Malta
Vai alla Scheda Paese »Measure 100 times and cut once.
— Maltese proverb
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Malta’s EU Council Presidency could be a shoulder month boom for hotels
A number of Malta’s four and five star hotels have hiked up prices for the months of January as the country gears itself for the many conferences to take place while Malta holds the EU Council Presidency between January and June 2017.January and February are typically considered to be shoulder ...
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INDEPTH: New power station will be operational three weeks after permit is issued
Electrogas, the company in charge of setting up the new gas power station, is all set to go as it is only waiting for the necessary permits from the local authorities before it can become fully operational.This was confirmed by engineer Catherine Halpin, Commercial Director at Electrogas Malta who was ...
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Traffic? Congestion? Pollution? - Try A Solution with this month’s Bike2Work Campaign
With the start of school and with many companies shifting back to winter time compared to summer’s reduced hours October is always a month that sees most of us having to settle back into the autumn routine. Increased activity brings with it more traffic congestion. No wonder that traffic, pollution ...
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Refusal to prescribe MAP can lead patients to shop around - family doctors
Allowing doctors to refuse prescribing the morning-after pill could lead to patients being forced to “shop around” for medical assistance, the Malta College of Family Doctors head said. Speaking to this newspaper following recommendations by a joint parliamentary committee on the availability of the emergency contraceptive, Pierre Mallia, the organisation’s president, ...
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Simon Busuttil says PN will not axe public sector jobs, PL says he is a ‘threat to workers’
Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil insisted today that the PN would not dismiss public sector employees but that the sector needed to be reduced gradually. Dr Busuttil was presenting the PN’s pre-budget document – entitled ‘Let’s all succeed … Together’ – to the Malta Council for Social and Economic Development (MCESD).He ...
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Cohabitation bill to protect against ‘unjust enrichment’, debate likely to start in December
The Cohabitation Bill, which was presented at First Reading stage yesterday evening, will initially offer three different forms of cohabitation, Civil Liberties Minister Helena Dalli said this morning. It will also address the serious issue of ‘unjust enrichment’ – a situation where unmarried homemakers end up penniless after a relationship ...
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Lawyer Martine Cassar appointed as new Commissioner for Refugees
Dr. Martine Cassar has been appointed on 1st October 2016 as the new Commissioner for Refugees by Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, in consultation with Minister for Home Affairs and National Security Carmelo Abela.She succeeded Mr. Mario Guido Friggieri, who was the second Maltese Refugee Commissioner since 2007. Dr. Cassar will ...
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PN MPs temporarily walk out of Parliament as Konrad Mizzi speaks about LNG tanker and energy issues
PN MPs temporarily walked out of Parliament tonight, as Environment Minister Jose Herrerra wanted to yield the floor to minister Konrad Mizzi for technical points regarding the LNG tanker and the energy sector.Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil said that the PN wanted the Prime Minister, as the minister in charge of ...
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Restaurant survey: Gozo restaurants doing better, Valletta restaurants struggle due to oversupply
Restaurants in Valletta surveyed by the Deloitte – MIA Restaurants Performance survey registered a loss in revenue trends of 1.6 per cent, while restaurants of the sister island of Gozo registered an increase of 3.2 per cent.A total of 89 restaurants was surveyed: 17 from Valletta, 16 from the North, ...
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World Obesity Day - Malta to lead development of voluntary procurement guidelines for schools
World Obesity Day was celebrated yesterday, with the government issuing a statement for the occasion today, a day late.In the statement, the government said that as childhood obesity is one of the priority areas in health for Malta’s Presidency of the Council of Europe, Malta will lead the development of a voluntary procurement guideline ...
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The Naxxar disability Hub project is now called project 'reach'
The Naxxar disability hub has now been called project "Reach" Parliamentary Secretary for Disability said today.PN MP Robert Cutajar stood up and said the PN has long been asking for information about it, saying that "now the name and the project itself seems to have changed"Dr Caruana said that the ...
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INDEPTH – Online programme on www.independent.com.mt as from this week
The Malta Independent as from this week will be producing an online programme called INDEPTH, which will take the form of a one-on-one interview.Pierre Portelli, Rachel Attard and Stephen Calleja will take turns to interview people in the news.Pierre Portelli, who is the content and business director, is a former ...
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Industrial action ordered at the law courts, workers complain of health and safety issues
Three separate cases of industrial action were initiated this morning at the law courts by Voice of the Workers Unjoni Haddiema Mghaqudin (UHM) over a number of outstanding issues effecting clerks, messengers and other court workers.A collective agreement that has taken over two years to be concluded, discriminatory employment applications and ...
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Government wants to attract companies in lucrative aircraft leasing sector to Malta
The government wants to attract aircraft leasing companies to Malta, Tourism Minister Edward Zammit Lewis told Parliament this evening, adding that the lucrative sector could create a number of high quality jobs. Dr Zammit Lewis kicked off the debate on the Aircraft Registry Amendment Bill, saying that the government was ...
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Men acquitted as court rules Luqa club slot machine does not fall under definition of gambling
Three men today were acquitted of illegally operating a slot machine after a court ruled that the equipment was not used for gambling purposes.Josef Zammit, Dione Degabriele and Eric Charles Camilleri had been charged after police and officers from the Malta Gaming Authority found a five-in-line slot machine at the ...
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Chairman of Ornis Committee remains silent on shooting of 31 protected birds
Prof. Mark Anthony Falzon refused to comment on the shooting of 31 protected birds since the start of the autumn hunting season. According to statements by the Office of the Prime Minister in September, it is the responsibility of the Ornis Committee to recommend a suspension of the hunting season. ...
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BirdLife hints looming election stopping government from taking action on hunting illegalities
There has been a total of 32 shootings and 120 illegalities registered by Birdlife Malta since the start of the autumn hunting season a month and a half ago, the organization said today at a press conference in Valletta. The latest of the shootings happened two days ago when a ...
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Editorial - Hunting violations: What is the Prime Minister waiting for?
With the killing of 31 protected species of birds so far this autumn one really must ask what the Prime Minister is waiting for to, at the very least, suspend the autumn hunting season until the main migration season for protected birds has passed us by.31 protected birds have been ...
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Samsung Note 7 devices sold in Malta recalled, sales stopped
Samsung Note 7 devices sold in Malta have been recalled and all sales of the product have stopped, the Department of Information said this morning.Following worldwide reports of incidents regarding overheating and combustion of the Samsung Note 7 mobile phone, the Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority (MCCAA) has been ...
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Four Maltese companies implicated in €130 million Italian tax scam
Four Maltese companies have been implicated in what the Italian authorities are describing as a ‘gigantic carousel fraud’, the Vicenza Guardia di Finanza reported yesterday. The scam, which was perpetrated through 145 Italian companies and 35 companies outside of Italy, four of which were in Malta, saw €130 million being ...
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Reservoir to be turned into first communal PV farm for people with no access to a roof
350 families who do not have space for solar panels on their roofs or who have no access to a roof will be able to invest in PV panels nonetheless thanks to a government scheme announced today by ministers Konrad Mizzi and Jose Herrera. The ministers said the scheme was ...