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Woman dies after opening door of moving car and falling out
Updated at 7pm A 22-year-old woman was killed in Mġarr at 2.25pm, after she apparently opened a car door while her friend was driving on Triq Binġemma. Jess Micallef, a fire rescue volunteer with the...
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Watch: Policeman accused of rape quits the corps
Updated 3.05pm - Added video A policeman accused of raping a colleague inside a police station and assaulting another in a squad car told a court on Tuesday he had quit the corps earlier that day,...
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Young woman, 19, hit by car in Msida
Updated 2.30pm A young woman was rushed to hospital on Tuesday morning after she was hit by a car on the Msida seafront. The 19-year-old youth from Oman was hit by a Hyundai i20 being driven by a...
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PL, PN claim they have nothing to do with political consultancy firm
Both major political parties have denied meeting with embattled elections consultants Cambridge Analytica, despite claims that one of the company's top executives was in Malta during last year’s...
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Former MPs insist on privileged pension for more
The association of former MPs has lashed out against a decision taken by the Nationalist Party and the Partit Demokratiku to stop a special pension being given to members who were in parliament for...
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Watch: 'If there are grounds for sanctions against Malta, we will not hesitate'
The European Commission sees no reason to introduce rule of law sanctions against Malta but is keeping a close eye on the country, a top Brussels policy maker said on Tuesday. "At this stage there...
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Second chance for those interested in restoration scheme
The home restoration scheme Irrestawra Darek has been launched for the second year running, with a sum of €10 million in grants being allocated. Addressing a press conference this morning,...
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'Get a life', PM official tells those marking Caruana Galizia's death
An official from the Office of the Prime Minister has told the people who paid their respects on Friday to slain journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia to “get a life”. In a post on Facebook, OPM official...
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Pilatus Bank chairman arrested in the US
Updated 8.10am The chairman of Maltese-registered Pilatus Bank has been arrested on US charges that he participated in a scheme to evade US sanctions and funnel more than $115 million paid under a...
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Pilatus Bank chairman forced out by MFSA
Updated 5.10pm Pilatus Bank chairman Ali Sadr Hashemi Nejad has been ordered to step down by Malta's financial regulator. In a statement issued shortly before 5pm, the Malta Financial Services...
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FIAU was aware Pilatus chairman was being investigated abroad
Updated at 12.30pm The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit was aware that the chairman of Pilatus Bank, Seyed Ali Sadr Hasheminejad, was the subject of a criminal investigation in a foreign...
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Police uncover “ongoing” car bomb plot
Police investigators uncovered an “ongoing” car bomb plot while probing an unexploded device found beneath a vehicle in Fgura earlier this year. The investigation into the Fgura case led to the...
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Egrant whistleblower risks being deported to Malta
The Pilatus Bank whistleblower who turned herself in to the Greek police on Monday, risks deportation to Malta. Maria Efimova had raised a political storm last year over the Egrant funds claims...
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Emergency MFSA meeting underway to discuss Pilatus Bank's future
Updated 3pm Pilatus Bank's fate in Malta is being discussed by Malta's financial regulator, with its local banking licence reportedly in the balance. The supervisory council of the Malta Financial...
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Caruana Galizia sons: The US authorities' action vindicates our mother's work
Daphne Caruana Galizia’s sons Matthew, Andrew, and Paul said on Wednesday that the arrest in the US of Pilatus Bank chairman Ali Sadr Hashemi Nejad had now ended the impunity with which Hashemi Nejad...
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Police spotted at Pilatus Bank, as activists demand MFSA action by noon
Police officers were spotted at Pilatus Bank offices in Ta’ Xbiex following the arrest of the bank's chairman in the US, civil society activists said on Wednesday morning. "Let us hope that servers...
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'It's the beginning of the spring clean' - Ferris says after Pilatus boss arrest
The arrest of the Pilatus Bank chairman in the US is the "beginning of the spring clean", according to former FIAU investigator Jonathan Ferris. Mr Ferris, who was sacked from the Financial...
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What they said about Pilatus Bank chairman's arrest
Updated 5.40pm Malta woke up on Wednesday to read of news that Pilatus Bank chairman Ali Sadr Hashemi Nejad had been arrested in the United States, and within minutes the reactions began pouring in....
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Washing machine placed on top of plaque commemorating opening of Pilatus Bank
A washing machine has been placed on top of a plaque commemorating the opening of Pilatus Bank in Malta, hours after its chairman was charged in the US with money-laundering activities. The bank was...
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Pilatus chairman and the MFSA: what could happen next
The news of the Pilatus bank chairman's arrest has led to calls for the revocation of the bank's licence by the Nationalist Party and activists. However, such a process can be somewhat complicated....
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