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Panama Malta
Editorial: Mounting pressure - Good governance, justice and liberty
Analysing the Prime Minister’s tense body language and his delivery over the past few weeks, ever since the Egrant Inc allegation rocked and shocked the nation, one can clearly notice that the man is under severe stress. Not that his counterpart is showing any signs of relief, considering how high ...
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Updated: After TMI story, Prime Minister asks regulators to contact Commerzbank AG
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said today that he has asked the regulators to formally speak with Commerzbank, who will then give their position. Prime Minister Joseph Muscat yesterday, and again today, tried to dismiss a story published in The Malta Independent on Sunday, on how Commerzbank AG, a major international bank ...
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Malta
INDEPTH: ‘I still think divorce is not beneficial to society’ – Tonio Fenech
‘I still think that divorce is not beneficial to society,’ former Finance Minister Tonio Fenech said on INDEPTH. Interviewed by The Malta Independent news editor Rachel Attard, he said that the he wants to see more healthy marriages and not broken ones. He added that even though the public has ...
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Malta
Watch: Workers earning up to €20,000 will pay 10% income tax – Busuttil
Workers who earn up to €20,000 will pay only 10% income tax if a Nationalist Party is elected to government, PN leader Simon Busuttil said today.Dr Busuttil was addressing the press this morning at Valletta's Upper Barrakka as part of his electoral campaign titled 'I Choose Malta'. The party leader ...
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Seventh Malta Fashion week to be held at Fort St Elmo
On 15th May, the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Malta and The Chamilia Malta Fashion Awards press conference was held at Fort St. Elmo. It was held together with the Valletta 2018 Foundation and the Ministry of Justice, Culture and Local Government who are supporters of this year’s event.Mr Adrian Mizzi, Chairman and ...
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Malta
Analysis: Election Roundup – Day 14 – Power of incumbency favours PL; PN leader quotes Mintoff
When the Nationalist Party was in government, the Labour Party used to attack the Prime Ministers of the time of using their power of incumbency to increase exposure and try to win votes. Now that we have a Labour government, the Labour Party is using government activities in its favour ...
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Marlene Farrugia attends PBS debate with MLP flag, displays it in front of her throughout
Leader of the Partit Demokratiku (PD) Marlene Farrugia attended a debate this evening on PBS between representatives of the two main parties (she forms part of the PNPD coalition) with a flag of the formerly branded Malta Labour Party, and placed it directly in front of her throughout the debate.She ...
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Malta
Prime Minister pledges no income tax for farmers; further defends hunting fines statement
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat today pledged that farmers would not have to pay income tax on their earnings from farming, should the PL be re-elected to govern the country.Addressing a political activity in Gharghur, the Prime Minister said that currently, farmers pay a special 3% income tax rate, while adding ...
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Malta
Watch: ‘On 3 June do what Mintoff would have done, put Malta before everything' - Busuttil
In an unlikely reference to former Labour Prime Minister Dom Mintoff, Nationalist Party Leader Simon Busuttil told those present at the political event in Cottonera to do what Mintoff would have done, and put Malta first in the coming elections.Acknowledging that Cottonera is deeply-rooted with Labour Party supporters, Dr Busuttil ...
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Malta
Finance Minister Edward Scicluna calls PN proposals ‘careless’
Ministers Edward Scicluna and Evarist Bartolo have expressed concern about Nationalist Party (PN) proposals made earlier today on private sector jobs, average wages and public finances.This morning, Dr Busuttil made several proposals, including adding 30,000 new 'quality jobs' to the private sector, increasing the average wage by 25-30%, and would ...