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Vai alla Scheda Paese »If I fall, pick up the flag, kiss it, and keep on going.
— Omar Torrijos Herrera
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Russian Laundromat: four Malta-based companies received USD3 million in laundered funds
Four Maltese companies received close to USD3 million in laundered Russian funds according to research published by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project this week.The transfer of the funds all occurred between August 2013 and January 2014. The largest share of laundered funds went to a firm named ASAP ...
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Updated (2): 'We will not allow you to meddle with democracy,' Busuttil warns government
Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil insisted this morning that the PN would not allow the government to mess with democracy and tamper with the elections. He was referring to a news story, published in The Malta Independent on Sunday, which reported how Identity Malta is facing an internal collapse of the ...
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Anyone appointed by elected officials should publicly disclose worldwide assets – UBS whistleblower
Along with Ministers, all individuals appointed by a country's elected officials such as those in positions of trust should, upon being appointed, publicly disclose all their worldwide assets, according to UBS whistleblower Bradley Birkenfeld.In an interview with The Malta Independent on Sunday, Mr Birkenfeld explained: "By doing so, there will ...
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Tabling of MPs’ financial declarations is a must
The Association of Former Members of Parliament yesterday presented a number of proposals, including the suggestion that the financial statements of MPs should not be tabled in Parliament unless the 'Auditing Ombudsman' finds discrepancies.We could not disagree more with this proposal. We believe that it is both undemocratic and opaque.As ...
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Updated: Beppe Fenech Adami claims there are people registered twice on the electoral register
PN Deputy Leader Beppe Fenech Adami called out certain issues in the electoral register today, stating that there are people registered twice in the Electoral register, using different identity cards. This he said, "is a threat to democracy as they can vote twice".Parliament was debating the motion tabled by Prime ...
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Updated: ‘Are the police there to work for us, or for the government?” – Simon Busuttil
Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil highlighted a number of recent cases in Malta where the police appeared to be acting in favour of the government instead of the public. He alleged that the government has seen four police commissioners come and go, until settling on this fifth one because it waited ...
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Ministro Roy sugiere que el Metro de Panamá se conecté al sistema eléctrico del Canal
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Order of Malta receives large donation from ‘dubious’ source - German newspaper
A multi-million dollar donation seen to be at the centre of the Order of Malta's recent dispute with the Holy See came from a New Zealand registered trust, accoding to Germany's Bild newspaper.The newspaper reported that the Grand Chancellor of the Order, Baron Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager, accepted a 30 ...
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Minister Chris Cardona ‘sees nothing wrong’ with Mario de Marco advising db Group
Economy Minister Chris Cardona sees nothing wrong with “a seasoned lawyer like [PN Deputy Leader] Mario de Marco” to offer his legal services to businesses, so long as any interests are declared.He was replying to questions by The Malta Independent on the ongoing db Group/PN saga. Dr de Marco has ...
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David Casa asks Brussels to express itself on government’s systemic threat to media freedom
Nationalist Party MEP David Casa has asked the European Commission to express itself on accusations that “the Maltese government is directly implicated in a systemic threat to the rule of law and media freedom”.In a European Parliamentary Question, Mr Casa observes that under the EU Treaties, the bloc is founded ...
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Simon Busuttil reflects on what people tell him
It is Simon Busuttil's birthday today.For some reason the two main parties did not hold their usual Sunday morning political activities. Labour had a political activity on Saturday evening and so Dr Muscat gave a brief interview on radio yesterday. Dr Busuttil too gave an interview on Radio 101.In this ...
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European MEPs would believe PN leader lacks integrity - Alfred Sant
Former Prime Minister Alfred Sant said that should the alleged money laundering by the PN be raised at the European Parliament, MEPs would believe that the PN and its leader lack integrity and honesty. In his blog on The Malta Independent today, Dr Sant said that for someone like him ...
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Delegados de 30 países participan en Panama Maritime XIII
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Editorial: Will the winner be the best out of the two or the lesser of two evils?
People are losing faith in politicians and are growing tired of politics. That feeling is justified, and the political events certainly did nothing to diminish it. The claim that the db Group, which has been granted a concession to turn a piece of prime real estate in Paceville into luxury ...
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Prime Minister Joseph Muscat claims fraud in PN salary saga
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat lashed out at the PN this evening, over claims by the DB Group that it was paying for the salaries of two top PN officials, and said that PN Leader Simon Busuttil did not inherit the situation, but rather is of his own doing.The Prime Minister ...
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Tránsito de pasajeros a través de Panamá crecerá 8.5% en tres años
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‘Not all politicians are like Simon Busuttil’ - Fearne
The good governance platform Simon Busuttil has built over the past four years crumbled last weekend, Health Minister Chris Fearne said. He was referring to revelations that the db Group, a private firm, helped finance the salaries of the Nationalist Party’s general secretary and CEO. Sitting alongside Civil Liberties Minister Helena Dalli, ...
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Editorial: Politics and business - The PN needs to be seen to be transparent
There is no way the Nationalist Party can beat Joseph Muscat’s outfit if it intends to continue being a reactionary party to the red herrings and spin tactics with which the Prime Minister has now become so predictable.Each time the independent media, and a handful of foreign journalists, tighten the ...
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Editorial: Konrad Mizzi - Questions still lingering
Minister Konrad Mizzi this week lashed out at this newspaper and accused it of having lied in his regard when we published an article in his respect last summer, an article that had asked valid questions based on valid information.That article was based on two publicly-available documents that showed how ...
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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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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 ...