Malta
Vai alla Scheda Paese »Measure 100 times and cut once.
— Maltese proverb
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An open door to disaster
This year children will be enjoying the excitement of carnival, dressing up, attending parties and watching the floats and companies parade by. But, a little less than 200 years ago, a tragedy took place which should never have happened. And, it would seem, all because someone left a door open.In ...
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Muscat is his own men's prisoner - PN
Recent declarations by MEPs in the European Parliament's Pana committee were an added reason why the prime minister should take action against his chief of staff Keith Schembri and minister Konrad Mizzi, the Nationalist Party said today. The MEPs were in Malta on Monday to discuss the tax system and the ...
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Husbands may take wives’ surname under new marriage law
The Marriage Equality Bill will bring about changes that impact all couples, not only same-sex ones, Civil Liberties Minister Helena Dalli said. Among a number of others, the changes will, for instance, make it possible for husbands to take their wives’ surname. At present, only same-sex couples are allowed to choose ...
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Editorial: PANA Committee fact-finding mission - Mizzi and Schembri blaming each other
As the interpretations of all that was said and done on Monday when the PANA Committee held its fact-finding mission continue to roll in, one could easily be forgiven for having the impression that both Minister Konrad Mizzi and Office of the Prime Minister chief of staff Keith Schembri were ...
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Crime and terrorism know no borders; neither should our fight against them - Minister Abela
“Crime and terrorism know no borders, so neither should our approach to fighting them,” Minister for Home Affairs and National Security Carmelo Abela, told the First Euromed Police High Level Meeting in Valletta. He also added that closer collaboration between Euro-Mediterranean countries to ensure better governance on the political, strategic ...
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Alternattiva Demokratika praises Edward Scicluna's good work in Brussels
Alternattiva Demokratika chairperson, Prof. Arnold Cassola, today praised Finance Minister Edward Scicluna “for having managed to get the EU Finance Ministers to agree on taking measures to fight tax avoidance, despite giving the impression in Malta that he was not so enthusiastic about them. This agreement should spell the beginning ...
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Maltese soft drinks industry commits to reduce added sugars by 10% by 2020
The Maltese soft drinks industry has announced it will reduce added sugars in its products by 10% by 2020, contributing to the delivery of the recent European soft drink industry 10% sugar reduction commitment.This initiative responds to changing consumer preferences regarding sugar intake and the calls from Member States and ...
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News website registration transposes 2012 PN policy into law – Minister Owen Bonnici
Justice Minister Owen Bonnici yesterday stressed that the website registration clause under the proposed Media and Defamation Bill is there to address a situation in which a person can post anonymously about an individual, without that individual being able to seek out who is responsible or take appropriate legal action.Dr ...
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Nexia BT publishes reply to Pana Committee questions
Nexia BT accountants Brian Tonna and Karl Cini could only answer six of 20 questions posed to them by MEPs investigating the Panama Papers data leak, citing their legal obligations to client confidentiality and anti-money laundering rules. Answering the questions posed by MEPs, the accountants wrote, would cause them to breach regulations and could ...
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PM Muscat 'lied' about Konrad Mizzi's audit for months - PN
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat lied last October when he said that an audit of his minister Konrad Mizzi's offshore company and trust was a "work in progress", the Nationalist Party said this afternoon. The audit opinion released by Dr Mizzi on Monday was dated September 21, 2016 - more than two ...
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Malta International Airport's profits rise to €21 million
Malta International Airport’s profits increased from €19.3 million to €21 million last year. In a notice on the Malta Stock Exchange, the company said increases in revenues were registered by the company’s aviation and non-aviation segments. The group’s global sum for the year was €73,064,828, up from €66,965,843 in 2015. Aviation revenues, which ...
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Soft drinks to contain 10 per cent less sugar by 2020
The Maltese soft drinks industry has announced it will reduce added sugars in its products by 10 per cent by 2020, as part of a recent European soft drink industry 10 per cent sugar reduction commitment. This initiative responds to changing consumer preferences and calls from member states and the European ...
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Third Panama company belonged to someone more important that Mizzi, Schembri - Busuttil
The third Panama company belonged to someone who was far more important than Minister Konrad Mizzi and OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri because the name of its owner was not mentioned in writing, PN leader Simon Busuttil said this evening. Speaking on TVM’s programme Dissett, Dr Busuttil said that e-mails ...
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Cabinet considering rethink on laws which ‘hinder investigation into organised crime’
Home Affairs Minister Carmelo Abela said that the cabinet is considering a rethink on legislation that might "hinder investigations into organised crime". He also said that the Cabinet had discussed Monday's the car bombing in Msida, which is when the issue of such hindering laws came up.Yesterday's car bomb falls ...
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Updated (2): Government working on introduction of gay marriage; Labour using LGBT community - PN
Civil Liberties Minister Helena Dalli revealed that her ministry is working on revisions to the marriage equality act, stating that while civil union awards homosexual couples the same rights as marriage under a different name, the government is working on “changing that”.Dr Dalli’s comments were made during an activity organised ...
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‘I became a feminist the day I became a mother’ – academic and activist Andrea Dibben
Dr Andrea Dibben’s name became further known through her work with the Woman’s Rights Foundation when they signed a judicial protest to introduce the Morning After Pill, however she explained, the Foundation has actually been assisting women subject to various forms of abuse for the past four years.What attracted you ...
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Minister proposes change in law that saw teacher imprisoned for 5 years over traffic accident
Justice Minister Owen Bonnici proposed an amendment to a traffic law that saw a teacher named Dorianne Camilleri imprisoned for five years after she involuntary caused the death of a man and injured his sister in a traffic accident in 2011.The law in question stipulates that in a traffic accident ...
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Police officer recalls protected eagle shot down, landing right in front of police vehicle
A police officer who testified in the case against Justin Chetcuti, who stands charged with shooting down a protected bird, recalled how the injured eagle landed right in front of the police Land Rover.Testifying in court, the police officer who was on duty back in 2 November 2016, told magistrate ...
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Archbishop says seminarians can leave if they don't agree with Pope Francis
Archbishop Charles Scicluna has confirmed to the National Catholic Register that he told Malta's seminarians earlier this month that if any of them do not agree with Pope Francis, “the seminary gate is open,” implying they are free to leave, Edward Pentin reported. Archbishop Charles Scicluna’s remarks are the latest in what ...
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MCAST launches 300 part-time courses ranging from hobby studies to Master’s degrees
The Malta College for Arts, Science and Technology (MCAST) has launched 300 part-time courses. The courses on offer range from hobby courses up to fully accredited courses including the now popular Master’s degrees. Adults and young learners over the age of 16 may apply for these courses to acquire new ...
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Ministers Bonnici and Bartolo invite IGM for submissions on media law
Ministers for Education and Culture, Evarist Bartolo and Owen Bonnici met with representatives at the Institute of Maltese Journalists to discuss the draft Media Defamation Bill presented in the past weeks.Mr Bartolo said that the Bill is based upon three fundamental pillars: continuing to strengthen freedom of expression, a more ...