• Malta

    Galdes attending event promoting trapping of birds is unacceptable - Birdlife; PS replies

    Birdlife Malta has condemned Parliamentary Secretary Roderick Galdes' behaviour when he opted to be part of the launch of an event promoting trapping of birds which will be held tomorrow."Bird trapping activities have no link whatsoever with animal rights. This event goes against the values of love for nature, preservation ...

  • Malta

    Jury finds Zambian man not guilty of trafficking heroin

    A Zambian man has been found not guilty by a jury of trafficking heroin back in 2009, but was found guilty of simple cannabis possession landing him with a one year conditional discharge.Isaac Unigwe, 34, from Zambia, was charged with conspiracy to sell heroin, supplying the prohibited narcotic and simple ...

  • USA

    British tourist awarded over €20,000 in compensation after falling into unmarked hole

    The courts ruled in favour of a British tourist named Gary Kimber, after it found that shortcomings by the St Paul’s Bay Local Council and the San Antonio Hotel resulted in Mr Kimber falling into an unmarked hole on the pavement outside the Bugibba hotel.He was awarded over €20,000 in ...

  • Panama Malta

    Financial services industry in focus, not only by PANA Committee

    The EU Parliament’s PANA Committee will not be the only ones looking into the bones of contention of Malta’s financial services industry and financial regulations, with a Council of Europe monitoring body expected to conduct an evaluation in 2018.MONEYVAL - the Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the ...

  • Messico USA Spagna Paesi Bassi Malta

    Editorial: The minister’s trip to Germany - A case of silence speaking louder than words?

    The fact that the government has remained practically silent on the allegations that one of its ministers visited what is effectively a brothel, and that he engaged the services of a prostitute, while on government business in Germany is very strange indeed.One can understand that most of the government has ...

  • Messico Malta

    IĠM reacts after OPM blogger attacks PN journalist investigating Cardona brothel claims

    The Institute of Maltese Journalists, IĠM, today condemned all forms of intimidation against members of the press, saying that efforts to undermine and ridicule journalists were unacceptable in a country that called itself democratic. In a statement this morning the institute said it had noted various cases over the past ...

  • Romania

    Romania's government repeals measure that eased penalties for official corruption

    The largest anti-government crowds since the violent 1989 revolution that toppled dictator Nicolae Ceausescu succeeded Sunday in pressuring Romania's new government to repeal a hastily adopted decree that would have eased penalties for official corruption.The law, opposed by the influential Romanian Orthodox Church, would have weakened the country's emerging anti-corruption effort, which ...

  • USA Iran Yemen

    White House predicts courts will reinstate travel ban

    Rebuffed in its bid for a quick reversal, the White House said Sunday it expected the courts to reaffirm President Donald Trump's executive power and reinstate a ban on refugees and travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States.The case promised to extend into Monday at least, when fresh ...

  • USA Malta

    Rebuked judge ‘right man for the job’, benefits outweigh controversy – Deborah Schembri

    The appointment of rebuked judge Lino Farrugia Sacco to the post of chairman of the newly set up Lands Authority was made without consultation with the Opposition because “we were the ones elected to govern,” parliamentary secretary for lands Deborah Schembri said today.Speaking at the announcement of the controversial appointment ...

  • USA

    Three men cleared of charges related to rape in case which has been ongoing for nine years

    Three men were cleared of charges related to rape and sexual assault in a case which has been ongoing for nine years.One of the men, 31 from Nadur was charged with committing violent rape. Another, 46 from Xaghra and a third, 28 from Nadur were charged with attempted violent indecent ...