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Vai alla Scheda Paese »Measure 100 times and cut once.
— Maltese proverb
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Analysis - Election Roundup Day 23 - The Spy Who Hates Joseph (with apologies to James Bond)
It had to happen in the same week of the death of Roger Moore, who is arguably the most popular actor to have played the James Bond character (Sean Connery fans will not agree with this).Yes, it had to happen in the same week of Moore’s death that Joseph Muscat ...
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Edward Zammit Lewis second candidate to lay eyes on Deputy Prime Minister’s seat
Minister for Tourism Edward Zammit Lewis is the second PL candidate who expressed his interest in occupying the post of Deputy Prime Minister, a seat which will become vacant as Louis Grech announced his retirement. Earlier this week, Minister for Health Chris Fearne also announced his interest to occupy the ...
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The Forza Nazzjonali manifesto in a nutshell
EconomyIn addition to the numerous proposals the PNPD has already made about the economy, it is proposing that financial regulators such as the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) and the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) be made completely independent from government. This would ensure that there is no political interference, ...
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Busuttil pledges to decrease petrol and diesel prices by 5c/litre, electoral manifesto unveiled
The Nationalist Party is pledging to decrease the prices of petrol and diesel by 5c/litre and that Malta’s prices at the pumps will remain below the European average, Party Leader Simon Busuttil announced this evening. Dr Busuttil was speaking at the General Council, in the run up towards next week’s election, ...
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Celebrating history – An occasion that gives special recognition to Former Presidents of the MIA
The Malta Institute of Accountants has organised an exclusive event to celebrate the Institute’s history. Among those invited for this event were Former MIA Presidents, current Council Members and the Institute’s staff. The scope of this ceremony was to give special recognition to most respected Past Presidents of the Malta ...
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INDEPTH: Bad elements in PL should not put off honest politicians – Chris Fearne
In a strikingly honest reply during INDEPTH, The Malta Independent's current affairs programme, Health Minister Chris Fearne said that in every organisation there are those who are shady and those who are honest. He was replying to a question by Pierre Portelli on whether he feels comfortable working in a ...
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Watch: Metro system will cost 2.3 billion euro - PN Leader Simon Busuttil
The metro system proposed by the Nationalist Party will cost 2.3 billion euro, PN Leader Simon Busuttil announced at a press conference unveiling the party's electoral manifesto in Birgu.Dr Busuttil, who was responding to questions from the media, revealed that studies and costings for the proposed under and over ground ...
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Malta chairs 'awkward' EU talks on tax dodging
Malta has again rejected accusations that it was a tax haven, a few days after the publication of the so-called Malta Files, which shed light on its sweetheart tax deals for companies and individuals.Maltese finance minister Edward Scicluna told journalists in Brussels on Tuesday that "there are no offshore companies in the ...
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iSurvey: relative majority believe PL electoral promises most, 20% believe in neither
Despite being marred by allegations of corruption, the Labour Party (PL) has still managed to garner a relative majority of respondents who believe its electoral promises over those made by the Nationalist Party (PN).With Malta’s snap election just around the corner, both parties are scrambling to simultaneously come out with ...
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Watch: PN unveils its environmental proposals
Updated 12.41pm A Nationalist government would draft a long-term plan stretching to 2050 for Malta’s environment, create a national agency to manage Malta’s protected parks and introduce parliamentary checks on the development of ODZ land, party leader Simon Busuttil said today. Speaking at a press conference held in Żonqor, where a campus ...
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Analysis – Election roundup Day 21 – Malta’s reputation: cleaning up the mess
Malta’s reputation on the international stage had its ups and downs in the last four years.The holding of the summit on migration which was followed up by the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in late 2015 were two feathers in this government’s cap.Both happened before the eruption of the Panama ...
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Watch: Simon Busuttil says PN will make Malta centre of excellence for diabetes patients
Malta will be made into a 'centre of excellence' for diabetes patients if the National Government is elected, Nationalist Party Leader Simon Busuttil announced today. Dr Busuttil was speaking at a news conference at Mater Dei this morning, where he announced some of the Nationalist Party's health proposals in the ...
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€1.2b EU funds, 'hardly used by Muscat', will help finance PN electoral programme – Busuttil
Funds from the European Union amounting to approximately €1.2 billion that Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has "hardly started to use" will be one of the sources financing PNs electoral program, according to Nationalist Party Leader Simon Busuttil. Dr Busuttil was answering a question in a debate with journalists from different ...
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NEW VIDEO (2): Huge blaze at Sant’Antnin waste plant, residents told to close windows
A large blaze has engulfed part of the Sant' Antnin was recycling plant in Marsascala.The fire is believed to have started in large packets of plastic waste, and then spread to the whole plant.Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said the Labour Party will shut down the plant and convert the area ...
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Watch: PM says he will continue to defend Malta after attack on tax system
Prime Minister Muscat said that there is a lot of jealousy overseas about Malta’s tax system and that is why the island has come under attack. He said that countries like Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Cyprus also offer tax incentives, adding that the EU had rubberstamped Malta’s system before entering ...
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Residents fear PA board could approve controversial Wied Moqbol quarry on 30 May
A proposed new quarry in an Outside Development Zone in Wied Moqbol might be approved by the Planning Authority despite the fact that two judges have ruled against the development in two separate cases.The final chapter in a saga that has been ongoing for the last 17 years is scheduled ...
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Keith Schembri absent for PM’s visit to Crane Currency in Hal Far
OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri, described by the Prime Minister as being instrumental for the investment made in Malta by Crane Currency 18 months ago, was absent this morning when Joseph Muscat paid a visit to its premises in Hal Far.The embattled OPM chief of staff is in the ...
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Forget campaign: unite against attack on financial services - MEA, Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce and Malta Employers Association both agree that there needs to be a national front against whatever can damage the local financial services sector. Asked to comment on the effects by leaks such as Malta Files and the Panama Papers Chamber of Commerce President Frank Farrugia in comments ...
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Melita and Vodafone Malta to merge into combined company
Apax Partners Midmarket SAS (“Apax”), Fortino Capital (“Fortino”) and Vodafone Group Plc (“Vodafone”) today announced an agreement to combine Melita Ltd (“Melita”) and Vodafone Malta Ltd (“Vodafone Malta”) (together, the “Combined Company”). “The Combined Company’s mobile and enterprise business will operate under the Vodafone brand, distribute a wide range of ...
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Billboard guerrillas hit back at PL-PN ‘stupid, hollow’ slogans
A group, calling themselves the Billboard Guerrillas, have launched an attack on the Labour Party and Nationalist Party billboards and slogans which have taken over every inch of the island ahead of the snap election on 3 June.This morning Malta woke up to billboards spray painted with messages that read ...
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INDEPTH: Bad elements in PL should not put off honest politicians – Chris Fearne
In a strikingly honest reply during INDEPTH, The Malta Independent's current affairs programme, Health Minister Chris Fearne said that in every organisation there are those who are shady and those who are honest. He was replying to a question by Pierre Portelli on whether he feels comfortable working in a ...