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Angola USA Panama Regno Unito Malta
PANA Committee chairman says Mizzi’s situation not clear, ‘but it looks like money laundering'
PANA Committee Chairman Werner Langen said this evening that Minister Konrad Mizzi's situation regarding his Panama company "looks like money laundering", however stressed that things are not clear at the moment.In comments to The Malta Independent after a day-long of meetings as part of an investigation in the Panama Papers ...
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Cina USA Panama Nuova Zelanda
Mizzi audit presented to PANA committee; says no bank accounts held by trust, company; PN reacts
As expected and amply predicted, the results of an independent audit into Konrad Mizzi’s trust and company structure was published tonight, an hour after the minister handed it to the PANA committee investigating the Panama Papers scandal.The audit firm, according to the Department of Information, issued its opinion that the ...
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Spagna Panama Malta
Watch: Journalists discuss financial services, Mizzi, Schembri and authorities with PANA Committee
Journalists Matthew Vella and Daphne Caruana Galizia have just finished their discussion with members of the EU Parliament's Pana Committee, who are currently in Malta, and said that while discussions began on Minister Konrad Mizzi and OPM Chief of Staff Keith Schembri, the scope then expanded.Daphne Caruana Galizia said that the starting ...
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Panama Nuova Zelanda Malta
Keith Schembri declines invitation to appear before PANA Committee, publishes accounts
The Prime Minister's chief of staff Keith Schembri has declined to appear before the PANA Committee.He said that he is not en elected official, and holds a position of trust.It is also evident, he said, "that there are those who are driven by insincere motivation and who do not truly ...
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Spagna
Comments by Caruana Galizia on alleged drug dealing at Gaffarena property ‘fair comment' - court
The courts have dismissed a libel suit filed by Mark Gaffarena against journalist and blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia on allegations of the possibility that he was aware of drug dealing taking place in an illegal restaurant in Qormi.The blog entry to which Mr Gaffarena took umbrage alleged that Antoine “Cavett” ...
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USA Spagna Panama Nuova Zelanda Malta
Updated (3): Journalists, minister Scicluna meet PANA committee
The European Parliament’s Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion, known as PANA, is holding a string of meetings in Malta today to interview, among others, No Portfolio Minister Konrad Mizzi following revelations that he had secretly opened a company in Panama.Dr Mizzi was the only serving minister ...
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USA Spagna Panama Nuova Zelanda Malta
‘In a normal country, PM would be gone’ – Simon Busuttil, PN government to repeal new media law
Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil said that in normal countries, the Prime Minister, along with Minister Konrad Mizzi and the PM’s chief of staff Keith Schembri would be gone following the Panama Papers scandal. He said this during a national demonstration, with thousands in attendance, for democracy and liberty, organised by ...
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Austria
Trump wigs in big demand during Carnival season in Austria
So many people want to be Donald Trump this Carnival season in Austria that some costume shops have run out of wigs mimicking the U.S. president's memorable hairstyle.Shop owner Manuela Plank, recognizing a business opportunity, went to work making her own toupees a la Trump.Plank thought she was ready to meet demand ...
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Malta
ECOFIN approves Malta Presidency’s compromise solution on tax avoidance practices
Finance Minister Edward Scicluna presented amendments to rules against tax avoidance practices within the ECOFIN Council today, amounting to a compromise solution which was accepted.The solution provides rules regarding corporate hybrid mismatches and third countries. The Council agreed its position on rules aimed at closing down 'hybrid mismatches' with the tax systems of third ...
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Malta
Spring hunting, only for quail, allowed between 25 March and 14 April
Following Ornis Committee recommendations, and upon considering all applicable legal and conservation parameters, the government today announced that the 2017 spring hunting season will be open for quail only, between Saturday 25 March and Friday 14 April, inclusive of both dates, between two hours before sunrise and noon.Only those persons ...