Malta
Vai alla Scheda Paese »Measure 100 times and cut once.
— Maltese proverb
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Tonio Fenech asks government to investigate why airport was closed for hours after plane crash
PN MP Tonio Fenech fired questions in Parliament relating to the effective closure of the airport for four hours after the plane crash which occurred in Malta earlier this week.He said that the crash itself occurred on the road next to the airport, and asked government to investigate the reason ...
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McDonald’s developmental licencee Premier Capital launches 10-year €65 million bond issue
Premier Capital plc, the McDonald’s division of Hili Ventures, has launched a €65 million bond issue maturing in 2026.The unsecured bonds, at a nominal value of €100 per bond issued at par, bear an annual interest rate of 3.75%.Premier Capital plc is giving preference to holders of the current €24.6 ...
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Opposition walks out of Parliament as minister Konrad Mizzi takes the floor
The Opposition walked out of Parliament this afternoon as Minsiter-without-portfolio Konrad Mizzi took the floor to speak in the debate on the financial estimates of the Office of the Prime Minister, which include the energy portfolio. PN Whip David Agius said the Opposition was walking out because it did not ...
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Bail for man who allegedly threatened and hurled abuse at partner
A 46-year-old Romanian man who lives in Birkirkara has been granted bail after he pleaded not guilty to slightly injuring his partner when he hit her and hurled abuse at her during an argument that got out of hand yesterday. Prosecuting officer Roderick Spiteri told the court that Daniel Mihail had told ...
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Five consortia want to build graves at Addolorata
Five consortia had answered the call for interest to build new graves at the Addolorata cemetery, Health Minister Chris Fearne said today. The extension for 2,880 more graves was approved by the Planning Authority last February and the government is seeking a private partner for the €16 million project. Speaking during the ...
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Worker injured due to 'prehistoric' systems of work at Freeport awarded €131,000
A Freeport employee who suffered a permanent injury due to the "prehistoric" systems of work has won €131,000 in damages. In an action for damages, worker Alexander Ciantar told the court he was injured in December 2010 when he was assigned perform twist lock manoeuvres consisting in lashing containers together. To do ...
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McDonald’s Premier Capital plc launches €65m bond issue
Premier Capital plc, the McDonald’s division of Hili Ventures, has launched a €65 million bond issue maturing in 2026. The unsecured bonds, at a nominal value of €100 per bond issued at par, bear an annual interest rate of 3.75 per cent. Premier Capital plc is giving preference to holders of the ...
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Editorial: Is Malta’s competitiveness sliding away?
Today’s front page story which reports that Malta is the most difficult country in the whole of the European Union in which to do business does not make for pretty reading, coming as it has as Malta is in the throes of the yearly debates over a budget cooked up ...
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Petition for Mosta rotunda car park premature, says Labour councillor Alex Muscat
The 5,000 signatures attained in petition against the construction of a car park and an overlying public space is ‘premature’ according to Labour Party minority Mosta local council leader Alex Muscat, who is also the deputy chief of staff within the Office of the Prime Minister.The project aims to create ...
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World Bank rankings: Malta remains the most difficult place in the EU to do business
Malta remains the most difficult place to do business in the whole of the European Union, according to the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business rankings that were released on Tuesday.On a global level Malta climbed slightly in this year’s World Bank assessment, by four spots from 80th place last ...
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Wardens to employ 'education approach' on smoking ban in cars with children
Wardens will be employing an "education approach" when the new law banning smoking in cars with children as passengers comes into force on 1 January, warden service operator Kenneth De Martino said yesterday.In comments to The Malta Independent, he said enforcement on the ban on smoking in cars with children ...
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MCAST, Johann Strauss School of Music, Malta Philharmonic Orchestra Academy sign agreement
MCAST, the Johann Strauss School of Music and the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra Academy today signed a collaborative agreement which will provide an accessible, long-term educational pathway for young musicians so that they may have the opportunity to become professional musicians. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed at MCAST Main Campus ...
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EU presidency: hotel price hikes not expected to deter average tourist – Zammit Lewis
While Malta’s high-end hotels gear themselves for the conferences taking place in Malta during the 2017 EU Council Presidency, Tourism Minister Edward Zammit Lewis discusses how this will not deter the average tourist.“As with other conferences and meetings, the EU Presidency attracts business delegates who can afford to stay in ...
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Planning Authority: controlled anarchy - Astrid Vella
This is an article penned by Astrid VellaI never thought that I would hear myself say that the Planning Authority (formerly MEPA) should be disbanded altogether. I had thought that imperfect as it was, the Planning Authority prevented Malta from sinking into uncontrolled anarchy. I was wrong. At the Lija ...
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Breakthrough in Chinese tourism market is ‘welcome news’ – MHRA
The Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MHRA) welcomed the announcement made yesterday by Prime Minister Joseph Muscat in parliament that Government has signed agreements with Bank of China and China International Travel Services through which 10,000 Chinese visitors will come to Malta by 2018 and 50,000 by 2020. MHRA president ...
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Government insists on strategic partner for Air Malta, but does not rule out local investment
Tourism Minister Edward Zammit Lewis insisted today that the way forward for Air Malta was to find a strategic partner but said the government had never closed the door for local investment. His comments came after a newspaper report this morning said the government was likely to pull the plug ...
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PN says tax on toiletries will lead to increase in daily costs
The Nationalist Party said that the new tax imposed on toiletries and other products used daily by the Maltese people will lead to an increase in daily costs for the family.In a statement, the PN said that the measures announced in the budget are anti-business and will have a negative ...
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‘The French, the British, the Italians and the Americans … they’re all in Malta’
The plane crash which left five Frenchmen dead on Monday showed how Malta is being used as a hub by several western countries to carry out secret intelligence operations in Libya, according to a French newspaper source.Liberation quoted a Malta-based Libya specialist as saying that the country is being used ...
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CBM emphasis on economic research
The Central Bank of Malta is placing new emphasis on the need for economic research, building on the initiative last year to publish policy notes on particular topics. Senior economist Aaron Grech said the Bank was scaling up its programme whereby its economists meet quarterly with all major non-financial operators to ...
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Questions surround Monday's plane crash in Malta
Updated 12.25pm The government is sticking to its assertion that the Frenchmen who were killed in Monday’s plane crash were involved in a French Customs operation despite their being secret service agents. The accident prompted a number of questions after the French Defence Ministry confirmed that three of the five men on ...
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External border management remains a key issue to ensure the EU’s security – Carmelo Abela
"The management of the European Union's external border remains a key issue in a bid to ensure European citizens' security while maintaining smooth internal border crossings," Minister for Home Affairs and National Security, Carmelo Abela, told Fabrice Leggeri, Executive Director of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex).Mr Leggeri ...