British Virgin Islands sought information on adviser in €320m Enemalta sale
Anti-money-laundering investigators in the British Virgin Islands sought information on a consultant involved in the €320 million part-sale of Enemalta, the Times of Malta has learnt. Accenture...
View ArticleAnger as Marsa flyover awarded to Turkish firm
The road contractors who hoped to get the job of building the Marsa junction are furious over the government decision to award the €40 million tender to a Turkish firm, Times of Malta is informed....
View ArticleStop the massacre of trees, eNGO pleads
Updated at 9.20am with PD statement Stop the senseless tree destruction and rather plan to plant many more trees in Malta and Gozo, Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar said in an impassioned statement on...
View ArticleInvestors may be deterred by shortcomings fighting corruption - EU
Governance shortcomings in the anticorruption framework may adversely affect the business climate and weigh negatively on investment, the European Commission said on Wednesday. “The effectiveness of...
View ArticleOver 57% of people tested had low Vitamin D levels
Over 57 per cent of patients tested for Vitamin D levels in 2017 had levels considered to be low or deficient, according to Health Minister Chris Fearne. Responding to a parliamentary question by MP...
View ArticleSharp increase in births registered in Malta
The number of births registered in Malta has risen considerably since 2008, data presented in Parliament on Tuesday shows. In contrast, there has been a drop in births in Gozo. Whereas just 4466...
View ArticleBetsson founder arrested in Sweden for insider-trading
Swedish gaming operator Cherry’s chief executive Anders Holmgren has been arrested on suspicion of insider trading. The operator was informed by the Swedish Economic Crime Authority that an...
View ArticlePA chief’s financial package exceeds €100,000 annually
The Planning Authority’s executive chairman, Johann Buttigieg has a financial package worth more than €100,000 a year, making him one of Malta’s highest paid public officers, the Times of Malta has...
View ArticleMaltese courts ‘violated the rights of convicted murderer’
The human rights of a man jailed for murdering his ex-partner in 2010 were violated when a deposit he was ordered to make to be given bail was beyond his means, the European Court of Human Rights...
View ArticleGħargħur explosion believed to have been a bomb
Last updated 5.22 pm - An explosion in a Għargħur garage on Wednesday afternoon is believed to have been caused by a bomb, police sources said. One man, 42, was critically injured in the blast, which...
View ArticleStop the massacre of trees, eNGO pleads
Updated at 9.20am with PD statement Stop the senseless tree destruction and rather plan to plant many more trees in Malta and Gozo, Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar said in an impassioned statement on...
View ArticleWatch: Harsh conditions as workers clear collapsed sewer tunnel 23 metres...
The Water Services Corporation has issued video showing its workers working in harsh conditions as they clear debris from a collapsed sewer tunnel 23 metres underground in Mgarr. Workers involved in...
View ArticleCaruana Galizia's laptops handed to German police
Investigators from the German federal police (BKA) have gained access to two laptops and three hard drives used by assassinated journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia before her death, Times of Malta can...
View ArticleThird party issues holding up Gozo cruise terminal
Third party issues were holding up the development of a yacht marina and cruise terminal at, according to Gozo Minister Justyne Caruana, who - however - gave no details of what the issues were. She...
View ArticleOver 57% of people tested had low Vitamin D levels
Over 57 per cent of patients tested for Vitamin D levels in 2017 had levels considered to be low or deficient, according to Health Minister Chris Fearne. Responding to a parliamentary question by MP...
View ArticleNo reason to withhold warrants to law students handed conditional discharge -...
Justice Minister Owen Bonnici confirmed on Wednesday that two law students convicted of theft and handed a conditional discharge would be receiving their warrants to practice law. Dr Bonnici was...
View ArticleVoyeur handed suspended jail term
A language student has been handed a two-year prison sentence suspended for four years after admitting in court that he filmed his flatmate using the shower without her permission. Mikdat Terzi, 26,...
View Article‘Best-preserved enclave in Pietà at risk’
A proposed six-storey touristic development risks ruining one of the “best-preserved urban and rural enclaves in Pietà” and compromising nearby historic buildings, a heritage group has warned. The...
View ArticleValletta 2018 sees red over commemorative coins, stamps
The Valletta 2018 Foundation on Wednesday threatened to sue the Central bank and Maltapost after they issued commemorative coins and stamps to mark Valletta as the European City of Culture, without...
View ArticleWoman seeks separation because of partner's obsession with bodybuilding
A woman’s bid for marriage separation fell through after she failed to prove that her husband’s “obsession” with body building and his affair with a transvestite pointed towards vitiated marital vows...
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