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    Watch: PM Muscat says he kept Schembri, Mizzi because he wanted them for special projects

    Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said today that he kept Konrad Mizzi and Keith Schembri in their places in spite of the Panama Papers scandal because he needed them for special projects the government was carrying out.Without mentioning their names specifically, the Prime Minister said that some people might not have ...

  • Malta

    iSurvey: Trust ratings in both PN and PL leaders drops

    Trust ratings for both Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil have dipped in the space of one week, according to the ninth edition of the iSurvey.Respondents were asked which leader they trusted most, with possible answers being Dr Muscat, Dr Busuttil or neither. Overall, the prime minister ...

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    Opinion - The truth be told - Ivan Bartolo

    In its desperate attempt to divert attention from the very grave accusations the Prime Minister and his Government is facing, the Labour Party has launched a concerted attack on my integrity and on a foreign investor. The Labour media and its exponents, including the Prime Minister himself, launched the attack ...

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    Swedbank categorises Malta as ‘high risk’, leaked e-mails show

    Swedbank AB, a major international player with 9.5 million retail customers and 622,000 corporate customers, is now considering Malta to be a ‘high risk’ category, e-mails leaked to The Malta Independent on Sunday shows.A client who attempted to have a bank account opened with Swedbank in connection with a company ...

  • USA Malta

    Malta Files explained: pressure expected to mount for Malta to change tax rebate system

    Malta’s tax imputation has again come under fire, after a project undertaken by the network of European Investigative Collaborations (EIC) exposed how the system allows for companies to pay the lowest levels of tax on profits in the EU.This is not news, and Malta has repeatedly come under fire for ...

  • USA Panama Malta

    Editorial: Malta under the microscope

    For the first time in this otherwise divisive general election campaign, we saw some unity between the two main political parties yesterday.Both the Nationalist and Labour parties are in agreement that the Malta Files released early yesterday morning present a clear and present danger to the country’s coveted and hard-earned ...

  • USA Malta

    Police officers twice denied promotion

    A number of police sergeants who were supposed to be next in line for promotion to the rank of Sergeant Major (2nd Class) were denied the advancement not once, but twice, in two years. Instead, the promotions were given to other police sergeants with less experience and questionable credentials.Genuinely concerned ...

  • Malta

    Central Visa Unit shifted from Abela to Bonnici after €7,000, passports found in employee's drawer

    In January 2016, Identity Malta and the Central Visa Unit were somewhat inexplicably moved from the remit of Home Affairs Minister Carmelo Abela to that of Justice Minister Owen Bonnici, with the government, at the time, having put the change down to a “re-engineering” exercise.But a whistleblower who has come ...

  • Panama Malta

    Analysis: Election Roundup – Day 19 – A shock to the foundations of our well-being

    The 19th day of the election campaign will go down in history as one that exposed how Malta’s wellbeing could be rocked, shaken and threatened in one single swoop.The Malta Files that were uploaded across several European newspapers, including one in Malta, showed how what Malta has painstakingly built over ...

  • Malta

    ANCHOVY. Studios PLC announces €1m Bond Issue after MSE approval for listing

    The Malta Stock Exchange has approved the application for the admission to Prospects of the proposed issue of €1,000,000 ANCHOVY. Studios plc 5.5% Unsecured Bonds 2027 having a nominal value of €1000 per Bond.With respect totaking ANCHOVY. to PLC status and successfully opening the bond application, founders Zak and Benji ...