Malta
Vai alla Scheda Paese »Measure 100 times and cut once.
— Maltese proverb
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PN fights for the small fry, not the millionaires – Busuttil
If there is one party who is fighting for the small fry - the country's small businesses and people working on minimum wage - that party is the Nationalist Party, PN leader Simon Busuttil said this morning at a gathering at the party's Lija club.This, Dr Busuttil said, contrasted with ...
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The other side of low unemployment – a crisis in the private sector
Maltese private sector enterprises are currently experiencing a human resources crisis as a result of the country’s low unemployment numbers, the GRTU Malta Chamber of SMEs CEO Abigail Mamo told The Malta Independent on Sunday.Ms Mamo stressed the dire situation in which businesses find themselves, with some even having to resort ...
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EU working with African states to tackle migration – EU Special Representative to the Sahel
The European Union is working with African countries in an effort to resolve the issue of illegal migration, Spanish Ambassador and EU Special Representative to the Sahel Region Ángel Losada Fernandez told The Malta Independent on Sunday.Maltese immigration officers recently arrested 33 Malian migrants who had been living in Malta ...
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Switching to gas is necessary but things should be done properly - AD
During a press conference in Birżebbuġa AD spokesperson on industry, energy and transport Ralph Cassar spoke about the need to switch to gas as a transition fuel on the road to cleaner energy and ultimately to renewable energy."Climate change is one of the biggest challenges humanity faces. Gas is a ...
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Germany 'will support' priorities Malta has identified for its six-month EU Presidency term
Minister for Foreign Affairs George W. Vella held a bilateral meeting with State Secretary at the German Federal Foreign Office Markus Florian Ederer. State Secretary Ederer, who was in Malta to participate in a meeting of EU State Secretaries and Secretaries Generals, was accompanied by the Ambassador of the Federal Republic ...
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Vitals Global Healthcare names management structure under leadership of Armin Ernst as CEO
VGH today announced the appointment of its senior management team led by Dr. Armin Ernst M.D, M.H.C.M. as Chief Executive Officer. Dr Ernst, is a Harvard-trained and globally-renowned pulmonologist with seven textbooks and over 200 manuscripts to his credit. He obtained his healthcare management degree from Harvard University and, before ...
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Political scientist warns Brexit might lead to turmoil in Europe as far-right rises
A political scientist has warned that the political turmoil in Europe will possibly last longer than expected because of certain forthcoming election in the EU which might see the rise of far right parties in their respective parliament.Speaking at a conference organised by UHM Voice of the Workers which dealt ...
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‘Malta's Constitution prohibits participation in military alliances' - Alfred Sant
Former Prime Minister Alfred Sant voted against the report ‘European Defence Union’ and voted against the report ‘Implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy’ at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Dr Sant abstained on roll call votes on separate clauses in both reports. The Maltese MEP said he voted ...
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Chris Fearne TMBW Business Breakfast main speaker ‘Health: Can a high level of care be sustained?'
Health Minister Chris Fearne will address the next The Malta Business Weekly business breakfast to be held on Thursday 1 December 2016, at the Portomaso Suite of the Hilton in St Julian's in collaboration with the Ministryfor Health and the Hilton Malta.Mr Fearne will be addressing guests on the subject ...
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GRTU demands answers after complaints expressed by enterprises on PRS Ltd licences, fees
GRTU Malta Chamber of SMEs over the last weeks has been inundated with complaints and queries in relation to PRS Ltd imposing licensing and fees on businesses for playing music in their shop. It is evident that specific business sectors have become the target of PRS Ltd and their requests ...
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Government’s Consolidated Fund registers deficit of €104.9 million in first 10 months
In January-October 2016, Government’s Consolidated Fund registered a deficit of €104.9 million, the NSO said today.Compared to the same period last year, recurrent revenue registered an increase of €141.1 million whereas total expenditure went up by €41.4 million. This resulted in a positive change in the Government’s Consolidated Fund by ...
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People did not think it was possible for PL to govern with such success back in 2013 – minister
Finance Minister Edward Scicluna today said that most people did not think it was possible for the Labour party to govern with such success back in 2013.He was delivering one of three opening speeches during the Malta Institute of Accountants Biennial conference 2016, with the theme: ‘Disruptive innovation: adapting for ...
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Foreign Affairs Minister addresses first EU Presidency meeting
The first meeting under the auspices of the Maltese Presidency of the Council of the European Union was held in Valletta today. The informal Meeting of State Secretaries and Secretaries-General in the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the EU Member States is traditionally held a few weeks before an EU ...
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Updated: Actavis to axe 200 jobs by 2018, government to find workers alternative employment
A pharmaceutical company will lay off 200 employees over the next two years but the government will be finding them alternative employment, it was announced this morning. Economy Minister Chris Cardona and Employment Minister Evarist Bartolo said Actavis will be reducing its workforce as part of a consolidation exercise after ...
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Updated: Fitch downgrades Bank of Valletta’s Long Term Rating to ‘BBB’
Fitch Ratings have today announced a one notch downgrade in the Long Term Issuer Default Rating of Bank of Valletta plc. The new rating is of BBB, with a stable outlook, a BOV statement read."The rating agency affirms that BOV's rating is driven by its intrinsic strength, and that its ...
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Air Malta Chief Commercial Officer to leave after 18 months
Air Malta is seeking to appoint a new Chief Commercial Officer to continue on the path of innovative commercial developments launched by Ursula Silling, Air Malta’s Chief Commercial Officer, the airline said in a statementShe was engaged by the airline specifically to lead this transformation and through her direction, in ...
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Johnny Depp to star in Murder on the Orient Express remake to be shot in Malta
Filming of a remake of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express is due to start in Malta in the first quarter of next year, with Johnny Depp in the leading role, Tourism Minister Edward Zammit Lewis said in parliament during question time yesterday.He said that the film will see €8 million ...
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INDEPTH: Government has set no deadline to conclude Air Malta talks with Alitalia – minister
The government has not set any specific deadline to conclude talks Air Malta started with Alitalia on the sale of 49% of the national carrier’s shares, but this does not mean that the negotiations are open-ended. “In the next weeks, maybe in the next months,” a line has to be ...
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Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem meets PM, Finance Minister
Dutch Finance Minister and Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem today met with Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and Finance Minister Edward Scicluna, with the meetings focusing primarily on Malta’s upcoming presidency of the EU. Dr Muscat, who received Dijsselbloem at the Auberge de Castille, said ongoing changes in the banking sector would ...
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Daphne Caruana Galizia claims abusive messages sent to her by JPO led her to file police report
Blogger and The Malta Independent columnist Daphne Caruana Galizia insisted that if executive chairman of the Malta Council of Science and Technology Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando had really wanted comments removed from an article on her blog, he would have said so in the barrage of abusive messages allegedly sent to ...
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Updated: De La Rue to stay in Malta, number of jobs to increase by 60 to 500
De La Rue will be staying in Malta and will increase its investment in its currency printing operations, raising the number of employees to 500, it has just been announced.De La Rue had announced in December 2015 that it was to reduce its workforce by 300 over a period of ...