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The official opening ceremony of Malta's EU presidency was held this evening at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta, with Prime Minister Joseph Muscat officially being entrsuted with the leadership of the EU for the next six months in the presence of Eddie Fenech Adami, former Nationalist Prime Minister who ...

Economy Minister Chris Cardona and Justice Minister Owen Bonnici presented themselves before the European Parliament (EP) committee on legal affairs, also known as JURI. There role is to present their respective programs for the upcoming six months while Malta takes the EU Council presidency. Justice Minister Owen Bonnici said that ...

The compilation of evidence against the Afriqiyah Airways hijackers resumed this afternoon before Magistrate Anthony Vella. A number of soldiers recounted the moment the alleged hijackers descended from the plane and gave themselves up.Libyans Moussa Saha Ali Soko and Ali Ahmed Saleh deny hijacking the plane, possession of imitation weapons, ...

Top officials of the European Central Bank wanted to extend stimulus measures in December in part to protect the eurozone economy from what could be a turbulent political year at home and globally.The concerns were recorded in a written account published Thursday about the bank's Dec. 8 meeting. That's when ...

Recent incidents of vandalism show that the government needs to create a national action plan dedicated to the integration of migrants into Maltese communities in order to bridge the cultural and linguistic gaps, St Paul’s Bay Mayor Graziella Galea told The Malta Independent.Ms Galea was responding to questions regarding the ...

The Knights of Malta, the ancient Catholic lay order, is refusing to cooperate with a Vatican investigation into the sacking of a top official over a condom scandal — and is warning its members to toe the line if they choose to speak with investigators.In a statement, the Knights called ...

Parliament has, at long last, begun debating the traffic reform measures, which, most importantly, include a reduction in the legal limit for drunk driving, that were first unveiled last October.  And that debate has come not a day to soon.For far too long the country’s drivers have been subject to ...

A spokesperson for No Portfolio Minister Konrad Mizzi said that ARMS ltd “is not privy to discussions between individual tenants and landlords....and is thus unable to comment on any reason why tenants would not request landlords to consent to the change in tariff”.As of January, tenants will no longer require ...

The SIMWESTMED project which the Planning Authority is a joint partner of has been chosen by the European Commission’s Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) to carry out an EU Funded Project on Maritime Spatial Planning, the PA said in a statement.The project, entitled Supporting Implementation of Maritime ...

The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) this evening said a private auditing firm had taken over the business of a Maltese pension fund that owes millions to Swedish pensioners.Falcon Funds SICAV plc, which is being investigated by the Swedish, is currently being administered by KPMG. Former finance minister Tonio Fenech ...