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    Watch: PM says he will continue to defend Malta after attack on tax system

    Prime Minister Muscat said that there is a lot of jealousy overseas about Malta’s tax system and that is why the island has come under attack. He said that countries like Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Cyprus also offer tax incentives, adding that the EU had rubberstamped Malta’s system before entering ...

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    Keith Schembri absent for PM’s visit to Crane Currency in Hal Far

    OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri, described by the Prime Minister as being instrumental for the investment made in Malta by Crane Currency 18 months ago, was absent this morning when Joseph Muscat paid a visit to its premises in Hal Far.The embattled OPM chief of staff is in the ...

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    NEW VIDEO (2): Huge blaze at Sant’Antnin waste plant, residents told to close windows

    A large blaze has engulfed part of the Sant' Antnin was recycling plant in Marsascala.The fire is believed to have started in large packets of plastic waste, and then spread to the whole plant.Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said the Labour Party will shut down the plant and convert the area ...

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    PN pledges to find alternative site for American University of Malta if elected

    The Nationalist Party Leader this morning pledged that, if elected, he will find an alternative site for the American University of Malta, as opposed to being built at the much-controversial Zonqor Point.Speaking at a news coverage this morning at Zonqor Point, where he announced the party's proposals for the environment, ...

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    MCAST ICT students chosen for the first ever International Robot Olympics

    MCAST Information and Communication Technology students have been chosen to participate in the world’s first International Robot Olympics Competition. The exciting opportunity, will involve MCAST ICT students competing against 160 nations, including 40 European nations, a college statement said.The task at hand will be taken upon by Patrick Brezja, Andrea Abela ...

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    Prime Minister does not say whether he will resign if inquiry into Keith Schembri finds wrongdoing

    Prime Minister Joseph Muscat weaved around a question today, as to whether or not he will resign if the inquiries into Keith Schembri will find any wrongdoing.He was addressing a press conference in Mdina.The Malta Independent asked: "You repeat daily that if the Egrant inquiry finds any form of wrongdoing ...

  • Malta

    Melita and Vodafone Malta to merge into combined company

    Apax Partners Midmarket SAS (“Apax”), Fortino Capital (“Fortino”) and Vodafone Group Plc (“Vodafone”) today announced an agreement to combine Melita Ltd (“Melita”) and Vodafone Malta Ltd (“Vodafone Malta”) (together, the “Combined Company”). “The Combined Company’s mobile and enterprise business will operate under the Vodafone brand, distribute a wide range of ...

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    Billboard guerrillas hit back at PL-PN ‘stupid, hollow’ slogans

    A group, calling themselves the Billboard Guerrillas, have launched an attack on the Labour Party and Nationalist Party billboards and slogans which have taken over every inch of the island ahead of the snap election on 3 June.This morning Malta woke up to billboards spray painted with messages that read ...

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    INDEPTH: Bad elements in PL should not put off honest politicians – Chris Fearne

    In a strikingly honest reply during INDEPTH, The Malta Independent's current affairs programme, Health Minister Chris Fearne said that in every organisation there are those who are shady and those who are honest. He was replying to a question by Pierre Portelli on whether he feels comfortable working in a ...

  • USA Malta

    Muscat already created a dangerous precedent on the removal of regulatory heads – Antonio Ghio

    Former Malta Communications Authority Chairman Antonio Ghio has said that it was the current government that set a “dangerous precedent” regarding the removal of heads of regulatory authorities.While Joseph Muscat is saying that the PN would create a dangerous precedent by getting rid of Joe Bannister if winning the election, ...