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Vai alla Scheda Paese »Measure 100 times and cut once.
— Maltese proverb
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Captain persuades hijackers on Malta landing after telling them plane lacked fuel, court told
“I could see a small red device with a wire coming out of it,” an air hostess on the Afriqyah Airways Flight 320 from Sebha to Tripoli told the court during the compilation of evidence in the hijacking of the Afriqiyah Airways aircraft just before Christmas.Moussa Shaha Ali Sako and ...
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Researcher and gynaecologist says WHO is lying about morning after pill, insists it is abortive
Doctor Bruno Mozzanega, researcher and gynaecologist, believes that the World Health Organisation's decision to pass the morning after pill as an anti-fertilisation pill was wrong. He claims that this definition should reflect that truth, that the morning after pill is abortive because it stops the process after fertilization. The mechanism of ...
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High-end travellers get a top-level concierge service
A personalised concierge service dedicated to high-end travellers promises to take the stress out of conducting business overseas. Bleisure Malta will cater to luxury individual and group travellers who need to have business facilities within reach even when they are on holiday. “Trends show that today’s high-end travellers can’t quite disconnect from ...
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FTS: The buck must stop with Evarist Bartolo - Beppe Fenech Adami
PN deputy leader Beppe Fenech Adami has insisted the buck must stop with Education Minister Evarist Bartolo, who was now not only close to a scandal but directly involved. The Times of Malta reported last week that Mr Bartolo ordered a contractor to be paid more than €400,000 for works that ...
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Proposed constitutional amendment could dilute right to fair hearing – PN
The Opposition will not support a constitutional amendment that could see criminal cases handled by tribunals instead of the courts. The amendment is a response to the Constitutional Court’s decision last year that certain provisions of the Competition Act were anti-constitutional. Rather than changing the parts of the law deemed to be ...
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Racism, xenophobia, discrimination have no place in society - minister
Xenophobia, sexism and any type of discrimination have no place in a modern country in 2017, Civili Liberties Minister Helena Dalli told a conference this morning. “My ministry is committed towards tackling worrying trends that may emerge from time to time as society becomes more complex. Stereotypes, racism, xenophobia, discrimination and ...
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Mario de Marco says absence from public sphere a result of ‘health issues’, Keith Schembri comments
Nationalist Party deputy leader Mario de Marco has taken to Facebook to explain his absence from the media and public events, saying that his health issues have kept him away.Dr de Marco wrote as follows:"My attention has been drawn to certain comments and posts online lamenting that I have of ...
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‘If we do not take bold moves now, bolder decisions will have to be taken later’, PM tells EP
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat believes that if the EU does not take bold decisions on how to mitigate the migration crisis today, it will be forced to make even bolder, or radical, decisions in the future.Dr Muscat said this during his address at the European Parliament (EP) on Malta’s upcoming ...
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Group takes matters into its own hands and cleans up graffiti in St Paul's Bay
A group of people have taken it upon themselves to clean up the graffiti which has begun to crop up in St.Paul’s Bay, Bugibba and Qawra. Asked why they begun the clean up, Simon Cutajar told The Malta Independent that his friend, Edward Bonello came up with the idea ...
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Vatican rejects Knights of Malta attempt to discredit probe
The Vatican struck back at the Knights of Malta, rejecting its attempt to discredit a Vatican-appointed commission investigating the ouster of a top official over a condom scandal.In a sharply worded statement, the Holy See also said it plans to take action to resolve the dispute, setting the stage for one ...
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Air Malta unions weigh in on airline’s situation and collective agreements
A number of Air Malta unions have spoken with the Malta Independent, and were asked about their collective agreement discussions following the Alitalia talks breakdown.Cabin Crew Union Chief Noel Mercieca believes that the collective agreement should be sorted out before a new strategic partner is found.The Cabin-Crew chief said: “the ...
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Morning-after pill opponents file judicial protest against Medicines Authority
Two activists who oppose the morning-after pill have filed a judicial protest accusing the Medicines Authority of having allowed pharmaceuticals that can cause a chemical abortion onto the market. Miriam Sciberras and Klaus Vella Bardon of Life Network Malta are arguing that the authority's decision to issue licenses for emergency contraceptives ...
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De Marco explains how medical issues kept him away
PN deputy leader Mario de Marco explained today that he was away from the political scene for some time because of medical treatment but he has since been busy in party and parliamentary activities. In a Facebook post, Dr de Marco said he had noted comments and posts online lamenting that he ...
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PN says government has last chance to adopt its proposal to save Air Malta
The shadow minister for economic affairs, Claudio Grech urged the government today to adopt the PN's proposals on Air Malta, saying this would probably be the last chance to do so in the wake of the break down of talks with Alitalia. Addressing a news conference at PN headquarters, he recalled ...
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PM Muscat forecasts 'record levels' for number of migrants crossing Mediterranean
Tens of thousands of people seeking better lives are expected to trek across deserts and board unseaworthy boats in war-torn Libya this year in a desperate effort to reach European shores by way of Italy.More than 181,000 people, most so-called "economic migrants" with little chance of being allowed to stay ...
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Malta raises alarm on Russia-backed Libyan warlord
A Russia-backed Libyan warlord could start a “civil war” in Libya, increasing refugee flows to the EU, Malta has warned.EUObserver reported that the danger comes as the Libyan commander, Khalifa Haftar, advances on Tripoli, the seat of the UN-recognised government, Malta’s foreign minister, George Vella, told press in Valletta on ...
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Agreement signed between MCAST and Vitals Global Healthcare for new nursing degree programme
Vitals Global Healthcare and MCAST today signed an agreement establishing a nursing degree programme, in collaboration with Northumbria University. VGH officials said that the degree shall explicitly meet all of the requirements of the EU Directive for General Nursing; the Malta Council for Nurses and Midwives' Scope of Professional Practice; and ...
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Swieqi’s increasing problems with security, noise and vandalism - Swieqi mayor Noel Muscat
What is the current situation in Swieqi? The current situation is a result of many years, security was always an issue. When I first became mayor, four and half years ago, it was the main problem. Take a look at Halloween, it used to be absolute havoc, but with cooperation ...
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BirdLife says injured mute swan seen in St Thomas Bay
An injured mute swan was sighted in St Thomas Bay in Marsascala, BirdLife said in a statement.The sighting of another juvenile mute swan, this time at St Thomas Bay delighted those who had the opportunity to observe it in the early morning today. “Unfortunately it was evident after a while that ...
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Updated: PL slams Opposition Leader over Foundation for Tomorrow’s Schools; PN responds
The Labour Party today slammed Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil on the state in which the Foundation for Tomorrow's Schools was found back in 2013, with the PL saying that it was €80 million in debt and had millions in unpaid bills."The irony is that the PN media are describing the ...
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€4 million given by government to Karin Grech Hospital not for bed capacity – VGH CEO
The €4 million given to Karin Grech Hospital by government were operational funds, and are spent on paying salaries and ensuring that the hospital continues to run as it did before, Vitals Global Healthcare CEO Armin Ernst told The Malta Independent.A VGH statement published last week said that VGH Karin ...