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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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Court denies Keith Schembri request on Panama scandal – PN
A court of law this morning denied a request made by OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri for Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil to defend himself in a libel case, without knowing what he was accused of, the Nationalist Party said in a statement.Soon after he had been caught having secretly ...
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FIAU gets new director at last; PN demands answers on Panama Papers inquiry
The Board of Directors of the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit has appointed a new Director following a public call for applications, as stated in a press release issued by the government, named Kenneth Farrugia.Mr Farrugia’s term comes starts from 13 February 2017.The appointment follows a public call for applications as well ...
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'Joseph Muscat should order Konrad Mizzi, Keith Schembri to appear before PANA committee'
PN Deputy Leader Beppe Fenech Adami said today that the Prime Minister should order Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister Konrad Mizzi and OPM Chief of Staff Keith Schembri to appear before the PANA committee MEPs who will be visiting Malta next week.Dr Fenech Adami was asked by ...
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Updated (2): Brian Tonna and Karl Cini refuse to meet with PANA committee delegation
Nexia BT's Brian Tonna and Karl Cini have refused to appear before the PANA Committee delegation who will be travelling here next week, and this has been confirmed by multiple sources, including an MEP on the committee, as well as AD Chairperson Arnold Cassola and another source in Brussels.Greens MEP ...
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Sunday rally 'a chance for people to say no to corruption, yes to democracy' - Busuttil
Next Sunday’s demonstration will be not be held in the name of the PN but in the name of all people of goodwill, Nationalist Party Leader Simon Busuttil said yesterday. It will be an opportunity for people to say no to lies and hypocrisy, and yes to liberty and democracy.Dr ...
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Speaker condemns Jason Azzopardi’s 'unjustifiable' criticism of government in Politico
Speaker of the House Anglu Farrugia has condemned the "unjustifiable" criticism Opposition MP Jason Azzopardi made in comments he had given to Politico regarding the government's decision not to back an EU proposal for the establishment of a European prosecutor's office.Dr Azzopardi told Politico that it was "no surprise at ...
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Anti-money-laundering agency workers still clueless about new head
Employees of Malta’s anti-money-laundering agency, which investigated the country’s connection to the Panama Papers, are still in the dark about who will be taking over as their new head following the departure of Manfred Galdes last August. Despite an announcement by Finance Minister Edward Scicluna more than three weeks ago that ...
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PN to present bill for removal of precautionary warrants against journalists
The Opposition is tomorrow presenting a bill in Parliament calling for the removal of precautionary warrants against journalists, PN leader Simon Busuttil said. Addressing a big crowd in Sliema, Dr Busuttil spoke on the Chris Cardona brothel scandal saying the Economy Minister had taken an “extreme and savage measure” by requesting the ...
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Updated: Panama arrests partners in Mossack-Fonseca firm over money laundering claims
Prosecutors in Panama say they've formally arrested the partners of a law firm involved in last year's "Panama Papers" scandal, in which thousands of pages of documents related to offshore accounts were leaked.The arrests announced Saturday are related to another scandal involving bribes paid by the Brazilian company Odebrecht.Ramon Fonseca Mora and ...
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PN to file motion to prevent use of garnishee orders against journalists; demonstration announced
Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil said today that the PN will present a Parliamentary motion to stop the courts from having the ability to issue garnishee orders against journalists, and invited the Prime Minister to join him "if he believes in freedom of expression."PN Leader Simon Busuttil was addressing a large ...
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Editorial: Draconian action against journalists has no place in a democracy
The draconian action taken this week by government minister Chris Cardona has absolutely no place in a free and democratic society. We are not referring to the libel cases that he and his ministerial employee have instituted against journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, which of course he has every right to ...
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'The highest price ever paid for public land concessions,' Mizzi says on ITS site transfer
No portfolio minister Konrad Mizzi said this evening that a new land valuation system used for the ITS site, which is being transferred to the db Group, left the government much better off than past land transfer deals, including Manoel Island and Fort Cambridge.Speaking in Parliament on the St George’s ...
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PANA committee member complains on lack of confirmation of cooperation by Maltese MPs
A member of the PANA committee, the European Parliament committee on money laundering, has complained that most of the people with who have been requested to meet with the fact-finding mission have not given an answer. The PANA committee will be in Malta later this month. "As part of a ...
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Owen Bonnici slams Jason Azzopardi’s government critique on Politico, Busuttil lambasts garnishee
Justice Minister Owen Bonnici has taken umbrage at Shadow Minister for Justice Jason Azzopardi’s critique of the government’s decision not to join a new European public prosecutor’s office on influential Brussels (EU focused) weekly paper Politico.He said that criticising government action within Parliament, among colleagues, is one thing but slammed ...
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Financial services industry in focus, not only by PANA Committee
The EU Parliament’s PANA Committee will not be the only ones looking into the bones of contention of Malta’s financial services industry and financial regulations, with a Council of Europe monitoring body expected to conduct an evaluation in 2018.MONEYVAL - the Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the ...
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AD says Speaker has not yet accepted invitation for PANA committee to meet MPs
Despite the fact that the PANA enquiry committee have asked to meet the present Maltese members of parliament on 20 February, to date this request has not yet been accepted by the Speaker of the Maltese parliament, Alternattiva Demokratika said in a statement.Moreover, politicians of special interest to PANA, like ...
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Reevalúos, alza de impuesto de propiedades. #CriticaSinMiedo.
Ojo #Panama Ley de Descentralización, Artículo 69.
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Panama Papers outcome could lead to policies on opening of trusts – Alfred Sant
One of the outcomes of the Panama Papers scandal could be the “development of policies among European countries that would totally open up the structures by which trusts are run,” Labour MEP Alfred Sant said.Writing in his blog on The Malta Independent today, Dr Sant once again expressed concern that ...
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Police Commissioner a puppet who serves Muscat’s government instead of the people – Simon Busuttil
"The police are meant to serve the public, but who do they protect? The people or the government of Joseph Muscat," Leader of the Opposition Simon Busutill told parliament during his intervention on the proposed legislation which will reform the Police Force. Dr Busuttil went on to say that ...
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Updated: ‘Cardona has turned the whole country into a brothel’ – Beppe Fenech Adami
PN Deputy Leader Beppe Fenech Adami today said that Economy Minister Chris Cardona has turned the whole country into a brothel.He was replying to questions following the publication of a blog on Daphne Caruana Galizia’s website, which said that Dr Cardona was in a brothel in Germany last night. Dr ...
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Malta has hallmarks instrumental for money launderers, criminals – PANA Committee vice-chair
Socialist MEP Ana Gomes, who is the vice-chair of the European Parliament’s PANA Committee, has highlighted her concerns about the Maltese financial system in an interview with The Malta Independent on Sunday, observing that the system bears the hallmarks of “something that is instrumental” for money launderers to operate.During a ...