The Malta Independent 31 July 2026, Friday
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Our only way is up

Sunday, 4 July 2021, 08:05 Last update: about 6 years ago Noel Grima

Facing so many problems, the recent grey-listing of Malta may have already faded from the consciousness of many people.  Many of us are not conversant with the world of high finance and beyond...

Sliced bread and butter

Saturday, 3 July 2021, 07:03 Last update: about 6 years ago Rachel Borg

Robert Abela likes to play the international card.  Malta will be the best in the world.  Malta will be the best in Europe.  Malta will emerge from the FATF grey-listing stronger than...

114 answers to three questions

Friday, 2 July 2021, 07:28 Last update: about 6 years ago Owen Bonnici

The post-pandemic strategy for Malta published this week provides 114 initiatives which, clustered under twelve different thematic areas, seek to provide answers to three important questions as we are...

Digital crimes

Thursday, 1 July 2021, 07:52 Last update: about 6 years ago Alfred Sant

Cases of internet fraud, theft and sabotage are increasing exponentially. Big and small firms, governments and individuals have all been targeted. Such crimes need to be rolled back at all...

I rest my case

Wednesday, 30 June 2021, 07:01 Last update: about 6 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

The gutsy decision recently taken on 10th June 2021 by the Broadcasting Authority (BA) in favour of a complaint (as per code 350.06) Peppi Azzopardi and myself submitted, is probably a landmark...

Continuing list of Greys

Wednesday, 30 June 2021, 06:59 Last update: about 6 years ago Peter Agius

Malta’s grey-listing by the FATF sent shockwaves through society at all levels in Malta. From the estate agent to the grocery store, from the gaming company employee to the accounting...

Trust in persons

Monday, 28 June 2021, 07:46 Last update: about 6 years ago Alfred Sant

To retain international trust, beyond a robust regulatory framework, you also need to have a credible line-up of trusted personnel to implement it. Here, Malta stood to lose out in the analysis...

Shameful – no other word

Sunday, 27 June 2021, 11:00 Last update: about 6 years ago Charles Flores

The shameful decision by the FATF, for long purported to have been infiltrated, like many other international bodies, by hibernating masonic bugs, to greylist Malta should open many people’s...

Les jeux sont faits

Sunday, 27 June 2021, 08:42 Last update: about 6 years ago Noel Grima

So the prime minister pulled what strings he could, so did the foreign minister while the finance minister, perhaps the only uncompromised of them all, worked harder than them all (and showed how...

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