Malta
Vai alla Scheda Paese »Measure 100 times and cut once.
— Maltese proverb
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Today's front pages
The following are the top stories in Malta’s newspapers today. The Sunday Times of Malta says the few Nationalist MPs who have declared their preferences are evenly split between party leadership candidates Chris Said and Adrian Delia, but there is no support for the other candidates – Alex Perici Calascione and ...
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Plastic packaging forms the coffin of marine life
An international study published in July broke new ground by presenting the first global analysis of all mass-produced plastic ever manufactured. It is estimated that 8,300 million metric tons (Mt) of virgin plastics have been produced to date worldwide, and the vast majority has ended up in our environment. The first ...
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Weekly advice
▪ If the online seller does not deliver the ordered goods within the promised time-frame, consumers may cancel the order and claim full refund of any money paid. ▪ Goods ordered from a shop must be supplied within 30 days from the date of order or within the time-period agreed during ...
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Fimbank Group announces positive half-yearly results
Fimbank Group’s financial results for the first six months of 2017 extends the profitability trend, reflecting the ongoing success of a transformation strategy hat the group has actively pursued since 2015. Fimbank registered a net profit of USD 4.12 million, compared to a profit of USD 1.21m for the same six-month ...
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Nationalist Party likely to lose an MEP seat to Partit Demokratiku
The Nationalist Party is likely to lose one of its coveted seats at the European Parliament to Partit Demokratiku come the 2019 MEP election.Rumours have abounded since Marlene Farrugia’s shock announcement that she will not contest the upcoming election for the leadership of the party which she herself founded, to ...
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Malta issuing International Arrest Warrant for man involved in forced abortion
The Maltese police are issuing an International Arrest Warrant for the partner of a woman who had her baby forcibly aborted last April allegedly by him and three accomplices, a police spokesperson has informed this newspaper.“The police force is doing all that it is legally and physically possible to trace and ...
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Immigration remains the most important issue to Maltese citizens
Immigration was identified as the most important issue facing Malta, according to a European Commission survey. The survey, entitled Life in the European Union, which was published on Friday, selected a random sample of 500 people from each country and asked a series of questions regarding political, economic and social ...
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TMIS Editorial: ‘Navis non grata’: government takes the right stand
The government is to be commended for the stance it took yesterday when it denied entry and cooperation with a ship belonging to an anti-immigrant organisation.It was only a matter of time before the ship, which has been lurking in the vicinity of Malta with a mission to stop refugees ...
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Karozzin horses: How badly are they really treated?
While horse-drawn carriages (karozzin) have attracted some of the worst publicity of all Maltese traditions, The Malta Independent on Sunday has investigated how most of the men who operate such services treat their livelihood/hefty investments – and it is not what most people expect.Karozzini are often subject to petitions calling ...
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PN has abandoned the concept of ‘Religio et Patria’ – Frank Portelli
Why did you decide to run for the PN leadership?I feel that the party is in dire straits, and it needs someone to come in, unify the party, and put it back on track. The party is being led by the nose, by a person who influences the party intelligentsia, ...
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Frequent hit-and-run traffic accidents angering St Julian’s residents
Residents of the upper part of Birkirkara Road in St Julian’s have complained that they have fallen victim to several hit-and-run accidents, with their parked cars being considerably damaged as vehicles coming from San Gwann crash into them.The drivers of these vehicles then drive on, leaving the residents fuming because ...
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Valletta does not have the luxury of cities like Paris and Rome - Konrad Buhagiar
The Phoenicia Hotel and its surrounding grounds was the latest large scale project AP finished. Could you tell us more about it?We always sold the project on the basis of the fact that we were recreating the lines of the fortifications in a contemporary and suggestive way. In fact, the ...
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10-man Stripes hold Greens to 1-1 draw; impressive win for Spartans on opening day
Birkirkara 1Floriana 1Birkirkara: P. Schranz, K. Zammit, R.Camillo, R. Camenzuli, L. Verone Maia, M. Klein, J. Grech (C. Attard), L. Cremona (E. Agius), B. Fernandez, L. Montebello, GA Nilsson (W. Acevedo).Floriana: I. Akpan, J. Baldacchino, E. Pepe, E. Ruiz, S. Pisani, C. Borg (L. Grech), I. Varela (N. Chiesa), M. ...
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One hundred from an endless list of Maltese women who ‘made it through the barriers’
You walk in the exhibition space and see a hundred faces staring back at you. Some of which are familiar, but different from the usual touched up photos that the media usually presents us with. The images are raw and stripped down. The portraits are so intimate that what one ...
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Drug mule lied under oath, says man caught in cocaine sting
A man sentenced to 13 years behind bars for conspiring to import cocaine has filed an appeal, claiming the jury's star witness lied under oath and that the guilty verdict had been reached on the basis of assumptions. Last month, Stephen Egbo, 39, of San Ġwann, was found guilty by 7 votes ...
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Man sentenced to 13 years jail files appeal based on ‘credibility’ of star witness
Lawyers have filed an appeal on behalf of Stephen Egbo, a Nigerian man fighting a 13 years jail term accompanied by a €30,000 fine for being found guilty to conspiring to import cocaine from the Netherlands in 2010.The defence team is making the case that the jury’s lead witness is ...
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Godfrey Farrugia ‘not interested’ in Partit Demokratiku leadership
Partit Demokratiku MP Godfrey Farrugia says today that he is not interested in the race for the party leadership.Writing on Facebook, Farrugia says that “at this stage , I am not interested in contesting the Leadership of this party, not least because we have capable others willing and able to ...
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Number of University of Malta graduates increases by 15% in four years
The number of students who graduated from the University of Malta in 2014/2015 witnessed a large increase of 15.1% when compared to four years prior, according to a recent report by the National Statistics Office.The Regional Statistics report, which was published last week, stated that the academic year of 2014/2015 ...
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British resident of Malta caught on catamaran with 18 kilos of cocaine and heroin
A 54-year-old British national resident of Malta was arrested early this morning when he disembarked from the catamaran from Sicily and the Drugs Squad found 18 kilos of cocaine and heroin in his vehicle.The drugs, six kilos of cocaine and 12 kilos of heroin, were found concealed in the chassis ...
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No Maltese among victims of terror attack in Spain
There is no information so far about any Maltese being among the victims in Thursday’s terrorist attacks in Barcelona, the government said.The Foreign Ministry said is closely following the incident and is in constant contact and coordination with Malta’s Embassy in Madrid as well as with the Spanish authorities.The Ministry ...
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Sliema theft suspects ‘probably absconded’
Five foreign nationals charged with a string of thefts in the Sliema and St Julian’s area two years ago are likely to have absconded from Malta, the police have informed the court. This emerges from a letter the Attorney General’s Office sent to the Times of Malta following a report titled ...