely on the possible fallout ...
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Fantasy Sports operator chooses Malta as its base of operations in Europe
Draft Kings, a fantasy sports operator originating from the USA, has chosen Malta as its base of operations for Europe.A legal notice published recently split games of chance from skills based games, such as fantasy football, and the company acquired their new license through this split.Draft Kings CEO Jason Robins, ...
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Tonio Fenech uses opportunity of Holocaust commemoration to condemn abortion
Former finance minister and current Nationalist Party MP Tonio Fenech used an opportunity to commemorate the victims from the Nazi Holocaust to condemn the practice of abortion, something he called a “modern-day holocaust”. Mr Fenech’s comments were made during an address in Parliament to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day, celebrated on ...
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Skyline policy will respect the character of the locality - Marthese Portelli
Recently, in Parliament Joe Mizzi has acknowledged that traffic is costing the country more than €200 million each year. How do you intend to address the issue?We have to deal with the traffic problem. If we tackle that, this wasted money can be reduced. We have already published a document ...
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Fenech Adami slams Minister Abela for saying he had no idea of plan to employ son of person of trust
Shadow Minister for Home Affairs Beppe Fenech Adami ridiculed Home Affairs Minister Carmelo Abela for claiming that he was not aware that a person of trust within his ministry was conspiring to create a vacancy, with the minister’s blessing, to employ the son of Ludgard Scicluna, another person of trust ...
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Libya launches huge investigation into oil smuggling to Malta, Italy, Greece and Cyprus
Yet again Malta is being mentioned in connection with oil smuggling from Libya as the North African country has just launched the biggest anti-corruption probe since the fall of the Gaddafi regime in 2011. The Libya Herald reported yesterday that warrants for the arrest of a number of government ministers ...