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PBS Slammed by Australian viewers

Sunday, 13 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Writing in The Times last Monday, veteran journalist Lawrence Dimech complained bitterly at the lack of news about Malta in a specially dedicated broadcasting service....

Maltese Court finds ‘mercenary’ not guilty of exporting warplanes

Sunday, 13 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

A Frenchman described by British and French newspapers as “a former commando in the French special forces… now a mercenary in Ivory Coast”, was cleared last week of using Malta to smuggle warplanes to Africa....

Holidaymakers Warned prices could rise by more than a third

Sunday, 13 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

Prices in Malta and Cyprus could rise by more than a third now they are in the eurozone, Charles Starmer-Smith wrote in yesterday’s Daily Telegraph, quoting currency experts. ...

Eurozone Business growth at two-and-a-half-year low

Sunday, 13 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

Service sector growth among the countries sharing the euro slowed to a two-and-a-half-year low in December, weighed down by uncertainty in financial markets, ...

NGOs Protest against Marsalforn beach encroachment

Sunday, 13 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Environment NGOs Flimkien ghal Ambjent Ahjar and Ramblers Association of Malta protest strongly against further encroachment on the public right and ownership of the foreshore....

‘Erika’ Judgement on Wednesday, eight years later

Sunday, 13 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The first big court case regarding an ecological disaster in the legal history of France comes to a conclusion on Wednesday with a judgement that should ...

Illegal Scrapyard still operating after 14 years of enforcement notices

Sunday, 13 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

An illegal scrapyard, situated just 300 metres away from the prehistoric settlements of Borg in-Nadur and Ghar Dalam in Birzebbuga, continues to operate while its owner persists with delaying tactics by registering appeal ...

Financial Institutions in Malta grow 65 per cent

Sunday, 13 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The number of monetary financial institutions (MFIs) in Malta exploded by 65 per cent between 2004, when Malta joined the European Union and the beginning of 2008, ...

Customs Denies claims of harassing traders returning from Sicily

Sunday, 13 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The Customs Department has flatly rejected complaints from traders alleging that each and every commercial vehicle arriving in Malta by catamaran from Sicily is subjected to rigorous Customs checks....

Malta The only country in euro zone without audited accounts for 2006

Sunday, 13 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

For all the celebrations marking Malta’s accession to the euro zone, Malta is the only country in the euro zone whose accounts for 2006 have not yet been audited and signed, informed sources told The Malta Independent on Sunday....

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