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Socialist MEPs want Malta regarded as ‘tax haven’
Socialist MEPs are pushing for the European Commission to consider Malta as a tax haven, the Times of Malta has learnt. The socialist grouping (S&D) within the European Parliament, which Prime...
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Two injured in hit-and-run, three children avoid impact
Two people were hospitalised early on Friday morning after they were run over as they were crossing the road in a hit-and-run accident in Cospicua, the police said. Three children who were...
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Crane Currency changes hands for $800m
A new currency-printing facility in Malta, heavily financed by the government’s foreign investment arm, Malta Enterprise, has been sold to a US company, the Times of Malta is informed. However,...
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Caruana Galizia's investigation is in flagrant breach of human rights - lawyers
International lawyers have advised the family of slain journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia that the murder investigation is in clear breach of the European Convention of Human Rights. The family had...
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Contractors who pick up migrants for badly-paid work could soon face the police
The Home Affairs Minister said he will be taking on Maltese contractors who take advantage of migrants by offering them badly-paid, illegal and unstable work. A separate unit that patrols the area...
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FBI extract crucial evidence on unsolved car bomb attacks
Mobile phones recovered from the sea close to a cabin cruiser owned by one of the three men charged with Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder, could be key to solve five other car bomb attacks which...
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MPs hear how migrants live in squalid, crowded premises, or tents on roofs
Marsa councillors made suggestions on ways to stop the exploitation of migrants and ease pressures on their hometown when they met members of the parliamentary Social Affairs Committee and Family...
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25 properties scheduled in Sliema
Amid the controversy over the demotion of Villa Ignatius in Balluta, the Planning Authroity on Thursday said 25 properties which exhibit a neo-classical design have been scheduled in Sliema. The...
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€70 million worth of cannabis headed to Malta confiscated by Greek coast guard
A ship on its way to Malta loaded with €70 million worth of cannabis was intercepted by the Greek Coast Guard on Wednesday. The Tanzanian-flagged ship, a tugboat, was headed to Malta for repairs. It...
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Murder suspects could receive pardon if they reveal all
Authorities have discussed the possibility of granting a presidential pardon to the three men accused of killing journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, but believe it is “still early days” to make any...
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New law must come before facial recognition CCTV, law association insists
Specific laws are required before mass-scale facial recognition CCTV is introduced in Malta, the Malta Information Technology Law Association insisted today. It was reacting to a report in MaltaToday...
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‘Technology, finances risks for relationships’
Technology has made infidelity easier, researchers were told during a nationwide study about the expectations and experiences of Maltese couples. The qualitative research, by the National Centre for...
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NAO flags irregularities in financial assistance to voluntary groups
The auditor general has flagged a number of irregularities in the financial assistance given to voluntary organisations, with approval for payments totalling €12,300 “not evident”. In its annual...
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Planners approve complex for people with disabilities
A complex aiming to provide an “improved quality of life for persons with disabilities” will be built in Naxxar after the Planning Authority unanimously approved the project on Thursday. The complex,...
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Disability commission ready to take case against MFA to European Court
The Commission for the Rights of Persons with Disability (CRPD) is ready to take its case against the Malta Football Association to the European Court unless its appeal for greater accessibility to...
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Medical cannabis rules could push prices through the roof
The proposed regulation on medicinal cannabis could make treatment costs unaffordable, patients who already use a cannabis oil product fear. According to the proposed amendment to the Drug Dependence...
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Drug mule jailed for seven years
A man who three years ago had made the crossing from Sicily to Malta on board the catamaran carrying almost 1.5 kilos of cannabis grass in his luggage, was handed a seven-year jail term and a €23,000...
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Stop dodging questions about sacked FIAU officials, activists tell Scicluna
Finance Minister Edward Scicluna must come clean about what he knew about former FIAU officials and their work, activists from the Civil Society Network have said. In a statement issued on Saturday...
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Specific Panama data on both Schembri, Mizzi offered to Maltese authorities
Local authorities have been given access to specific Panama Papers data about the Prime Minister’s chief of staff Keith Schembri and Tourism Minister Konrad Mizzi. German authorities said in July they...
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