Updated: Cruise passenger traffic in second quarter of 2015 up 66%, record year expected Wednesday, 22 July 2015, 11:24 Last update: about 12 years ago Total cruise passenger traffic during the second quarter of 2015 amounted to 205,224, an increase of 66.4 per cent over the corresponding period last year, the NSO said. Cruise Passengers:...
Italian man arrested in Pozzallo after returning by catamaran from Malta Wednesday, 22 July 2015, 10:53 Last update: about 12 years ago Vincenzo Locorotondo, 34, was arrested by Italian police as soon as he disembarked from the catamaran which had left from Malta on Monday, Italian media report. The man had been on the anti-mafia...
Maltese EESC member appointed rapporteur for Immigration Opinion Wednesday, 22 July 2015, 10:41 Last update: about 12 years ago Stefano Mallia, one of Malta’s members at the European Economic and Social Committee has been appointed as rapporteur for the EESC’s opinion on the EU’s agenda on Migration. The...
€88 million Electrogas loan guarantee: ‘dangerous gamble to save government’s face'- PN MP Wednesday, 22 July 2015, 10:37 Last update: about 12 years ago Jacob Borg Nationalist MP Kristy Debono today called the €88 million loan guarantee given by the government to Electrogas- the consortium building the new power station - a “dangerous gamble to save...
Ian Borg: Commission Against Corruption starts hearing evidence on alleged ‘abuse of power’ Wednesday, 22 July 2015, 09:28 Last update: about 12 years ago Kevin Schembri Orland The man who launched his own investigation into the redevelopment of rural property by Parliamentary Secretary Ian Borg, testified in front of the Permanent Commission against Corruption last...
Libel proceedings against The Times were never about the money – MUMN Wednesday, 22 July 2015, 08:47 Last update: about 12 years ago Libel proceedings instituted against The Times were never about the money but about the right which the MUMN officials had to defend their good name and repute, a right which has been vindicated not...
Swieqi residents in silent protest against vandalism, loud noise in their locality Wednesday, 22 July 2015, 08:03 Last update: about 12 years ago Swieqi residents yesterday evening took to the streets in their locality to silently protest against vandalism caused by young people who frequent the area, which is close to the notoriously...
‘State aid should not be at level field for small peripheral EU countries' - Alfred Sant Wednesday, 22 July 2015, 07:42 Last update: about 12 years ago Former Prime Minister Alfred Sant said that state aid itself is not, and cannot be in fact, subject to a level playing field for small peripheral countries within the European Union. During an...
Air Malta directs questions on China talks and Turkish Airlines to Tourism Ministry Wednesday, 22 July 2015, 07:35 Last update: about 12 years ago Kevin Schembri Orland Air Malta is directing questions relating to the talks in China and with Turkish Airlines to the Ministry for Tourism. A number of questions that were sent to the national airline related to the...
Education Minister Evarist Bartolo defends MCAST’s self-accreditation system, PN replies Tuesday, 21 July 2015, 19:44 Last update: about 12 years ago Education Minister Evarist Bartolo today said criticism by the Opposition over MCAST offering Master’s courses was “unfounded and uncalled for.” Addressing a press...