The Malta Independent 24 September 2021, Friday

TMID Editorial: Vanessa Frazier – Another example of a culture of impunity

Last week, The Malta Independent carried a short story about how Malta’s Permanent Representative at the United Nations was watching a football game while she was attending a meeting on...

latest comment from Anton Zammit, 24/09/2021 10:37: The truth is that the attitude of "u iva x'fiha" has always existed in the Maltese psyche. We have well-established sayings and/or "proverbs" as to what happens to people who try to follow the straight and narrow, which indicate how embedded in our mindset such attitudes are. The only thing that's changed is that before this was something generally known but not spoken of in public. Now ardent practitioners of such attitudes, i.e. the majority of the population, feel empowered to make it mainstream and the norm, isolating the minority trying to live by principles as outcasts and 'dojoq'.
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PN government would lower VAT rate for hotels and restaurants from 18% to 7%

The Nationalist Party has proposed lowering the VAT rate for hotels and restaurants to seven from 18%. The existing rate of 7% on accommodation only would be extended to all other hotel services...

latest comment from Aristide Galea, 24/09/2021 10:40: The PN will promise everything at this stage to gain a few votes. This had always been the norm with the PN, promise everything to everybody and bring out all the excuses to do nothing later on.
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Fake vaccine certificates being sold on the black market for €150

Maltese vaccine certificates are being sold for €150 on the black market, according to a new report issued by a cyber-security firm. Check Point Research reported that the black market for...

latest comment from C Falzon, 23/09/2021 16:05: It amazes me why even someone without any conscience or concept of right and wrong would even want to spend Eur 150 for a fake certificate when a real one can be obtained for free?
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One to charge them all: EU demands single plug for phones

The European Union unveiled plans Thursday that would require smartphone makers to adopt a single charging method for mobile devices. The EU Commission proposed legislation Thursday that would...

latest comment from Alexander_Ball, 23/09/2021 20:20: What we need is right to repair laws and for Apple and the rest to make original spares available to all who want to repair their own device.
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IN PICTURES: Iconic Red Arrows arrive in Malta ahead of airshow

The iconic British Red Arrows display team has arrived in Malta ahead of the return of the Malta International Airshow. Based at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, the Red Arrows had flown almost...

latest comment from Johnny Mac, 23/09/2021 12:59: Beautiful aeroplane, the Hawk. As were the Tornado, Harrier, Lightning, TSR-2 and the V-Bombers. Welcome to Malta Reds! Glad you're back.
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Police presence on public transport to increase

Malta Public Transport and the Malta Police Force signed a collaboration agreement with the aim to improve public safety and security on public transport through an increase of police presence....

latest comment from Carmel J. Vella, 23/09/2021 18:29: Police have always been allowed to travel free on public buses when in uniform. Untill the Mintoff government removed that privilege. Then it has been restored by the government of Fenech Adami and also added that they can use public busses free of charge even in civilian clothes providing the show their police card.
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Banks in southern Europe, including Malta, at higher risk from climate change – ECB

The European Central Bank's first climate stress test shows higher risks of loan defaults for banks in fire-plagued southern Europe, including Malta, and argues that an earlier and orderly shift to...

latest comment from J.Muscat, 23/09/2021 14:36: Actually the local banks shareholders are the persons at risk, not from climate change, but from the same banks.
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Malta-flagged ship at centre of Turkey, Greece spat

A Turkish warship issued a warning to a Greek research vessel to prevent it entering what Turkey considers its territorial waters, Turkey's Defense Ministry said Wednesday. The showdown came a year...

latest comment from Evarist Saliba, 23/09/2021 09:31: Since when does a bilateral agreement between Turkey and Libya, a country which has had no properly functioning jurisdiction for long years over its land territory, let alone the sea area surrounding the far distant Greek islands, determine sea borders? Have Turkey and Libya to courage to establish their claim in front of an international court?
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