Malta
Vai alla Scheda Paese »Measure 100 times and cut once.
— Maltese proverb
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49 people caught using false documents since start of 2016
49 persons were caught entering Malta with false documents since the start of 2016, with 14 people being caught while Schengen was temporarily closed, the Police have confirmed with The Malta Independent.The numbers show that 28% of people using false documents were caught during a 20-day period when Schengen was ...
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Is PL dodging party financing law to hide donations, asks AD's Cassola
The Labour Party's failure to register as a political party could be a ploy for it to avoid limits on party donations imposed on it by law, Alternattiva Demokratika chairman Arnold Cassola said. In a statement issued by AD, Prof. Cassola asked whether the party could in this way "continue cashing ...
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Poland names counter-candidate to Tusk as EU leader
Poland on Saturday proposed a counter-candidate to Donald Tusk as European Council head, saying the Polish incumbent has hurt his country's interests.Just days before a March 9-10 European Union summit in Brussels to vote on Tusk's re-election, Poland's conservative government named Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, one of the country's center-right members of ...
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Migration: NGOs blast EU plans on returns and detention
Ninety human rights organisations have blasted the European Union’s plans to return or detain irregular migrants, saying that the plans unveiled this week ahead of next week’s EU summit will simply create more harm and suffering.Bowing down to political pressure to be “tough” on irregular migration, the European Commission has ...
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Update (2): De Marco renounces legal advice on ITS site, PN to talk to AG regarding ITS contract
PN deputy leader Mario de Marco has renounced to giving legal advice to the DB Group on the ITS project in St George's Bay, Leader of the Opposition Simon Busuttil announced at a party gathering in Marsa today. "Every party will face difficulties, but it is how you act on ...
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PM Muscat asks if Opposition Leader thinks his deputy is corrupt
Maybe it was a first in Maltese political history: speaking in Senglea, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat referred to a speech that was being made almost contemporaneously by Simon Busuttil in Birkirkara.No website or online portal had put up Dr Busuttil's speech by then, which means that Dr Muscat was getting ...
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Proposal for state-funded transgender surgical, hormone treatment to be presented to Cabinet
Cabinet will be hearing a proposal for the inclusion of surgical treatment and hormone therapy for transgender persons on the National Health Service in the coming weeks, Minister for Health Chris Fearne has told The Malta Independent on Sunday.The Minister also informed this newspaper that a report conducted by an ...
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Obscene: Industrial park in the making in Bidnija - ERA recommends refusal, PA under pressure
Residents of Bidnija are up in arms over a development application that they fear will open the door to the creation of an industrial zone in the picturesque countryside village and leave a devastating and irreversible effect on the environment.The development being proposed in an Outside Development Zone on what ...
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New editor for The Malta Independent Daily
Senior journalist Neil Camilleri has been appointed Editor of The Malta Independent daily edition, with his editorship becoming effective as from tomorrow 6 March.Mr Camilleri brings to the position ample journalistic experience, having worked in print, radio, online and television media for over a decade. Mr Camilleri joined Standard Publications ...
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Sai Mizzi’s replacement will not occupy Consul General role – Foreign Ministry, Malta Enterprise
The new Malta Enterprise Representative, Jennifer Shen May, will not occupy the role of Consul General of the Republic of Malta in Shanghai, as Sai Mizzi Liang did before her, spokespersons at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Malta Enterprise have confirmed to The Malta Independent. The Ministry also revealed ...
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Conventions Malta voted as Best Conventions Bureau in United Kingdom
In less than two years since it was set up, Conventions Malta has managed to win another prestigious international recognition at the M&IT Industry Awards. After placing third among the top Convention Bureaux outside the UK last year, this year Conventions Malta improved its position and picked up the first ...
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Government mum on hotel and apartments in prime site on Gozo public land
The Gozo Ministry remained mum for several weeks, failing to give specific answers to questions sent by The Malta Independent on a concession given to a private entrepreneur to build a hotel and apartments on public land as part of the new acquatic centre.The Malta Independent has been trying to ...
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Today's front pages
These are the leading stories in today's local newspapers. The Times of Malta leads with news that an inquiry has found that it could not exclude the possibility that an investigation into money laundering was stopped abruptly because PN deputy leader Beppe Fenech Adami's name cropped up. In a secondary story, the ...
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Malta could be one of Brexit's biggest losers, KPMG report finds
Malta may be one of the big losers from Brexit if this leads to poor economic relations between the UK and the EU, new research by KPMG suggests. KPMG’s chief economist Yael Selfin looked at the EU27 countries most impacted from any future restrictions on trade in goods, services and the ...
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Cardona, Fenech Adami trade blows on Capital One inquiry
Updated 11.54pm - Added Fenech Adami comments Labour Party deputy leader Chris Cardona this morning called on Opposition leader Simon Busuttil to "take action" against Beppe Fenech Adami, in the wake of what Dr Cardona described as the "very damning conclusions" of the inquiry published yesterday evening. Speaking at a press conference, ...
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Malta's 'A' rating confirmed by DBRS
Malta’s economy is "among the fastest growing in the Euro area and its growth prospects look favourable" but its public finances "remain a source of vulnerability", credit rating agency DBRS has said. The Toronto-based agency confirmed Malta's 'A' long-term foreign and local currency rating, with its short-term rating also confirmed at ...
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DBRS confirms Malta’s ‘A’ credit rating, says debt declining but still high
Credit rating agency DBRS has confirmed Malta’s long-term foreign and local currency issuer ratings at A and its short-term foreign and local currency issuer ratings at R-1 (low). “The A rating reflects Malta’s Eurozone membership, which ensures reliable access to European markets, fosters strong and credible macroeconomic policies and makes ...
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Mossack Fonseca founders still under arrest as Panama Papers firm quits New Zealand
Mossack Fonseca, the controversial law firm at the heart of the Panama Papers, has quit New Zealand, apparently as a result of dwindling business following the bombshell revelations.The company was mostly obscure before a massive data leak that was published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists last year. The ...
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The good the government is doing is being sucked under by the unchecked corruption of a few
It should be just a year away now, and in politics if a week is a long time, as Harold Wilson used to say, a year can be a dreadfully short time.In no time at all, we will find ourselves on the eve of the next general elections.The government plans ...
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Careers Day both inspires girls and highlights workplace gender dynamics
While the roles and numbers of women in the workplace have progressed over the years, women still feel that in general, the dynamics need to develop further, and the Maltese gender employment culture needs to change. Careers’ Day, organised yesterday in line with International Women’s Day celebrated on the 8th ...
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Updated: CapitalOne inquiry 'a precedent' in Maltese politics, Fenech Adami 'happy' with report
The Labour Party has this morning reiterated how grievous the implications and facts established in the independent CapitalOne inquiry are. Minister Owen Bonnici, together with Minister for the Economy Chris Cardona said that they expect to see the leader of the Opposition take action against his Deputy Leader of the ...