Malta
Vai alla Scheda Paese »Measure 100 times and cut once.
— Maltese proverb
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Ryanair launches record winter 2017 schedule, three new routes
Ryanair today launched its largest ever Malta winter schedule (2017), with three new routes to Belfast, Naples and Riga and more flights to Gdansk, Krakow, Stockholm Skavsta, Venice Treviso, Vilnius and Wroclaw, 40 routes in total, which will deliver 2.2m customers per year.Ryanair’s largest ever winter Malta 2017 schedule at Malta ...
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Editorial: Government's bill on online news services - Back to the 1970s
It seems to be Labour’s fate: doomed to repeat its mistakes over and over again.In times of stress, it chooses the way of confrontation, thereby opening the way for an equal confrontation not just from the party in Opposition but also from civil society not enclosed in the government’s wide ...
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Chamber of Commerce expresses fears for 'country's reputation on transparency, integrity'
President of the Chamber of Commerce Anton Borg today expressed the business community's concern that Malta is "regressing on an important non-cost element of competitiveness'", referring to reputational issues of transparency and the integrity of Malta's institutions.His address was made during a chamber of commerce dialogue session with the Prime ...
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After Panama Papers success, ICIJ goes independent
As of 24 February, The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists became a fully independent non-profit news organization, still headquartered in Washington and still committed to doing the best cross-border investigative reporting in the world. “As we begin this new chapter, we remain grateful to the Center for Public Integrity for ...
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Making a gynae appointment under your girlfriend’s name: what transgender men have to endure
While Malta has made huge strides in LGBTIQ laws, there are still some situations which need to be looked into, one being the situation of transgender men - men assigned female at birth but whose gender identity is that of a man - and gynaecologist waiting areas, a place which ...
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Cacopardo insists on €16.5 million planning gain from Malta Freeport Terminals
AD Deputy Chairperson Carmel Cacopardo, representing the Birzebbugia local council, insists that the €955,000 Malta Freeport Terminals was ordered to pay as a planning gain be upped to €16.5 million.Carmel Cacopardo was presenting his arguments before the Planning Appeals and Review Tribunal this afternoon.The Environment and Planning Commission had ordered ...
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Swieqi murder: Police focusing on businessman’s personal issues
The police are focusing on personal issues as they continue their investigation into the murder of a businessman in Swieqi on Monday.The Russian partner of the businessman, David Abela, 51, who was found murdered inside his Swieqi home on Monday, has been extensively questioned by the police, sources told The Malta ...
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Wild statements will lead to unsustainable proposals - Edward Scicluna
"Race to the bottom" politics will only result in unsustainable proposals before the next general election, Minister Scicluna warned the opposition during a press conference. "Wild statements on minimum wage and energy will only create instability. Every proposal has to be doable," the Minister said. Prof. Scicluna, along with ...
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Implication Electrogas to be given ‘advantage’ of €1.4 billion ‘definitely misleading’ - government
The government said that an article published in the Times of Malta today on the state aid to Electrogas Malta Ltd “is wrong, and factually incorrect, on a number of fronts”.In a statement issued by No Portfolio Minister Konrad Mizzi, the government said that it will not pay any money ...
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Sai Mizzi’s replacement announced; Jennifer Shen May to be new Malta Enterprise rep in Shanghai
The Ministry for the Economy, Investment and Small Business has finally announced Sai Mizzi's replacement as Malta Enterprise Representative in Shanghai.A government statement read that ms Jennifer Shen May is by nationality Chinese, and is a qualified accountant. "She has been working in Malta for more than 20 years, and has ...
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Minister Bartolo believes temp employment agency for migrants must be tweaked with time
Employment and Education Minister Evarist Bartolo believes that the temporary employment agency to be set up for migrants cannot be overly complicated from the start, and improvements would have to be made with time.Mr Bartolo was responding to questions by the media at a press conference where he outlined the ...
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Malta’s Willa Naylor story inspires: Other nations shaking heads at US transgender toilet battle
Willa Naylor’s story is serving as an inspiration to other nations, the Associated Press reports.The transgender child two years ago published a book, which goes by the name 'Truly Willa', describing Willa's story as she experiences this drastic change in her life at a very young age.The Associated Press is ...
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Editorial: Konrad Mizzi - Fake politics
Politics is a means to serve people and politicians should enter politics only with one aim in mind - to serve the nation and represent the electorate in the best honourable way. Politicians who, the day after they get elected, rush to open secret accounts in shady jurisdictions and lobby behind ...
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Two union chiefs throw in the towel
The presidents of two major trade unions, representing Air Malta pilots and teachers, have decided to call it a day. The outspoken chief of the Airline Pilots Association (Alpa), Dominic Azzopardi, said he would resign from March 1, 13 months before his term was due to expire in April 2018. He ...
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Genuinely exciting thriller
Patriots DayDirector: Peter BergStars: Mark Wahlberg, Kevin Bacon, John GoodmanDuration: 133 minsClass: 15KRS Releasing Ltd Based on the horrific bombing that caused death and mayhem at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon, Patriots Day charts the immediate aftermath of the tragedy which claimed three lives and injured 264, as ...
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Editorial: The carnival comes to town
Carnival started early this year, on Monday, and it was replete with masks, pantomimes, outlandish performances, street theatre, satire and even foreign guests from across the European Union.And while it may sound like some sort of a government-sponsored event, it was, truth be told, far from it. In fact, this ...
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PN to instruct people to disobey new media law that controls internet – Busuttil
The Nationalist Party will be instructing the people to disregard and disobey the new media law as it is being proposed by the government, a law that aims to control the internet and freedom of speech, leader Simon Busuttil said today.Speaking in Birkirkara, Dr Busuttil said that the Opposition will ...
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Tenants registering with ARMS must pay €466 deposit to have bill in their name
Tenants who have been fighting to pay the correct and lower residential water and electricity rates have to deal with yet another obstacle in their efforts to circumvent landlords who have effectively been forcing them to pay the higher domestic rates. Tenants will now either be required to pay a ...
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‘If the justice minister were my student I’d give him an F’ - Antonio Ghio
The Media and Defamation Bill (MADA) proposed by the government and intended to replace the Press Act contains an obligation for the registration of websites with a Media Registrar. Websites are defined in the proposed MADA as "any web-based news service or other web-based service relating to news or current ...
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All in the family: Konrad Mizzi audit, John Dalli and shady company Tyre Ltd
When the Prime Minister answered questions put by the press last March about the identity of the firm appointed to audit the affairs of the Panama Papers-embroiled Minister Konrad Mizzi, he did not exactly lie when he said: “It is a big company. It is independent and, as far as ...
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Updated: PM says there is potentially a case of fraud in Toni Bezzina ODZ application
There is a serious indication of a potential case of fraud in PN Deputy Leader Toni Bezzina’s application for development on Outside Development Zone (ODZ) land in Mdina, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat told One Radio this morning. Dr Muscat explained that according to the plans on the application the largest room ...