Malta
Vai alla Scheda Paese »Measure 100 times and cut once.
— Maltese proverb
-
Josef Vella’s UHM speaks about minimum wages, collective agreements
Leader of UHM Voice of the Workers Josef Vella says that among the most proud achievements is the union’s contribution to the minimum wage agreement where a mechanism has been developed to ensure such wages do not stagnate.He also speaks out about why he felt the need to call for ...
-
UBS whistleblower Birkenfeld sues bank for libel
A former UBS banker who as a whistleblower helped US authorities prosecute the Swiss bank for tax fraud, only to spend 2-1/2 years in prison for helping a billionaire client evade taxes, on Monday filed a $20 million libel lawsuit against his former employer. Bradley Birkenfeld, who in 2012 got a ...
-
Watch: PM announces snap election for 3 June
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat today announced a snap election for 3 June, one year earlier than the end of the legislature.He said the recent events have led him to take the decision to hold the election now, so as not to cause more distress to the country.He said that the ...
-
Man caught on camera hunting illegally
A man was filmed hunting illegally this morning, in what Birdlife Malta said was one of the "daily illegalities" taking place in the Santa Katerina area in Rabat. The man was filmed with a gun shooting and killing a turtle dove while using another live bird as a decoy. He was ...
-
The five pillars of Europe's most important Corporate Governance Conference in Malta for first time
The 20th European Corporate Governance Conference – Special Interview with Edwin Ward, Director at the Institute of Directors Malta. Standard Publications is the Media Partner for the 20th European Corporate Governance Conference being held in Malta at Le Méridien on 4 May. The event is sponsored by EY EAME, EY Malta ...
-
Students do not accept teachers’ authority, archbishop says
Students today do not accept teachers’ authority, and their responsibility to correct any misdemenour, Archbishop Charles Scicluna said today.He was delivering a homily during a Mass celebrated on the occasion of St Joseph the Worker, patron saint of workers, at the St Joseph the Worker church in Birkirkara. The mass ...
-
A year of the Panama Papers
22 February 2016 – Journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia posted the first major hint that the biggest scandal in Maltese history was about to break. “It’s traditional to eat lamb on Easter Sunday, so Konrad Mizzi and his estranged wife Sai Mizzi Liang will be getting theirs from New Zealand, courtesy ...
-
Egrant Magisterial inquiry: why there are no terms of reference
Speculation has been rife on why no terms of reference have been made known for the magisterial inquiry into allegations made by journalist and blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia on the true beneficiary of Egrant Inc, a company named in the Panama Papers scandal. It is up to the Attorney General, ...
-
Watch: Joseph Muscat is the dirty past of the last four corrupt years - Busuttil
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has betrayed the Maltese and Gozitan people, PN Leader Simon Busuttil told a lively crowd at Spinola Bay today, during the 1st of May mass meeting.Dr Busuttil said: "four years ago, Joseph Muscat was something new on the horizon. He was the country's future. But today, ...
-
Comprehensive and convincing
Stefani Filletti: Towards a European Criminal Law System Kite Group, 2017. Lawyer Stefano Filletti has written a timely book on significant developments in EU criminal law and their impact on Maltese criminal law. The topic cannot be more pertinent to a study of Maltese criminal law, for it analyses for the ...
-
Opening Doors launch crowdfunding
Opening Doors is an NGO that engages and actively involves adults with learning disabilities in Malta’s artistic and creative sector. We have been growing and evolving since 2008. Besides regular classes to members, we run classes in various day services to reach other adults with intellectual difficulties. Since 2016 Opening Doors ...
-
Minimum wage ‘has stayed the same’
Friday’s minimum wage agreement has been hailed as a ‘historic’ step to help lift people out of poverty. However, Malta Employers Association director general Joseph Farrugia insists this was no minimum wage increase but a mechanism to reduce the number of workers earning the lowest amount set by law. There is ...
-
MTA’s €1m sponsorship to non-tourist airline
The Malta Tourism Authority has given a €1 million sponsorship to VistaJet, a private business airline which does not bring tourists to Malta, The Sunday Times of Malta is informed. Asked to explain the reason for this massive funding, neither Tourism Minister Edward Zammit Lewis nor the MTA replied, citing “commercial ...
-
Will he or won’t he call an election?
There’s no doubt that the country has moved into election mode and the big question on everyone’s mind is whether the Prime Minister will be calling an early election tomorrow in his 1st May address in Valletta.Three Sundays ago, The Malta Independent on Sunday quoted government sources as saying that ...
-
FinanceMalta taking the next quantum leap to sustain the promotion of Malta as a financial centre
7 May will mark the 10th anniversary of FinanceMalta. In fact, Malta had only been a member of the EU for a few years when the industry felt the need to initiate the process to set up a body that would be tasked to communicate Malta's value proposition as a ...
-
EXCLUSIVE: 'I could not fly home to bury my mum, police took my passport at request of Pilatus Bank'
I am Russian and my husband is Greek. We were living in his country but decided to come to Malta to live here and work, with our two young children. We arrived in December 2015 and both found work more or less immediately. On 15 January 2016, I began work ...
-
Election: Should he or shouldn’t he?
Lawrence Gonzi: The decision to call an early election is obviously the Prime Minister’s prerogative. Under normal circumstances, I would have argued that there are no reasons whatsoever for an early election to be called. I would also have argued that the overriding consideration should always be tied to the ...
-
Stability in Libya crucial for its neighbours’ security - Carmelo Abela
Together with its Mediterranean and European partners, Malta stands ready to engage in doing whatever it takes, in consultation and cooperation with Libyan authorities, to help re-build the fundamental components of the Libyan State, said Minister for Home Affairs and National Security Carmelo Abela.“Unfortunately there remains a great level of instability in Libya, since the Government of National ...
-
Simon Busuttil urges police to protect whistleblower
Speaking at Attard, the leader of the Nationalist Party, Simon Busuttil, urged the police to take steps to protect the whistleblower who has come forward with evidence on the Pilatus Bank along with her family.He then warned Prime Minister Muscat that if anything were to happen to this person, he ...
-
Updated: PM Muscat says PN leader building Egrant case on person accused of fraud; PN replies
The Prime Minister has said that the Nationalist Party leader is building all his accusations regarding the Egrant case on the testimony of a whistleblower who is accused of fraud.Speaking in Brussels to a TVM journalist after the Brexit summit – The Malta Independent was not invited to cover the ...
-
FIAU clarifies its functions and powers on tackling money laundering
The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) said it was established as an independent administrative intelligence agency in 2002 by means of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The main function of the FIAU is the collection, collation, processing, analysis and dissemination of information for the purpose of combating money laundering ...