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A total 79 per cent of companies currently operating in Malta predict they will still be on the island in 10 years time, EY’s Malta Attractiveness Survey 2016 has found. This was an eight per cent increase over last year's figure. “The ability to commit to Malta over such a time frame ...

Gozo Channel should introduce a seasonal ticketing system with lower fares in winter months, the Gozo Tourism Association has said.  The suggestion is one of a number of ideas put forward by the association as part of its Budget 2017 proposals.  Others include the setting up of a shuttle service between Malta ...

A Qatari investment group this morning announced that is has acquired a 78.46% stake in Banif Bank Malta for an undisclosed amount. The Al Faisal International Trade and Investment said this will be its first financial services investment in Europe but hoped that it will only be the first of ...

The Nationalist Party today elaborated on its plan for Air Malta, basing their ideas around four principles.Addressing the media, PN MP Claudio Grech said that there is no magic wand that solves Air Malta’s problems easily. He said the Air Malta situation is more difficult than that of other airlines ...

The hunters’ federation vice-president refused to give information on the number of licences that were revoked by the FKNK because of illegal hunting practices. “I decide if I give you the information you are requesting,” FKNK vice-president Lino Farrugia told The Malta Independent when asked for the information.The request was ...

A conference on Gozo’s development within Europe will cover various subjects related to Gozo’s current social and economic circumstances and will address concerns of  the various sectors of the Gozitan community.The conference will discuss the effects of EU’s policies and rules on Gozo’s double insularity, the significant problems that arise ...

The Malta Union of Teachers is commemorating World Teachers Day 2016, held annually on 5 October, with the theme "Valuing Teachers, Improving their Status". This is the official theme adopted by UNESCO and Education International, and is an opportunity to celebrate the teaching profession and to promote the ILO/UNESCO Recommendation ...

Two men have been taken to hospital after a Maltese man riding a Vespa hit a foreign pedestrian, police have told The Malta Independent.The accident occurred at around 7.20pm in the small tunnel near the skate-park on the Birkirkara Bypass. That part of the road is now closed.The condition of ...

A magistrate ruled this afternoon that there is sufficient evidence to indict three people who were charged with importing cannabis to Malta from Sicily.Rita Scicluna, 41, of Luqa, her Nigerian husband, Nicholas Obaseki, 28 and Osaro Osarenkhoe, 27, are accused of conspiring to import 4 kilos of cannabis on the ...

Four army officers who were promoted to the rank of Colonel just two weeks after they were promoted to Lieutenant Colonel told a court that their promotion was “not accelerated.”The four officers, who include AFM commander Brigadier Jeffrey Curmi (photo), had made the news after they moved up two places ...