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MLP Plan for Grand Harbour area ‘to boost economic growth’

Sunday, 25 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The Malta Labour Party’s regional development plan for the Grand Harbour area is a vital part of the party’s strategy to boost economic growth in the country, said party leader Alfred Sant....

Manwel Dimech Bridge To open for traffic

Sunday, 25 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

The east section of the Manwel Dimech Bridge will be open to traffic between tomorrow night and Tuesday. ...

Blocked In Libya, cruise sails on to Malta

Sunday, 25 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

Seasoned travellers know the importance of checking passport and visa requirements when planning trips abroad. But even veteran globetrotters could...

Irish Couple who eloped to Malta

Sunday, 25 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

A Maltese 30-year-old woman has told the Irish press she is looking for information regarding her Irish ancestors, who emigrated to Malta towards the end of the 1800s....

French Charity blasts Malta’s treatment of asylum seekers

Sunday, 25 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Malta treats asylum seekers in an “inhuman and degrading” fashion and routinely detains them for up to 18 months in abysmal conditions, a prominent French medical charity ...

No Official investigation into Malta’s air travel sector

Sunday, 25 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Although it has been reported on a number of occasions that the European Commission is investigating Malta’s air travel sector, there appears to be no official investigation underway....

AFM Rebuts Fortress Europe claims as fiction

Sunday, 25 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

The Armed Forces of Malta has categorically denied allegations made by migration observatory Fortress Europe. The organisation recently reported that a vessel laden with 264 migrants had been turned back to Libya by an AFM patrol ...

The Reduced rates of VAT for Malta

Sunday, 25 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

I refer to the article entitled “Malta faces losing reduced VAT rate at year’s end” (TMIS, 18 November)....

Malta Country report ‘should have been edited’ – EIU

Sunday, 25 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The Economist Intelligence Unit has acknowledged it is concerned its latest country report on Malta appears to have presented a one-sided set of facts and that it “should have been edited to downplay what seems to be a fairly trivial matter”....

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