Malta
Vai alla Scheda Paese »Measure 100 times and cut once.
— Maltese proverb
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€1.5 million awarded to Valletta 2018 European Capital of Culture
Valletta 2018 – European Capital of Culture has been awarded the Melina Mercouri prize of €1.5 million in view of its strong European dimension and citizens’ involvement, particularly through the education and capacity building programmes. Valletta 2018 Foundation Chairman Jason Micallef said “The award of the Melina Mercouri prize shows ...
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BOV share price recaptures over 9-year high
The share index erased some of yesterday’s decline as it rebounded by 0.31% to 4,716.302 points reflecting the gains in FIMBank (+2.5%), IHI (+1.4%), BOV (+0.2%) and Malta Properties (+0.2%). Meanwhile, another three shares closed unchanged. Trading activity remained subdued as only €0.14 million worth of shares changed hands. Two deals totalling ...
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Privatisation Unit mum over logistic hub bids
The Privatisation Unit has referred to the Economy Ministry questions about bids received for the logistics hub in Ħal Far, which closed on Monday. The ministry did not reply to questions made on Monday about whether bids were received for the international call, which was also published in the EU journal. ...
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Indignant Pana committee chairman says request for Keith Schembri to testify was unanimous
The chairman of the European Parliament's Pana committee investigating the Panama Papers scandal, Werner Langen, had reacted with indignation after government spokesman Kurt Farrugia said his request for Keith Schembri to appear before the committee made him part of a PN campaign to divert attention. “The government spokesman of Malta accuses ...
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OPM spokesperson accuses PANA Chairman of being part of PN campaign to divert attention
Government Head of Communications Kurt Farrugia, speaking in his official capacity, has accused the Chairman of the PANA Committee, Werner Langen, of being part of the PN’s campaign to divert attention “from the mess they are in”.Last Saturday, Mr Langen wrote to Prime Minister Joseph Muscat urging him to use ...
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Nigerian man sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for involvement in drug trafficking
A Nigerian man today was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment after he was found to be involved in a case of drug trafficking.The accused was charged with conspiring for the purpose of selling or dealing in illegal drugs and participating in the act of aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the ...
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Maltese restaurants to be promoted directly in Sicily, guide to be distributed by TMI
Maltese restaurants and fine cuisine outlets will soon find a new means of promotion in Sicily following the expansion of one of Italy’s most respected restaurant guide magazines: Sicilia da Gustare.The Sicilian restaurant pocket guide widely distributed across Sicily and other Italian cities will now include a section on Maltese ...
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I DO EXCLUSIVE: Ben Camille and Kristina’s wedding still the talk of town
Happy is how local actor Ben Camille and his wife Kristina Camilleri described their wedding day in an exclusive interview with the March edition of I DO magazine, distributed by Standard Publications for free to all brides and grooms attending Kana courses and available in leading bookshops and newsagents. The wedding ...
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PANA chairman ‘surprised’ by Kurt Farrugia’s ‘on the record’ statement to The Malta Independent
PANA chairman Werner Langen expressed surprise at the audacity shown by the official spokesman of a government holding the EU presidency, saying he failed to understand how his letter to request Keith Schembri to attend a PANA committee hearing can be described as an attempt to join a Nationalist Party ...
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Editorial: Dancing with the surplus
Last week, coinciding with the last day of the EPP congress in Malta, the government published statistics that showed that for the first time since 1981, Malta had registered a small - €9 million – surplus against the usual hundreds of millions of euros in deficit.This it hailed, justifiably, as ...
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Updated: PM, Owen Bonnici ‘defending’ crisis plaguing Identity Malta – Beppe Fenech Adami
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and Minister Owen Bonnici are downplaying a serious crisis at Identity Malta by choosing to say nothing wrong is happening when there is clear evidence to the contrary, Nationalist Party deputy leader Beppe Fenech Adami said today. “Instead of recognising the problem, and finding a solution and ...
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Car dealer acquitted of charges of tampering with VAT receipts, ‘evidence not authenticated’
A car dealer who was charged with tampering with fiscal receipts to claim higher refunds from the VAT department has been acquitted. The court heard how 48-year-old Charles Bianco, from Birkirkara, submitted two receipts which the VAT Department suspected had been tampered with. The department launched an investigation, believing that ...
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University receives over €5 million in fees from foreign students
The University of Malta received a total €5,050,913 in fees from foreign students in the academic year 2015/2016, Minister Evarist Bartolo revealed in response to a parliamentary question tabled by PN MP Chris Said.A total of €2,905,144 has been received in the current acadmeic year's first semester.The amount received has ...
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'PM should at the very least tell us who the Gozo drugs case ministers are' - Busuttil
Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil said tonight that the Prime Minister surely knows who the ministers involved in the Gozo drugs case are and, as a minimum, should name them.The case revolves around a statement given to the police during a drug investigation in 2013, which was changed following a meeting ...
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Car dealer acquitted of VAT tampering charges after prosecution fails to produce original receipts
A car dealer has been acquitted of tampering with fiscal receipts to benefit from a bigger refund to the detriment of the VAT department. Charles Bianco, 48, from Birkirkara, as director of Western Company Ltd, was charged with having submitted two tampered VAT department receipts to claim a higher refund. The matter came ...
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Drug consignment was destined for Siġġiewi chicken farmer
A big drug consignment seized by the police in 2012 was intended for the owner of a chicken farm in Siġġiewi, a court was told today. Jurors were hearing evidence in the trial of Kingsley Wilcox, a 35-year-old Nigerian-born man accused of having conspired to import and traffic cocaine. Inspector Herman Mula named ...
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MDA welcomes government surplus
The Malta Developers Association said today that it welcomes the news that Malta’s Consolidated Fund is no longer in a permanent deficit situation, with Government revenue exceeding payments in 2016. "MDA recognises that this is an important milestone in Malta’s economic history and congratulates Government for reaching this objective without resorting ...
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Ħamrun murder victim stabbed in the heart
The 21-year-old father killed on Sunday night in Ħamrun suffered five stab wounds that penetrated his vital organs, including his heart, medical sources told the Times of Malta. As investigations continued throughout the day yesterday, the theory being followed is that the motive behind the murder was the well-being of a ...
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Panama Papers a year later: Where are they now?
It was a year ago that the Panama Papers were released by the International Consortium of Investigate Journalists, rocking the world with revelations involving prominent businessmen and politicians.The 11.5 million documents detail financial information regarding more than 200,000 offshore entities, and led to the arrest of Jurgen Mossack and Ramon ...
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Bank of Valletta sells shareholding in MIDI plc
Bank of Valletta p.l.c. today announced that in line with its strategy to reduce exposure to equity and property investments, the Bank has sold its shareholding in MIDI p.l.c. with effect from 3 April 2017.In a statement on the Malta Styock Exchange website, BOV said it has agreed with Mark ...
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Konrad Mizzi insists wind farm project in Montenegro in ‘construction phase’
Wind farm project in the hills of Montenegro is ongoing and is currently going through its construction phase, Minister Konrad Mizzi claimed.The Minister without portfolio was replying to questions by the Malta Independent following a report which explains how the multi-million euro project which Enemalta took over, is clouded in ...