Malta
Vai alla Scheda Paese »Measure 100 times and cut once.
— Maltese proverb
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Watch: Simon Busuttil outlines PN economic vision, pledges 30,000 new jobs in private sector
A PN-government would add 30,000 new 'quality jobs' in the private sector, PN leader Simon Busuttil announced at a press conference in Ta' Xbiex which outlined the party's economic vision.A new PM government would also increase the average wage in the industry by 25%-30%.Dr Busuttil also said that it would ...
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Seventh Malta Fashion week to be held at Fort St Elmo
On 15th May, the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Malta and The Chamilia Malta Fashion Awards press conference was held at Fort St. Elmo. It was held together with the Valletta 2018 Foundation and the Ministry of Justice, Culture and Local Government who are supporters of this year’s event.Mr Adrian Mizzi, Chairman and ...
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Finance Minister to defend Malta's financial services industry in meeting with German media
Minister for Finance Edward Scicluna has left Malta for Berlin where he will address the German press following what the Department of Information said are "baseless and highly damaging fabricated allegations which have been circulated in the media in Germany with the clear intent of discrediting the Maltese financial services ...
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Editorial: Mounting pressure - Good governance, justice and liberty
Analysing the Prime Minister’s tense body language and his delivery over the past few weeks, ever since the Egrant Inc allegation rocked and shocked the nation, one can clearly notice that the man is under severe stress. Not that his counterpart is showing any signs of relief, considering how high ...
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Is euthanasia assisted suicide?
The right to end one's life when pain and immobility become unbearable has seen many swords clash during the past decades.To delve deeper into this issue, I asked 18 students from the University of Malta and noted the arguments by the Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Agius, Dean of the Faculty of ...
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GRTU presents 33 proposals for election, calls on government to create new economic sector
GRTU, the Malta Chamber of SMEs, has this morning presented its proposals for the electoral manifesto. In a presentation before the media, GRTU CEO Abigail Mamo explained that some of the proposals were already taken aboard by the two major political parties, such as the removal of SISA, which is ...
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Malta Institute of Management calls on politicians to address international risk
The Malta Institute of Management (MIM) noted the various international reactions to the current political scenario in Malta, saying that the way this scenario unfolded is putting at risk the financial services sector for which the whole political sphere and the industry has worked for in the last decades.MIM calls ...
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PM does not agree that removal of Parliamentary privilege could muzzle MPs
The Prime Minister does not agree that the removal or Parliamentary privilege could muzzle MPs in Parliament.The Prime Minister was asked by The Malta Independent whether his getting rid of Parliamentary privilege could effectively muzzle MPs in the future who would need to speak out against a possible wrongdoing by ...
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INDEPTH: ‘I still think divorce is not beneficial to society’ – Tonio Fenech
‘I still think that divorce is not beneficial to society,’ former Finance Minister Tonio Fenech said on INDEPTH. Interviewed by The Malta Independent news editor Rachel Attard, he said that the he wants to see more healthy marriages and not broken ones. He added that even though the public has ...
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Watch: Workers earning up to €20,000 will pay 10% income tax – Busuttil
Workers who earn up to €20,000 will pay only 10% income tax if a Nationalist Party is elected to government, PN leader Simon Busuttil said today.Dr Busuttil was addressing the press this morning at Valletta's Upper Barrakka as part of his electoral campaign titled 'I Choose Malta'. The party leader ...
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Analysis: Election Roundup – Day 14 – Power of incumbency favours PL; PN leader quotes Mintoff
When the Nationalist Party was in government, the Labour Party used to attack the Prime Ministers of the time of using their power of incumbency to increase exposure and try to win votes. Now that we have a Labour government, the Labour Party is using government activities in its favour ...
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Prime Minister pledges no income tax for farmers; further defends hunting fines statement
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat today pledged that farmers would not have to pay income tax on their earnings from farming, should the PL be re-elected to govern the country.Addressing a political activity in Gharghur, the Prime Minister said that currently, farmers pay a special 3% income tax rate, while adding ...
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Watch: ‘On 3 June do what Mintoff would have done, put Malta before everything' - Busuttil
In an unlikely reference to former Labour Prime Minister Dom Mintoff, Nationalist Party Leader Simon Busuttil told those present at the political event in Cottonera to do what Mintoff would have done, and put Malta first in the coming elections.Acknowledging that Cottonera is deeply-rooted with Labour Party supporters, Dr Busuttil ...
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Finance Minister Edward Scicluna calls PN proposals ‘careless’
Ministers Edward Scicluna and Evarist Bartolo have expressed concern about Nationalist Party (PN) proposals made earlier today on private sector jobs, average wages and public finances.This morning, Dr Busuttil made several proposals, including adding 30,000 new 'quality jobs' to the private sector, increasing the average wage by 25-30%, and would ...
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Next government must restore reputation on good governance – MEA
At a presentation of a memorandum to the political parties before the upcoming general election, the Malta Employers Association explained that Malta is 'living in a paradox' since while the elections are occurring at a time of positive economic performance, there are also serious questions concerning the ethics and good ...
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Prime Minister welcomes investment by Centrecom to double their workforce
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat welcomed the announcement of the expansion of Centrecom, which will increase its staff from 250 to 500 personnel.Centrecom is an integrated customer contact operation staffed by a multilingual team. It is one of the largest contact centres in Malta and offers diversity of languages. Centrecom Ltd, ...
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MHRA present proposals to keep economic momentum while ensuring good governance
MHRA has presented its electoral manifesto to political parties. In a statement, MHRA said tourism remains a strong growth industry worldwide and is expected to keep growing into the foreseeable future. Malta has registered record arrivals since 2010 and is set to exceed the 2 million arrivals in 2017. The ...
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Editorial: Trading partners
All in all, it was completely predictable that Dr Godfrey Farrugia would follow his partner Marlene Farrugia out of the Labour fold and within the Partit Demokratiku which is contesting the 3 June election inside the alliance with the Nationalist Party.And it was also predictable that Marlene’s former husband Jeffrey ...
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Watch: We will respect the EU courts decision on finch-trapping’ – Busuttil
PN Leader Simon Busuttil said today that a PN government would respect the outcome of the EU Courts decision in the finch trapping case between the EU Commission and Malta.Dr Busuttil had previously announced that a PN-led government would not remove spring hunting.In September 2015, the European Commission announced that ...
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Updated: After TMI story, Prime Minister asks regulators to contact Commerzbank AG
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said today that he has asked the regulators to formally speak with Commerzbank, who will then give their position. Prime Minister Joseph Muscat yesterday, and again today, tried to dismiss a story published in The Malta Independent on Sunday, on how Commerzbank AG, a major international bank ...
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Marlene Farrugia attends PBS debate with MLP flag, displays it in front of her throughout
Leader of the Partit Demokratiku (PD) Marlene Farrugia attended a debate this evening on PBS between representatives of the two main parties (she forms part of the PNPD coalition) with a flag of the formerly branded Malta Labour Party, and placed it directly in front of her throughout the debate.She ...