Malta
Vai alla Scheda Paese »Measure 100 times and cut once.
— Maltese proverb
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Fresh controversy? - New monument for Castille square ‘to celebrate Maltese nation’
A new monument set up in Castille is set to draw fresh controversy after the one that was erected two years ago on the occasion on the summit on migration held in Malta.Dubbed “flame that never dies”, the Department of Information said that it celebrates all the Maltese who gave ...
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Updated - Watch: Passenger takes over Air Malta flight PA system, minister concerned, crew suspended
A group of angry passengers travelling on an Air Malta flight (KM626) flying out of Milan to Malta last Sunday reported their disgust after passengers on the same flight took over the in-flight public address system to party with their friends.Passengers who spoke with The Malta Independent also provided footage ...
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1.6% increase in number of foreign students learning English in Malta in 2016 - NSO
Last year, foreign students attending English language courses at local specialised schools numbered 76,730, equivalent to an increase of 1.6 per cent over 2015, the NSO said.The majority of students attending English language courses in Malta came from Italy (24.5 per cent), Germany (14.2 per cent) and France (11.1 per ...
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Updated: No agreement reached on BA situation, chairperson absent for conciliatory meeting
No agreement was reached this afternoon in a meeting held between the Broadcasting Authority and the UHM Voice of the Workers which has led to industrial action. The industrial action remains in place.Chairperson Tanya Borg Cardona was absent from the meeting, which was mostly held after employees accused her of ...
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Alfred Pisani is EY’s Malta Entrepreneur of the Year winner
Alfred Pisani, Chairman of the Corinthia Group, is the first recipient of EY’s first Malta Entrepreneur of the Year award. In June he will be heading to compete in EY's World Entrepreneur of the Year™ award in Monaco. He will be joined by some of the world’s key game changers ...
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Over 300kg of cocaine seized by Maltese Customs in Malta’s largest ever narcotics haul
The Customs Department discovered over 300kg of cocaine while inspecting a container supposedly containing cans of pineapple at the Malta Freeport.Initially the haul was thought to be 350 kg but the department later reviewed it and said it was 300 kg.The container, which was transiting through Malta on its way ...
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President appointed to Advisory Board of the Women Political Leaders Global Forum
President of Malta Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca has been appointed to the Advisory Board of the Women Political Leaders Global Forum (WPL).The WPL Advisory Board includes outstanding political leaders and influential personalities from civil society, the private sector, intergovernmental organisations and academia who have endorsed the WPL mission statement. They oversee ...
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Government launches energy efficiency award for hotels
No portfolio Minister Konrad Mizzi today launched a new public-private partnership initiative, in association with the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association, to encourage energy saving efforts in the hotel sector. “We will be launching an award based on energy efficiency,”Dr Mizzi said. Thus the government will be encouraging the efficient ...
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More than 80% of women aged 25-39 actively participate in labour force - Minister Cardona
Economy Minister Chris Cardona has revealed that the female labour force participation rate has exceeded that of 80 per cent for women aged between 25 and 39.Labour force participation refers to the proportion of a population that is within working age, and can be employed or unemployed, but are actively ...
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Big business donations to Labour Party will soon be ‘public domain’ – Joseph Muscat
“Everything will be disclosed once the Labour Party files in the donations list and everything will be in the public domain,” Prime Minister Joseph Muscat told The Malta Independent when asked how much money did big businesses or their owners, who were awarded public tenders, donate to the Labour party ...
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FIRST magazine: Frank Salt - We are family
Frank Salt Real Estate is an exciting place to be. At any given moment, across any of its numerous branches, sales are being made, contracts are being signed and deals are being done. It is fast-paced and dynamic but, at the same time, also focused and well-grounded; there is a ...
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PM speaks of imminent agreement on social rights as EU main pillar
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said that the European Commission was on the verge of agreeing that the main pillar of the EU should be social rights, and plans to enshrine this in the declaration of Rome, which will be signed at the 60th Anniversary of the Treaty of Rome next ...
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Art students leave their mark at the airport - and end up in court
Two arts students from the Czech Republic ended their stay in Malta with a visit to the law courts after having decided to leave mementos of their artistic talent on the furniture at Malta International Airport. Jan Olt, 27, and Martin Bohm, 25, were arraigned under arrest and charged with having ...
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Moviment Graffitti members wear pig masks in symbolic protest against Konrad Mizzi
Moviment Graffitti carried out a 'direct action' earlier this evening, by standing with placards behind Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister Konrad Mizzi during a Gvern Li Jisma event, which was aired live on Facebook.The NGO held posters which created a striking backdrop for the three ministers present ...
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Environmental Health Directorate issues warning on peanut butter product
The Environmental Health Directorate within the Superintendence of Public Health informs the public that from information received through the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed, Peanut Butter produced by Zena (Lot number 01160802), must not be consumed since it potentially contains elevated levels of Aflatoxin B1.Since it has been reported that ...
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Editorial: The first election in election year
The citizens of the Netherlands today go and vote in a general election. This election is the first tricky election in a year that has quite a few tricky elections: after today, the next will be France’s presidential election in two rounds between April and May and of course Germany’s ...
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‘It’s either my way or the highway,’ BA chairperson allegedly told employees
The situation at the Broadcasting Authority escalated yesterday with the Union Haddiema Maghqudin Voice of the Workers (UHM) ordering industrial action after the alleged “bullying” tactics employed by Chairperson Tanya Borg Cardona who, in one particular incident mentioned by the employees insisted that “it’s either my way or the highway.”Speaking ...
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'Gender-motivated violence has an insidious presence in every country' - President
President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca said today that gender-motivated violence has an insidious presence in every country.She was delivering the opening speech at the "Final Conference of the COST Action IS-2016 on Femicide across Europe", organised in collaboration with the Department of Gender Studies within the Faculty of Social Wellbeing in the University ...
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Garnishee orders: Media freedom is a fundamental right but EU 'has no power to intervene'
“Media freedom and pluralism are fundamental rights enshrined in Article 11 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. However, the EU has no general powers to intervene with Member States in the area of fundamental rights” European Commission Vice-President Andrus Ansip said when replying to a question by Maltese MEP ...
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FIRST... I love Fashion - Sue Rossi
How did it all start for you?As a little girl, I would put on my mother's heels and make-up. As a teenager, sewing lessons gave me the excuse I was after to make do with the clothes that were available and I would imagine myself on the catwalk. After school ...
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Jimmy Magro gets half pay despite suspension on corruption claims
Former Labour Party general secretary Jimmy Magro is still receiving half his salary as chairman of a government entity, even though he has been suspended from work following conclusions by the Commission Against Corruption that he asked for a cut from a €250,000 public tender. Turning down a Freedom of Information ...