Malta Needs a helping hand – Jose Barroso
Saturday, 16 June 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
All European Union member states should lend Malta a helping hand in its plight against the “human tragedy” of irregular migration, European Commission president Jose Manuel Durao Barroso said yesterday,...
Focus: Matsec Review - The Matsec Examinations
Friday, 15 June 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
In March 2004, Education, Youth and Employment Minister Louis Galea commissioned a Matsec Review Committee to compile a report about the current national examinations setup....
Parliamment: National Insurance Dues
Friday, 15 June 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
The self-employed owe the Inland Revenue Department a total of Lm5.1m for National Insurance dues from 1999 to 2006 while employers owe the department no less than Lm14.3m for the years 1998 to 2005...
Tackling Musculoskeletal disorders
Friday, 15 June 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
“Lighten the load”, the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work’s 2007 campaign to tackle MSDs at the workplace...
Show Of synchronised music and fireworks
Friday, 15 June 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The Sliema band will perform Franz Von Suppe’s Light Cavalry synchronised with a colourful fireworks show at the Sliema Strand on 30 June from 10pm....
Zarb Accuses government of interfering in collective bargaining
Friday, 15 June 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
At the International Labour Organisation in Geneva yesterday, GWU general secretary Tony Zarb accused the government of interfering in the process of collective bargaining and obstructing the freedom of collective negotiations....
36% Of foreign investment projects were in the ICT sector
Friday, 15 June 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
Investment and Information Technology Minister Austin Gatt told a conference yesterday that 36 per cent of foreign investment projects approved in 2006 were in the ICT sector...
AD Proposes the creation of a fund to aid victims of crime
Friday, 15 June 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
Alternattiva Demokratika – The Green Party (AD) has proposed the creation of a fund to aid victims of crime, financed from fines collected from convicted criminals....
Economy And finance
Friday, 15 June 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
The Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices increased to 103.76 in May 2007, mainly on account of the Restaurants and Hotels Index, with the rate of inflation standing at 1.4 per cent....
Jacob’s Creek Wins Gold
Friday, 15 June 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Australian winemaker Jacob’s Creek has recently picked up a prestigious gold medal for its Chardonnay 2006 in the 2007 edition of Le Challenge International du Vin....