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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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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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'Government is turning this country into a brothel' – PN Whip David Agius
PN Whip David Agius said this evening said that government is turning this country into a brothel.He was speaking during a Parliamentary debate on the budgetary estimates, and said that one scandal after another results in PN MPs unable to speak about the issues at hand in Parliament, as the ...
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Finance Minister Edward Scicluna 'disappointed with ferocious attack' on Malta’s financial sector
Finance Minister Edward Scicluna has struck out at recent news reports, and expressed his disappointment at criticism of Malta's financial services sector, which is being "ferociously and unfairly attacked."He said that Malta's tax regime, Igaming sector and financial sector must be defended. "I will not stay telling the opposition about ...
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Panama in Luxembourg: more open and transparent – Arnold Cassola
Alternattiva Demokratika chairman Arnold Cassola said that the fact-finding mission the PANA committee will be embarking upon in Luxembourg will be a more open and transparent exercise than the one which took place in Malta last week.Tomorrow and Friday the PANA committee will be travelling to Luxembourg for their fact ...
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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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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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PN says it has lost faith in broadcasting watchdog chief; Busuttil threatens jobs - PL
The Nationalist Party has lost faith in Tanya Borg Cardona, the chairperson of the Broadcasting Authority, PN spokesman on broadcasting Clyde Puli said today. The declaration comes after the BA workers wrote to the Prime Minister telling him that Ms Borg Cardona’s “difficult” character “sometimes manifestst itself in intimidation and ...
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Greens welcome revision of anti-money laundering directive
Alternattiva Demokratika today welcomed the revision of the Anti-Money laundering directive at Committee stage in the European Parliament.In a statement, AD Chairperson, Prof . Arnold Cassola, said: "A public register for companies and trusts will make it more difficult for people like Konrad Mizzi, Keith Schembri and Brian Tonna to ...
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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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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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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 ...
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Daphne and Chris, Konrad and Panama, the pastizz and more at Nadur Carnival
The Nadur Carnival, more “outspoken” than the traditional activities held in other parts of the island, was in full swing last night and, needless to say, the focus was on political satire.It was to be expected that Chris Cardona and Daphne Caruana Galizia were among the highlights of the evening, ...
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Keith Schembri should resign for questioning PANA committee’s mandate – Socialist MEP Ana Gomes
OPM Chief of Staff Keith Schembri should resign for calling into question the PANA committee’s mandate and using it as an excuse for not appearing before the committee, Socialist MEP and vice-chair of the PANA committee Ana Gomes told The Malta Independent.The European Parliament’s Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax ...
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PM refuses to say whether police should investigate Konrad Mizzi after PANA committee comments
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat today refused to say whether the police should investigate No Portfolio Minister Konrad Mizzi after claims made by the chairman of the PANA committee with regard to money laundering.PANA Committee Chairman Werner Langen said on Monday that Minister Konrad Mizzi's situation regarding his Panama company "looks ...
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Experto advierte que la economía de Panamá crecerá solo 4,8%
El economista y director de Panama Economy Insight explicó que su proyección difiere, en un punto porcentual, con la del Gobierno panameño, porque "se basa en la realidad que está cambiando rápidamente este año, ellos se están basando en cifras del año pasado".
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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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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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Experto difiere de las proyecciones de crecimiento económico que da el MEF
Ricardo González, economista y director de Panama Economy Insight advierte que la economía de Panamá crecerá solo el 4,8 % en 2017.