Malta
Vai alla Scheda Paese »Measure 100 times and cut once.
— Maltese proverb
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Trading activity at 2-month low
Following the sharpest daily uplift in two weeks yesterday, the MSE Share Index eased by 0.17% to 4,713.786 points today as the declines in the share prices of five equities outweighed the gains in BOV. Meanwhile, MIA and Malita Investments closed the day unchanged. Trading volumes dropped significantly with only €0.09 ...
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Editorial - Coalition: PN rents out space on its ballot sheet
These are exciting times indeed. After a massive electoral victory the size of which no one ever imagined in tribal Malta and after a socialist party morphed into a post-soviet capitalist government, we now have a coalition which, in principle set out to defy electoral laws and challenge the status ...
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Combining healthcare and technology: Minister unveils new emCare centre in Swatar
Health Minister Chris Fearne yesterday lauded the private investment being made by the private sector in the health services when attending the inauguration of a new emCarecentre in Swatar. The centre is situated at the Idox Business Centre.Combining healthcare with technology, emCare pioneers a wide range of solutions that deliver ...
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Maltese journalist wins Pulitzer Prize as part of Panama Papers team
A Maltese journalist, Matthew Caruana Galizia, is part of a team working for the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) on the Panama Papers who has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting.The announcement was made yesterday by Columbia University.The Pulitzer Prize Board lauded the year-long investigation for “using a ...
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National Development Bank to plug gaps in access to finance left after 2008 crisis - Louis Grech
Deputy Prime Minister Louis Grech stressed that the proposed National Development Bank would plug the gap left behind following the stringent regulations enacted after the 2008 financial crisis which left the EU economy in a state of stagnation for many years after.The 2008 financial crisis led to changes in global ...
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Birkirkara murder: ‘He kept on telling me that he loved his parents’ - witness recalls
A witness recalled in court how the victim of a stabbing in Birkirkara, who later died, whispered the nickname of the accused to him.Roderick Grech26, known as 'Ic-Cina', was found unconscious in Triq Tumas Fenech in Birkirkara during the early hours of 29 March 2017. He died following stab wounds ...
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Ministry will intervene if Ombudsman is impeded in VGH cases – Chris Fearne
Health Minister Chris Fearne has given the Ombudsman and the Commissioner for Health assurances that should their ability to exercise their jurisdiction over the Public-Private Partnership health service, VGH, be impeded in any way, the ministry will intervene and address the issues. The Minister said there is already an understanding between ...
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FAA welcomes proposal for Wied il-Għomor to be designated as public domain
Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar (FAA) welcomed the proposal put forward by Environment Minister Jose Herrera, for Wied il-Għomor to be designated as a public domain site in order to safeguard it from further development.Recently, Environment minister Josè Herrera recommended that Wied Ghomor and the Inwadar Nature Park be considered public ...
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Details of payment to education department by Barts Medical School remain hidden
Economy Minister Chris Cardona said that he is not in a position to divulge details on the commercial arrangement between Malta Enterprise and Barts Medical School for the latter’s use of the Gozo Sixth Form.Dr Cardona was replying to a parliamentary question by PN MP George Pullicino. Pending the completion ...
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English language newspapers call for removal of criminal libel, DOI registration
The three English language newspapers, The Malta Independent, MaltaToday and Times of Malta, are jointly calling on the government to abolish criminal libel and remove DOI registration, replacing it instead with an accreditation system. The five points below are the common grounds shared by all three english language papers:1. We ...
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Public land in Gozo to be handed over to private entrepreneur
The government will be giving public land to a local entrepreneur to build accommodation units in Victoria to provide ancillary housing for sports athletes training in the new aquatic centre to be built by the private sector, The Malta Independent on Sunday can reveal.This newsroom has been trying to establish ...
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Marlene Mizzi to host public conference on safer cyberworld
The world wide web brought unlimited access to information and has revolutionised the entire world. The way that we think, conduct business, communicate and entertain ourselves have all changed thanks to the internet. On the other hand, the internet is presenting us with new challenges and, while we must safeguard ...
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FIRST: The sweet truth about our sweet tooth
Sweets, sweets the joy of sweets! Marshmallows, Lollipops, Fruit Pastilles, Double Dip Sherbet, Popping Candy, Flying Saucers, Opal Fruits, Skittles, Love Hearts, Tutti Frutti we love them all! And it isn't just their taste that we love. Sweets fill us with the most wonderful emotions. They touch the lives of ...
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Editorial: Justice with the Justice Scoreboard
It is rather unfortunate that when ministers or government officials report on reports by international organisations, such as the EU, they tend to give their take on the report in question but they do not, as a rule, provide the link to the report in question.The public is thus left ...
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‘Publish the Marsa Race Track agreement,’ PN tells government after TMIS story
The Nationalist Party has said that the government should publish the agreement for the new Marsa Race Track. The PN was reacting to a story published on The Malta Independent on Sunday, which revealed how the majority shareholder in the consortium that is to invest €18 million into the Marsa ...
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PPP agreement sees two state-owned reservoirs to be covered by solar panels
A public-private-partnership has been signed today paving the way for two state-owned reservoirs to be hosting some 13,000 square meters worth of solar panels, expected to produce roughly 1 megawatt of renewable energy each year.A new company has been set up, Malta Energy Ltd, which is to facilitate the provision ...
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Courts improve on efficiency, clearance rates; come up short on relationship with media
The Maltese law courts registered improvements with the rate at which cases are being resolved in relation to the number of new cases filed, the speed with which it is resolving pending cases. Conversely, Malta is the worst performing country when it comes to the relationshop between the courts and ...
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Former PL councillor, police constable cleared of illegitimate voting document possession
An appeals court has confirmed the acquittal of former Labour Party councillor Raymond Azzopardi and former Police Constable Mario Casha from charges of being in possession of an illegitimate voting document.The voting document belonged to a woman called Antoinette Tabone, who is registered to vote in Gozo however resides in ...
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After TMI story, government publishes Marsa race track Memorandum of Understanding
The government today published the Memorandum of Understanding regarding a concession agreement for the Marsa Race Track, following a story published in The Malta Independent on Sunday yesterday, which was followed up by a statement this morning by the Nationalist Party.The publication comes after Pio Valletta, one of the Marsa ...
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Malta registers €127m trade deficit in February, down from €566m last year - NSO
Preliminary figures show that Malta registered a trade deficit of €127.7 million in February 2017, compared to €566.1 million in the corresponding month of 2016, the NSO said today.Provisional data for international trade show that the trade deficit in February stood at €127.7 million, down by €438.4 million when compared ...
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The Lidl riddle: Does it pay us to give preferential treatment to a global player?
A Regional Hub for whom?Lidl is a German global discount supermarket chain based in Germany which operates over 10,000 stores across Europe. To date, there are seven Lidl stores in Malta and Gozo.Speaking during a Gvern li Jisma consultation meeting, Minister Cardona said the chain had reached a deal with ...