Malta
Vai alla Scheda Paese »Measure 100 times and cut once.
— Maltese proverb
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Election surveys: No landslide victory for either party expected
Over the past four weeks The Malta Independent has been providing its readers with a weekly scientific survey commissioned to Business Leaders, a leading company specialising in polls and scientific data. The iSurvey started in The Malta Independent in 2014 on a quarterly basis and switched to a weekly survey ...
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Analysis: Election Roundup – Day 27 – Convincing the undecided
The last Sunday of the campaign, as was to be expected, was dominated by the two mass meetings held in Floriana and Sliema.There will be another occasion when the masses will be called to show their support, on Thursday, the last day of the campaign, when the Labour Party and ...
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Watch: Let's light the torch of honesty and goodwill together, PN leader says
PN Leader Simon Busuttil this evening said Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, Keith Schembri and Konrad Mizzi had turned reality upside down. Addressing a mass meeting in Sliema, Dr Busuttil compared the FIAU reports scandal to a house burglary. “Imagine looking out of your window and seeing two burglars escaping with ...
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Watch: A vote for PN will mean Simon Busuttil will take revenge on each one of you - Muscat
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat this evening said that a vote for Simon Busuttil would open the door for him "to get revenge over each and every one of you."Speaking in Floriana, Dr Muscat said that "if you do not vote on 3 June or vote for another party, it would ...
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Embattled Keith Schembri launches scathing attack on Sunday Times over editorial
OPM Chief of Staff Keith Schembri has, through a DOI-issued press statement, launched a scathing attack on the Sunday Times of Malta over its editorial today. “The Times asserts three ‘facts’ in its leader urging its readers to vote for Busuttil. None of them are factual - and to assert ...
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An invitation to the world’s most luxurious hotel
With less than a week to go before the local premiere of the Margaret Howard Theatre College’s 2017 musical, Grand Hotel, Iggy Fenech chats to the artistic director of the school, Ben Darmanin. The link between the Maltese theatre circuit and that of the UK is a very tangible one. For ...
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Taking nothing for Grant-ed
Malta has to be prepared to take advantage of the outcome of Brexit, since it is competing against a number of countries vying to attract businesses that might consider leaving the UK, the head of Grant Thornton International (GTI) said. Ed Nusbaum noted that some companies have already started to leave ...
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Vitals hospitals memorandum signed before tender won
The investor group behind Vitals Global Healthcare signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government before it actually won the tender to run three State-owned hospitals, leaked documents show. The MoU is mentioned in a presentation dated February 2015 given to financial institutions by Vitals in Malta. The request for proposals ...
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Corruption: when PM ‘looked the other way’
The Prime Minister looked the other way when presented with tangible proof of corruption and fraud at the Foundation for Tomorrow’s Schools, the former CEO has told this newspaper. Joseph Muscat was very reluctant to stop the abuse, Philip Rizzo, claims in an interview today. “On November 3, 2016, I requested his ...
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Watch: Simon Busuttil urges investigation into whether Vitals has account with Pilatus Bank
Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil said that it is no wonder the Prime Minsiter chose to replace former Health Minister Godfrey Farrugia with Dr Konrad Mizzi, when considering that plans changed for the Gozo General Hospital, which underwent a Public Private Partnership scheme.He said that the Prime Minister was disturbed when ...
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Schembri passport kickbacks: FIAU report exposes the personal ‘loan’ lie
The leaked Financial Intelligence Unit documents published by Opposition leader Simon Busuttil during Friday’s debate with Prime Minister Joseph Muscat on Xarabank have shed a lot more light on the sordid accusations that the prime minister’s chief of staff is facing in the kickbacks from citizenship scandal.On 25 April, Dr ...
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iSurvey: Simon Busuttil scores better than Joseph Muscat among ‘undecided’
It has been a constant struggle throughout the election campaign to identify people’s voting intentions in the weekly iSurvey commissioned by The Malta Independent to Business Leaders.Week after week, the number of people still ‘undecided’ on how to vote has continued to surge with each survey carried out.The final iSurvey ...
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iSurvey: Trust in Muscat still stronger than in Busuttil
Over the course of the month-long electoral campaign, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has, overall, experienced an increase in his trust ratings, while changes in the trust score of Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil were slower to come by.For the fourth and final edition of The Malta Independent’s election iSurvey, respondents were ...
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University academics call for good governance, transparency and accountability
University academics today issued a statement calling for good governance, transparency and accountability.In the context of the imminent election, the 137 academics said they are expressing a collective view, not dependent on our specific political preferences, in the hope of being of service to the community, including our students - ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Kickbacks over Enemalta privatisation probed by the FIAU; Mizzi reacts
Suspicions of kickbacks over Enemalta’s privatisation have been flagged by the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit in a damning report, parts of which have been leaked to The Malta Independent.The FIAU investigation involves Minister Konrad Mizzi and Cheng Chen, a C&I engineer for Shanghai Electric Power, the company which acquired a ...
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Investment accounts held by Adrian Hillman with MFSP Financial ‘funded solely by Keith Schembri’
Two investment accounts held by former Allied Newspapers managing director Adrian Hillman with MFSP Financial, an investment advisory firm, “were funded solely by [the Prime Minister’s chief of staff] Keith Schembri, or his companies,” an incriminating shows.The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) report was investigating possible money laundering stemming from ...
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Opinion: Anger and concern of a civil servant - Alfred Fiorini Lowell
Alfred Fiorini LowellThe practice in the Maltese civil service, inherited from its respected UK counterpart before Independence, has always been for civil servants, particularly those in higher positions, not to participate publicly in matters of political controversy.I have served my country throughout a 45-year career within the Malta Public Service, ...
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Japanese Prime Minister in Malta on short visit
Trade relations and other bilateral issues topped the agenda of the talks between Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzō Abe, with Prime Minister Muscat referring to Mr Abe’s visit as a tool to make a quantum leap in relations between the two sides. The Department ...
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Former judge calls Muscat’s remarks inappropriate
Former chief justice Joseph Said Pullicino has branded the Prime Minister’s remarks on a magistrate “inappropriate” and said members of the judiciary should be allowed to work in complete serenity. Dr Said Pullicino was contacted by the Times of Malta yesterday for his reaction to controversial remarks made by Joseph Muscat ...
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Risk and complexity in investments: many eggs, different baskets
This is part two in a four-part series about investing. Read part one here. In an earlier article, I discussed considering the amount of risk you can handle before taking a financial decision. The second question to ask is: How can you diminish your risk? It goes without saying that you should not ...
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PN pledges cheaper fuel and no more LNG tanker
A Nationalist government would immediately begin work to remove the LNG tanker in Marsaxlokk and replace it with a gas pipeline linking Malta to Sicily, Nationalist Party leader Simon Busuttil said this morning.Speaking at a press conference in Attard, Dr Busuttil vowed to reduce petrol and diesel prices by 5c ...