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Vai alla Scheda Paese »Measure 100 times and cut once.
— Maltese proverb
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Watch - Updated: President Coleiro Preca, political leaders cast their vote
President Marie Louise Coleiro Preca together with her husband Mr Edgar Preca cast their vote this morning at Lija Primary School.Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil also voted, respectively in Burmarrad and Lija.Earlier, Marlene Farrugia, leader of the Partit Demokratiku, also cast her vote in Qrendi. She ...
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When business and charity combine, one drop at a time
“Most people think that it’s impossible to start up a business and a charity at the same time. We always think it’s one or the other. In our case, we thought outside the box and combined business to social entrepreneurship.”This is how Janika Portelli described the initiative she and her ...
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iSurvey: Majority follow campaign on television, among internet users Facebook is top choice
An overwhelming majority of respondents said that they have followed the election campaign on television, according to the last election iSurvey by The Malta Independent on Sunday. Respondents were simply asked: On which medium do you follow the election campaign? Overall, 76.9 per cent went to TV, 53.2 per cent ...
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Watch: If you abstain, you will open door to PN - Muscat; Keith Schembri makes an appearance
Embattled chief of staff Keith Schembri, absent during all of Labour's election campaign, made an appearance at the last activity being held by Labour this evening.He was seen on stage (photo above, Schembri is on PM's right) before Joseph Muscat addressed Labour supporters for one last time before Saturday's vote.Schembri ...
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En route to every country in the world, without a plane, to promote positive news
Malta is the 128th country that Torbjorn C Pederson, 37, has stepped upon since he embarked on an unbroken journey around the globe, with the goal of becoming the first person to travel to every country in the world without flying, and without ever going home. With the clothes and ...
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Watch: Let us unite as one family, a force of reason against corruption - Simon Busuttil
Nationalist Party leader Simon Busuttil this evening addressed the last meeting of the PN 2017 election campaign, at the Floriana Granaries.Dr Busuttil spoke in front of tens of thousands of supporters, many dressed in blue, with the crowd covering the Fosos and spilling into the side roads. Referencing the Independence Day ...
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Editorial - Day of Silence: Medieval law that has no place in 2017 Malta
There are no political stories in this newspaper today, not by our own choice but because an outdated and archaic law precludes us from publishing anything which may have an effect on voters and their voting intentions. It is called the ‘Day of Silence’ or ‘Day of reflection’ but, in ...
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Fact-checking Keith Schembri’s ‘no money-laundering evidence’ claims
The prime minister's chief of staff Keith Schembri says there is no evidence he is a money-launderer but the government's own anti-money laundering agency (FIAU) appears to think otherwise. In a statement through the Department of Information, Mr Schembri, who is in the eye of the storm following revelations in the ...
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AFM rebuts claims aggrieved army personnel promised post-election promotion 'to secure vote'
Updated 1.05pm with AFM rebuttal The Armed Forces of Malta has rebutted claims that dozens of personnel were being promised promotions after the election. Promotions in the AFM are regulated by specific legislation whereby a soldier would need to specify the criteria laid down to be eligible for promotion, a statement said. The ...
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Property prices up 4.8% in Q1
Property prices rose by an average of 4.8 per cent in the first quarter of this year when compared to the corresponding quarter of last year, the National Statistics Office said today. The volume of transactions rose by 11.1 per cent. The NSO said that last year, 75.6 per cent of sold ...
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Only five of 17 visits to China by Konrad Mizzi made public
The revelations in the latest of reports complied by the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU), which were leaked to The Malta Independent, show that former Energy Minister Konrad Mizzi travelled to China 17 times in the span of two years in the run up of the privatisation of Enemalta. However, ...
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Watch: Simon Busuttil pledges to deliver results by first 100 days in office
Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil promised to deliver positive results for Gozo in the first 100 days of a Nationalist Party (PN) government.He was addressing a PN mass meeting in Rabat, Gozo.“I want to give you hope that after Saturday’s vote, we are ready to get to work from day one, ...
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The future of our children at stake - Therese Comodini Cachia
Next Saturday all of us need to make a decision. We have to decide on the state of the country we want to live in. We have three Magisterial inquiries going on at the moment and also another investigation from FIAU, regarding the LNG tanker. These inquiries undermine Malta’s reputation ...
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Watch: PM woos female voters; 'no big equality advancements under conservative governments'
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat this evening urged women to vote for the Labour Party on Saturday, telling them that no great advances in equality were made under conservative governments. PN administrations, he said, had even dragged their feet on the most basis domestic violence laws. Dr Muscat spoke about how ...
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PM, Schembri ‘colluded’ with Henley in media threat plan, used unofficial email addresses
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, his right hand man Keith Schembri and Justice Minister Owen Bonnici colluded with Henley and Partners in the latter’s attempt to threaten the press and stop it from writing against the controversial passport-for-sale scheme, information published by Daphne Caruana Galizia purports to show.This was made public ...
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Tony Blair refuses to comment on corruption in Labour government he endorsed
Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, who last Sunday endorsed Prime Minister Joseph Muscat in a pre-recorded video clip did not reply to questions sent by this newsroom whether he was aware of the corruption revelations and the Magisterial inquiries investigating the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff and Minister Konrad ...
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‘Joseph Muscat’s legacy is a politics of spin, fake news, manipulation and propaganda’ – Simon Busuttil
The legacy of Joseph Muscat is a politics of fake news, spin, manipulation and propaganda, according to Nationalist Party Leader Simon Busuttil.Speaking during an interview on the NET Live this morning, Dr Busuttil was explaining the intentions of the Nationalist Party, to create a 'politics of truth'.When asked by the ...
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European Commission, Parliament congratulate Maltese ECOFIN Presidency
Both the European Commission and the European Parliament have congratulated the Maltese Presidency of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council of the EU (ECOFIN), after having overseen the successful closure of seven legislative files during the past five months.Minister for Finance Prof. Edward Scicluna, who is the current ECOFIN President, ...
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EDITORIAL: VOTE CORRUPTION OUT
The four-week snap electoral campaign comes to an end today. People have had the opportunity to analyse and ponder on the stakes in this Saturday’s ballot contest. One dominant issue of concern remained on people’s minds throughout the campaign: corruption.Both parties have showered voters with attractive proposals, but there is ...
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Prime Minister says 12 companies already interested to operate fast ferry between Malta and Gozo
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said that he wants Gozo to be packed with work, and that is why PL is proposing that every company which moves to this island does not pay tax for three years."We will not give you €10,000 to come and live in Gozo, we have real, ...
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Busuttil and Muscat face off in an uneventful and timid final leaders' debate
In a Leader’s debate that presented nothing new, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat focused on his government’s proposals and economic performance, while his counterpart PN Leader Simon Busuttil stuck to his strong anti-corruption message.When facing the allegations, Dr Muscat continuously deflected from the now-published damning FIAU reports on his chief of ...