• Malta

    MATSEC statistics show current curriculum fails students – MUT president

    “The current curriculum fails so many students,” Malta Union of Teachers President Kevin Bonello told The Malta Independent. Mr Bonello was responding to questions concerning the latest MATSEC statistics on this year’s matriculation results. The statistics revealed that roughly 32% of students who sit for their A-level fail to receive ...

  • Malta

    Nemea ‘refutes’ MFSA contention bank ‘affected by regulatory shortcomings’

    Nemea plc (“Nemea”), the principal shareholder of Nemea Bank plc (the “Bank”), refutes a contention made by the Malta Financial Services Authority that is is affected by “regulatory shortcomings”.In a statement replying to the MFSA declaration on 20 January, Nemea plc said it disagrees in the most absolute and categorical ...

  • USA Malta

    Updated: Hundreds attend silent walk in solidarity with migrants at risk of losing protection status

    Hundreds attended a silent walk in solidarity with migrants this afternoon, starting at the Love sign in St Julian’s, ending in Balluta Bay.The protest was over plans for the repatriation of migrants currently holding Temporary Humanitarian Protection New (THPn) status. The activity was also held in support of the nine ...

  • Russia USA Regno Unito

    UK's May to discuss trade, NATO in White House with Trump

    British Prime Minister Theresa May said Sunday she plans to discuss free trade and the importance of the NATO military alliance when she becomes the first foreign leader to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington.The White House's invitation for May to meet with Trump on Friday was seen in Britain ...

  • Russia USA

    Russia PM calls idea US will lift sanctions soon 'illusion'

    Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says the west's sanctions on Russia are likely to remain in place "for a long time" despite expectations Donald Trump's inauguration as U.S. president will lead to warmer relations between Washington and Moscow.Medvedev told members of the ruling United Russia party on Sunday that Russian ...

  • Regno Unito Malta

    Editorial: They are not alone

    On Sunday evening, many people defied the cold and the rain and walked in protest at St Julian’s to protest against the sending back of nine Mali migrants back to their country…Certainly, the people who walked in St Julian’s number far more than the nine Malians.Then again, it is not ...

  • Regno Unito

    Updated (3): UK government loses Brexit case, must consult Parliament

    Britain's government must get parliamentary approval before starting the process of leaving the European Union, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, potentially delaying Prime Minister Theresa May's plans to trigger exit negotiations by the end of March.The 8-3 ruling from the judges forces the government to put a bill before Parliament, ...

  • Malta

    Architects' president slams €8 million evaluation claim for former Lowenbrau land

    There is no way that the former Lowenbrau factory land (renamed Landmark) could be valued at €7,838,515 in 2012, as suggested by Minister for Justice and Culture Owen Bonnici.Speaking exclusively to The Malta Independent Professor Alex Torpiano, Dean of the Faculty of Built Environment at the University of Malta and ...

  • Spagna Panama Malta

    Mizzi, Schembri, Zammit, Fenech Adami and Scicluna all called to appear before PANA Committee

    Minister without Portfolio Konrad Mizzi, the Prime Minister's chief of staff Keith Schembri, former PN Minister Ninu Zammit, Finance Minister Edward Scicluna, PN Deputy Leader Beppe Fenech Adami and former FIAU CEO Manfred Galdes have all been called to appear before the PANA Committee, sources within the committee have told ...

  • Portogallo Regno Unito

    Parliament or PM? UK's Supreme Court to rule on Brexit case on Tuesday

    Britain's Supreme Court will rule Tuesday on whether the prime minister or Parliament has the right to trigger the process of taking Britain out of the European Union.The 11 justices will either uphold an earlier ruling giving Parliament a direct role in invoking Article 50 of the EU's Lisbon Treaty ...