• Malta

    Melita surprise Senglea Athletic

    Senglea Athletic 0Melita 1 Melita returned to winning ways after beating promotion favourites Senglea with the all-important goal coming early in the second half. Although Senglea were the better side, especially in the first 45 minutes, Melita defended well and had Nicholas Grima in fine form, effecting a string of fine saves. This ...

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    Obama, rapping Putin, says US could strike back on cyber

    President Barack Obama put Russia's Vladimir Putin on notice Friday that the U.S. could use offensive cyber muscle to retaliate for interference in the U.S. presidential election, his strongest suggestion to date that Putin had been well aware of campaign email hacking."Whatever they do to us, we can potentially do to them," Obama declared.Caught ...

  • Malta

    MUMN postpones industrial action in view of discussions with government due on Monday

    The Malta Union of Midwives & Nurses  has postponed its industrial action after discussions between the union and the government were moved to Monday, a MUMN spokesperson told The Malta Independent.MUMN had informed authorities that a strike would take place from 15 December onwards after the union said they were 'disgusted' ...

  • Malta

    Justyne Caruana attends high-level meeting on ‘Inter-religious Dialogue to Counter Violent Extremism

    On 15 December, the Head of the Maltese Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean Justyne Caruana participated in a high-level meeting on 'Inter-religious Dialogue to Counter Violent Extremism', organised by PAM and hosted by the Italian Senate.Dr Caruana addressed those present and spoke about the importance of recognising ...

  • Malta

    Opposition welcomes amendments to MCESD but criticizes government neglect in proper social dialogue

    In Parliament, last Wednesday,  MP Clyde Puli said the changes that will be made to the MCESD will be welcomed by the opposition whilst also praising the good work done by the council. However Mr Puli used the opportunity to criticise a number of government projects which go against the ...

  • Malta

    Defence lawyer Joe Giglio raises questions about Paqpaqli accident magisterial inquiry

    Dr Joe Giglio, defence lawyer of TV presenter Tonio Darmanin, raised questions about the magisterial inquiry and subsequent procès-verbal into the Paqpaqli ghall-Istrina accident, saying that certain parts of it were ‘irregular'.The members of the Paqpaqli Ghall-Istrina organising committee, including Mr Darmanin as well as British millionaire Paul Bailey, were ...

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    BOV registers profit of €145.9 million for 2016, attributes Fitch downgrade to stricter controls

    During its Annual General Meeting, BOV announced that for the financial year end, it registered a profit of €145.9 million. Outgoing chairman John Cassar White and CEO Mario Mallia gave an overview of the BOV’s state of affairs as well as challenges it is facing and strategies employed.At the end ...

  • Malta

    Planning Authority launches scheme to regenerate village cores

    The Planning Authority this morning launched the grant scheme Irrestawra Darek to help with the regeneration of Malta's village core areas. This scheme was first announced by Minister for Finance Edward Scicluna in the last Budget.Through this scheme, first time buyers of residential Grade 1 and Grade 2 scheduled buildings ...

  • Malta

    Editorial: No place for the Babe

    It seems strange until someone points it out: there is no Crib in the entire Valletta except for a rather sketchy one in Palace Square.They say there are 365 churches in Malta, one for every day, and a fair amount of them are in Valletta. But so far as can ...

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    Updated: Car bomb kills 13 Turkish commandos, army says

    Thirteen Turkish troops were killed and 48 others wounded in a car bomb attack in the central Anatolian province of Kayseri on Saturday morning, the Turkish military reported.In a statement, the Turkish armed forces said the car bomb went off at 8:45 a.m. and targeted on-leave military personnel from the ...