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Vai alla Scheda Paese »Measure 100 times and cut once.
— Maltese proverb
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Maltese trust in the justice and legal system waning according to Eurobarometer
Only 36% of Maltese trust in Justice and the legal system in Malta according to a special Eurobarometer, a 6% drop since last Autumn.49% of Maltese respondents do not trust the Maltese legal and justice system, while the rest of the respondents did not have an answer. On average, 52% ...
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The Malta Business Weekly Editorial: Protecting Malta’s economy
On Saturday, we are all called to vote in a general election that has assumed an even greater importance than that which a general election usually has.The election has been called four years into this legislature and a year early for reasons that have not been clarified by the Prime ...
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Busuttil slams Labour Party over fear mongering on 'destabilizing economy', feasts, fireworks
Dr Busuttil this evening slammed 'fear mongering' by the Labour Party that a Nationalist Government will destabilize the economy and remove feasts and fireworks , amongst others.Nationalist Party Leader Simon Busuttil was addressing a political event in San Gwann in the run up towards the general election this Saturday, under ...
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Host family tax should be reversed - Chamber
The tourism tax introduced by government last year for host families should be reversed, the Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry said today. “Once the bed tax on tourists was introduced in the form of an eco-contribution, the Chamber noted the counterproductive nature of the tax with regards to the ...
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Watch: Customs to get new x-ray scanner
Updated 1.52pm - Added video Malta Customs is to get a new x-ray scanner for containers after approval of funding by the EU. The new scanner will be delivered by the end of October, the Customs Department said. It will be installed at Malta Freeport. Finance Minister Edward Scicluna said the new piece of ...
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Government guarantees up €201m since 2013
Government guarantees were €201 million higher in 2016 than in 2013, and now represent 14.1 per cent of GDP. The guarantees oblige the government to make good should the borrower default. In 2016, over €1.1 billion of the €1.4 billion in government guarantees were to non-financial corporations (2013:€946 million), with €282 million ...
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Tourism tax should be reversed for host families – Chamber of Commerce
The Malta Chamber today reiterated that the tourism tax introduced by Government last year should be reversed for host families. The Chamber underlined its position in its Pre-Electoral Proposals document which it presented to the political leaders of the major parties as the General Election of 3 June was announced.“Once ...
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Women with leadership traits berated, gentle men are ridiculed, say academics
Last week, a post by blogger Glenn Bedingfield, in which the Nationalist Party executive president Ann Fenech was ridiculed for not having properly shaved under her arms, raised eyebrows on Facebook, prompting one young woman to voice her opinion on what she deemed to be an offensive and sexist comment. ...
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Government debt increases by €144.4 million at end 2016 - NSO
At the end of 2016, the General Government debt, increased by €144.4 million, amounting to €5,766.5 million, or 58.3 per cent of GDP, the NSO said today.Structure of General Government Debt: 2016In 2016, the Financial Corporations sector held the biggest share of debt with 61.8 per cent, followed by Households ...
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Watch: PN slams VGH deal, denounces 'undignified' working conditions
Nationalist Party Leader Simon Busuttil, speaking in front of the Gozo General Hospital, slammed the Government's deal with Vitals Global Healthcare, denouncing the working conditions of some of the works."We are giving them €16.5 million for wages and there are still employees working in containers," he said, referring to containers ...
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The Labour Party’s five most ambitious electoral proposals
As the general election campaign winds its way into its final week, we take a look at the two main political parties’ five most ambitious electoral proposals. Here is what are, in our view, the Labour Party’s top five: Resurfacing every road in the countryNo doubt a lofty ambition but one ...
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I have full trust in Prime Minister Muscat's abilities – Justyne Caruana
In the last election you were barely elected. How did the last four years in Parliament improve your chances of getting a better result?Being elected for the third consecutive time, the last four years strengthened my commitment to serve the whole country including my own district. I believe this experience ...
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Editorial: Shame on you politicians
In a snap electoral campaign forced on everyone by the Prime Minister due to allegations of corruption piling on his administration, one would have thought that the common citizen, the workers, the students and all those who struggle to make ends meet would have become the centre of the campaign.We ...
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Majority of people realise government’s position ‘untenable’ – Marthese Portelli
In the last election you were barely elected. How did the last four years in Parliament improve your chances of getting a better result?Having managed to get elected from the 9th district in the last election is already a big achievement in itself. Back in 2013, I was a newcomer ...
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More than 12,000 voting documents yet to be collected
More than 12,000 voting documents remain undelivered and uncollected, the Electoral Commission said in a statement. Of the 12,339 documents that have yet to be collected, 10,386 belong to voters registered in Malta and 1,953 belong to Gozo-registered voters. Voters who have not yet collected their voting document can now do so by ...
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100 bags of blood and counting
After fulfilling your civic duty of casting the vote on Saturday, consider heading to Pietà to donate blood. Several donors – including journalists – are often kept busy with political activities during the election campaign, putting blood donation on the backburner. But the need for 50 bags a day remains, and the ...
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MSE Share Index climbs to over 2-week high
The MSE Share Index kicked-off the week in positive territory as it advanced by 0.49% to an over two-week high of 4,654.001 points. Today’s gains mainly reflect the positive performances of BOV (+1.4%), HSBC (+1%), GO (+0.6%) and MIA (+0.4%) which outweighed the declines in PG (-3%) and RS2 (-0.1%). ...
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Keith Schembri says he offered to resign ‘several’ times, but PM never accepted
Beleaguered OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri says that he has offered to resign several times, but Prime Minister Joseph Muscat never accepted.The Malta Independent this afternoon received a bulk email, with as much as “Dear friend” introduction, from Mr Schembri, via an email address registered with the Labour Party. ...
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Muscat says PN's promises would bankrupt the country
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat warned this morning that a new Nationalist government would bankrupt the country if it kept its electoral promises. He was speaking at a press conference with Finance Minister Edward Scicluna, who said that the PN lacked a sound, feasible economic and business plan, in contrast to the ...
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Tourism up 22.9% in first four months
Updated 1.30pm with MTA comments The number of tourists visiting Malta between January and April 2017 reached 548,475, an increase of 22.9 per cent over the same period in 2016. April is always a tricky month for tourism statistics because of Easter but this year’s figures show that the 21.9 per cent ...
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Watch: Prime Minister slams Nationalist Party’s costings on electoral proposals
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat called a press conference today, to further explain the costings of the PL proposals in their manifesto, while at the same time slamming the costings of the PN electoral proposals.Regarding the PL proposals, the Prime Minister said that the extension of childcare services would cost €21 ...