• Malta

    Infant biscuits withdrawn from market

    A brand of infant biscuits has been withdrawn from the market after they were found to contain high levels of acrylamide. The Environmental Health Directorate within the Superintendence of Public Health said that the product affected was the BISKids biscuits with apple concentrate by Belgian manufacturer Belkorn, 150g packets. The directorate ...

  • Spagna

    Spain's top court halts Catalan secession parliament meeting

    Spain's Constitutional Court on Thursday ordered a suspension of Catalonia's parliamentary session next week during which the region has said it might declare independence and further fuel Spain's worst crisis in decades.Catalan regional authorities previously have ignored Constitutional Court orders, so it was not immediately clear if the session would ...

  • Malta

    PA approves new business centre in Xewkija industrial area

    A new multi-purpose hub business centre in Xewkija received planning permission by the Planning Board on Thursday.The business centre will replace the ex-Malta Diary Milk Processing Plant in the industrial estate of Xewkija. While the old processing plant will be demolished, the administrative block of the old plant which is ...

  • USA Regno Unito Malta

    Plastic is on the menu, Prince of Wales tells Ocean Conference

    Prince Charles yesterday urged consumer to match the commitment made by some leading global brands to stop the devastating effect plastics are having on the oceans.The Prince of Wales gave a keynote speech during the Our Oceans conference, which was held at the Hilton in St Julian's.The event was also ...

  • USA Malta

    We must find ways of making gender equity and inclusion an issue embraced by ever - President

    President of Malta Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca delivered the introductory speech at the Global Meeting of the Women's Forum for the Economy & Society with the theme "Daring to Lead in a Disrupted World."The President said that the role of women's leadership to guide the necessary transformation of our institutions and ...

  • USA Malta

    PA suspends decision on Farsons business park pending submission of master plan for site

    The Planning Authority on Thursday postponed taking a decision on a planning application which proposes the development of a business park consisting of seven blocks of offices, each five storeys high, on the Farsons Brewery site in the Mriehel Industrial Estate.The application was filed by the chairman of the Farsons ...

  • Malta

    UHM launches budget proposals, says planning, including that of surplus, 'should be long-term'

    The budget proposals put forward by Voice of the Workers (UHM)  should prioritise long-term planning, according to UHM leader Josef Vella, who stated that the current economic surplus in Malta is also a 'short-term' plan.Vella was addressing a news conference this morning where the proposals were launched."The economic surplus is ...

  • Malta

    Illegal hunting: Government has final say on season closure, PM confirms

    Prime Minister Joseph Muscat yesterday confirmed that the government has the final say on whether to close the hunting season, despite his earlier comments placing the onus on the Ornis committee. The crux of the matter, however, is whether he can take this decision without such a recommendation. In recent ...

  • Malta

    Number of employed people in Malta reaches nearly 220,000 - NSO

    In 2016, total employed persons (full-time and part-time as a primary job) in Malta amounted to 219,118, an increase of 5.2 per cent when compared to previous year. The shares of the Malta region by place of residence and place of work stood at 93.3 and 94.8 per cent, respectively.The ...

  • USA Panama

    TMID Editorial: Recusal request - Justice must also be seen to be done

    One of the first things law students learn is the famous phrase, by Lord Chief Justice Gordon Hewart, ‘Not only must justice be done; it must also be seen to be done.’It basically means that justice does not mean much if people see it as being an injustice. This fits in perfectly with the latest ...