Malta
Vai alla Scheda Paese »Measure 100 times and cut once.
— Maltese proverb
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Air Malta to operate double daily flights to Munich, Rome and Catania next summer
Air Malta is planning to operate 150 weekly flights to 29 destinations next summer. With this schedule, running from the 26th March till 28 October 2017, the Maltese airline is planning to carry 1.2 million passengers while continue operating with a fleet of eight aircraft similar to this year.Air Malta’s ...
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Economy Ministry exceeds allocated budget for cleaning service contract by €55,857
The Ministry for the Economy, Investment and Small Business (MEIB) effected payments to a service provider beyond the period allowed by the Finance Ministry resulting in the contract price being exceeded by €55,857.A report produced by the National Audit Office on the public accounts for 2015 revealed as such, describing ...
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Malta Digital Cluster launched at Malta Life Sciences Park
The Malta Digital Cluster was launched at the Malta Life Sciences Park by Life Sciences CEO Ing. Joseph Sammut and Edwin Ward, Chairman of Paragon Europe. The role of the cluster is to create collaboration between academia, researchers, private sector entities and the public sector to take advantage of growth ...
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Average annual wage for 2015 at €20,460
The average wage in Malta as of 2015 stood at €20,460, an increase of €2,483 from 2010. This information came to light in the form of a parliamentary question put forward by Nationalist Party (PN) MP Claudio Grech.The average wage between for the five year period in question is as ...
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Drug addict given 12 years in jail for theft which led to death of elderly woman
A court today sentenced a man to 12 years in prison for committing two thefts, one of which led to the death of an elderly woman. Richard Attard, 35, committed the thefts with two other men to finance their drug addiction. The woman, 80-year-old Rose Garroni, was found outside an ...
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Outgoing EP President Schulz, who could challenge Merkel in 2017, to visit Malta next week
The President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, will be addressing Parliament when he visits Malta on 8 December. Mr Schulz will be accompanied by members of the Conference of Presidents, which includes the chairmen of the political groups in the European Parliament.Last week he announced that he will not seek a ...
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New hospitals will be better than Mater Dei - Health Minister Chris Fearne
Health Minister Chris Fearne is this morning addressing a business breakfast organized by The Malta Business Weekly in conjunction with the Health Ministry. The well-attended event is being held at the Portomaso Suite at the Hilton in St Julian’s. Mr Fearne outlined the government’s vision for the health sector and ...
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Updated: Muscat meets Merkel; Malta, Ireland share interests in seeking best solutions
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat this morning met German Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss Malta's priorities during its six months of EU presidency which stary on 1 January.Earlier, Dr Muscat met with Irish PM Enda Kenny, with Dr Muscat saying Malta and Ireland enjoy common interests in the search of practical ...
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Language Council says ‘people proposing amendment have no basic knowledge of Maltese'
The Maltese Language Council is calling on the Minister of Education Evarist Bartolo and the Prime Minister not to go on with the proposed amendments in the Council. In a press conference organised by the Council, Bernard Micallef, the Head of the Maltese Language Department at the University of Malta, ...
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Creditreform Rating AG gives A+ rating to Malta, outlook stable
Creditreform Rating AG has given Malta an A+ rating with a stable outlook, the government said in a statement. This is the first time that the German agency gave a rating to Malta’s economy.Among the factors mentioned in its report, the agency said that Malta has great economic potential, has ...
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Updated: Ministry insists amendments in language council came after ‘wide public consultation’
The Ministry of Education insists that the decision to amend the Maltese Language Council was reached after 'wide consultation with the public.' In a statement published this morning following the press conference by the Council which called on the Minister to scrap the amendments proposed, Evarist Bartolo reacted by saying ...
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Workers employed through outsourced GWU scheme 'working public sector jobs due to demand'
Jobsplus Executive Chairman Clyde Caruana told this newsroom that workers employed in the scheme outsourced to the General Workers Union (GWU) are working in the public sector because there is a demand for such jobs.He was responding to a question posed by this newsroom, following an article published on The ...
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Filming of feature film 'Papillon' successfully completed in Malta
Filming in Malta on the remake of the 1973 classic film starring Dustin Hoffman and Steve McQueen was successfully completed last week. “Papillon” was mainly filmed at the water tanks in Kalkara and in Rabat. The producers thanked the Malta Film Commission for their extensive support to the production and ...
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Evarist Bartolo brushes off opposition to changes in Language Council
Minister for Education Evarist Bartolo has brushed off the harsh opposition by the Maltese academics and those members of the Maltese Language Council regarding the proposed changes in the council’s formation. In comments to The Malta Independent, the minister said that he still cannot understand what the concern of the ...
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Medical Association of Malta denies it refused to meet Vitals Global Healthcare
Medical Association of Malta President Gordon Caruana Dingli said that Vitals Global Healthcare’s statement, which said that MAM and the UHM had continuously refused to meet VGH officials to discuss the projects, is not correct.The MAM president told The Malta Independent: “We deal with government and not VGH as our ...
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Political parties’ lip service on minimum wage ‘short-sighted, irresponsible and unacceptable’
The “lip service” from the political parties on raising minimum wage without consultation from the employer representatives was “short-sighted, irresponsible and unacceptable”, and was nothing more than “a vote grabbing exercise rather than reasoned dialogue”, the Chamber of Commerce and the Malta Employer’s Association told The Malta Independent.Conversely, the General ...
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European decisions may not be in Malta's interests - Alfred Sant
Decisions taken by the European Union in the next two and a half years may not be in Malta’s interests. Malta will be affected directly if the EU becomes a military union due to the island’s geographical position on the borders of the EU. Malta’s Constitution prohibits Malta to join ...
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Maltese academics not consulted about Maltese language law amendments
You are objecting strongly to Minister Evarist Bartolo’s proposed amendments to the Language Act. Are you opposed to any changes whatsoever?The Maltese Language Act was set up 10 years ago and it is only natural that some changes would be needed from time to time so as to enable the ...
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OHSA commended for its actions by a European team of Evaluators
The Occupational Health and Safety Authority (OHSA) has been commended following an evaluation exercise conducted on behalf of the European Commission by representatives of the Senior Labour Inspectors Committee (SLIC) in October. The 8 person-strong evaluation team was headed by Finland and included members from Estonia, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Cyprus ...
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Lord Mayor of London Andrew Parmley to visit Malta
The Lord Mayor of London, Dr. Andrew Parmley, will be visiting Malta this week to discuss the virtues of a strong economic partnership between Malta and the City of London. The Lord Mayor will be accompanied by a delegation from the British Bankers Association, and the Chairman of Commonwealth Enterprise ...
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Editorial: Come off it, you’re both ‘the establishment’
‘The establishment’ seems to have become the catchphrase of the day in Malta, with both the country’s two main political parties having pointed accusatory fingers at each other and calling each other ‘the establishment’.But in today’s post-truth, or shall we say post-Trump, politics, who is the real establishment?‘The establishment’ is ...