Malta
Vai alla Scheda Paese »Measure 100 times and cut once.
— Maltese proverb
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PM hides behind ‘theatrics, personal attacks and lies’ – Simon Busuttil
The Prime Minister hid behind "theatrics, personal attacks and lies" when replying to the issues raised by the Leader of the Opposition regarding this year's budget, Dr.Busuttil said in a press conference. This, according to Dr.Busuttil, proved that the budget had no substance calling Dr Muscat a "salesman of a ...
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George Vella closes the Anna Lindh Foundation Med Forum 2016
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr George W. Vella yesterday delivered the concluding remarks at the Anna Lindh Foundation Med Forum 2016, held over the past two days at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta with around 600 participants from 42 countries from various organisations hailing from Europe, North Africa and ...
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New agreements will see 10,000 Chinese visitors by 2018; 50,000 by 2020
The 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, the prime minister announced in parliament this evening. Dr Muscat was replying to the criticism of the budget made yesterday by Opposition ...
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Ban on smoking in cars with kids to carry lowest fines in Europe
The law to be introduced in January, banning smoking in cars with children, will carry the lowest fines in Europe for such an offence, Health Minister Chris Fearne said today.Malta will become the sixth country in Europe to introduce such a ban, and anyone caught smoking in a vehicle carrying ...
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Paceville entrepreneurs worried as 30 businesses could be expropriated - GRTU
According to calculations, around 30 businesses in Paceville could end up being expropriated through the Paceville Master Plan for infrastructure projects and embellishment, GRTU Head of the Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure unit Philip Fenech told the Malta Independent Mr Fenech said that the GRTU is pleased with the idea of the ...
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Live: Prime Minister speech on 2017 Budget reactions
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat is delivering his official speech following the 2017 Budget reaction from leader of the opposition Simon Busuttil.Responding to questions put forward by opposition leader Simon Busuttil that were made in in Parliament yesterday, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said he firmly believes that the vast majority of ...
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Smoking in cars with children to be banned as of January
Malta’s law against smoking in cars with children will be accompanied by the lowest fines in Europe when it comes into force in January, according to new details announced today. The country will become the sixth in Europe to introduce such a ban, announced in last week’s budget, which will subject ...
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Maltese Companies Act: crossing the Rubicon
The changes to the Maltese Companies Act that were promulgated by Act XXXI of 2015 can indeed be described as analogous to Julius Caesar’s army crossing the Rubicon River in 49 BC as they are indeed a point of no return. This point of no return is by no means insignificant ...
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Paceville entrepreneurs fear loss of properties as a result of master plan
Some 30 Paceville business owners fear their properties could be expropriated to accommodate a new master plan, the Times of Malta has learnt. More than a hundred Paceville-based entrepreneurs met with Chris Borg, the director of the Planning Directorate, last week to discuss the Planning Authority’s master plan for the area ...
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Watch: ‘Today, the price of oil is much cheaper than it was in the previous legislature’ – Busuttil
Opposition leader Simon Busuttil explained that his statements about reducing the price of electricity completely changed prior to the last election to now due to three factors: the BWSC station, the interconnector and the international price of oil.In mass meetings prior to the last general election, Dr Busuttil said that ...
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'Instead of an economy for the people, the Opposition Leader wants higher taxes' – Joseph Muscat
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat suspects that instead of an economy for the people, the Opposition Leader wants higher taxes.The Prime Minister gave a very short comment outside Parliament following Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil's speech regarding the budget.He referred to Dr Busuttil's speech as having a rhetoric of austerity.The Prime Minister ...
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Malta could be catalyst for more unified Mediterranean – Minister Dr George Vella
Malta's geographical and historical position should be "the catalyst" to bring the Mediterranean together, according to Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr.George Vella. He said this at the opening of the Med Forum at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta where he stressed the importance of the country playing an important ...
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Simon Busuttil would launch inquiry into Panama Papers if elected Prime Minister
Leader of the Opposition Dr Simon Busuttil this evening said that if he is elected Prime Minister he will ask for an independent inquiry on the Panama Papers scandel. He said this during the 2017 Budget reaction. He also pledged that a Nationalist government will remove the LNG tanker from ...
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Men in plane crash were on French Customs Department operation; crash likely due to technical fault
The Prime Minister confirmed tonight that the men who died in the plane crash today were part of a French Customs Department operation, tracking human and drug trafficking routes in the region.He was responding to questions posed by MPs in Parliament after a ministerial statement on the crash was delivered ...
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Frenchmen killed in Luqa crash were members of DGSE - France's equivalent of the CIA - reports
The three ‘defence officials’ who perished in this morning’s plane crash along with two civilian contractors were members of the DGSE – France’s equivalent of the CIA and MI5. The DGSE, which stands for General Directorate for External Security, is France’s external intelligence agency and falls under the French Ministry ...
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UN expert urges next UN chief to crack down on Malta… and other 'tax havens'
A United Nations human rights expert has urged the next UN secretary-general to make the elimination of tax havens a priority to ensure that corporations, billionaires and ‘kleptocrats’ pay their fair share of taxes.Speaking on Friday, American law professor Alfred de Zayas also urged Antonio Guterres, who will succeed Ban ...
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LIVE: Watch - Plane crashes in Luqa, five Frenchmen dead; French government reaction
Five people died this morning when a light aircraft crashed soon after take-off at Malta International Airport.MIA confirmed that five people have died in the accident which took place at 7.20am. All five have been confirmed as being French nationals by the Department of Information.plane crashes from The Malta Independent ...
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Value of EU data market set to double to €111bn by 2020
The value of the data market in the EU today is €50bn, but by 2020 it will rise to €111bn, European Commission Vice President Andrus Ansip told The Malta Independent on Sunday during an interview.Commissioner Ansip, who holds overarching responsibility for the implementation of the Digital Single Market, declared himself ...
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Malta ranks fifth in Commonwealth on Global Youth Development Index
Malta has ranked 20th in the world in the 2016 Global Youth Development Index (YDI), and fifth in the Commonwealth.The YDI is a composite index of 18 indicators that collectively measure progress on youth development in 183 countries, including 49 of the 53 Commonwealth countries. It has five domains, measuring ...
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Justice for the judiciary too
The main problem with the Constitutional Reforms (Justice Sector) Act, 2016 is that is raises serious concerns on human rights infringements and aspects of bad governance. It also constitutes an unwarranted interference by the Executive in the independence of the judiciary viewed in the light of the rule of law, ...
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A celebration of book culture
The programme of events for the 2016 Malta Book Festival reveals the profound transformation this festival has undergone in the past few years. A dynamic and varied celebration of the book culture certainly awaits all bookworms and book lovers, for whom this unique event in the cultural calendar of the ...