EU must focus on tangible solidarity on migration - government
Wednesday, 12 June 2013, 19:43
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
After today’s vote in the EP that approved the “Common European Asylum System”, the Ministry for Home Affairs and National Security said that the EU must now focus on increasing...
PM says use of personal car ‘cheapest option’
Wednesday, 12 June 2013, 18:40
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
PN MP David Agius questioned Prime Minister Joseph Muscat why he had taken the decision to use his personal car and personally pocket 7,000 euros a year as a result. Dr Muscat said that he...
PM quizzed over delays in appointing bureaucracy commission
Wednesday, 12 June 2013, 18:21
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
PN MP Jason Azzopardi told Prime Minister Joseph Muscat that prior to the general election he spoke about the importance of reducing excessive bureaucracy and said that he would specifically appoint a...
Take up rate of high speed internet in Malta way below EU average
Wednesday, 12 June 2013, 16:17
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Though high speed internet access in Malta is available in practically every household, the take-up rate is still very low. According to the ‘Broadband Markets in Malta – 2013...
Magħtab project four years in the offing - PN; Government reacts
Wednesday, 12 June 2013, 15:54
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
In a statement issued in response to environment minister Leo Brincat’s claim about the recycling plant at Magħtab, the PN said that the government has ample time to get the project off the...
Two different replies to PQ spark investigation
Wednesday, 12 June 2013, 14:22
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
The Nationalist Party pointed out in a statement that PN MP Marthese Portelli was given two completely different replies to the same parliamentary question. The PN said that as a result,...
'Longest-serving' cloistered nun dies in Spain
Wednesday, 12 June 2013, 14:03
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
A nun believed to hold the world record of 86 years cloistered in a monastery has died in Spain. Sister Maria Romero, abbess of the Buenafuente del Sistal monastery northeast of Madrid...
Cyclist hit by car in Siggiewi
Wednesday, 12 June 2013, 13:49
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
A cyclist is being treated at Mater Dei Hospital – his condition is unknown – after he was hit by a car in Siggiewi. The cyclist, 40 years of age, was hit by a car driven by a...
EP gives green light to the new European Asylum System
Wednesday, 12 June 2013, 13:33
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
New rules laying down common procedures and deadlines for handling asylum applications and basic rights for asylum seekers arriving in the EU were endorsed by Parliament on Wednesday. The Common...
Newly formed NGO consulted prior to prisoners' amnesty
Wednesday, 12 June 2013, 13:16
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
RISe (Rehabilitation in society Malta), a newly launched NGO aimed at helping inmates ease back into society, has come out in favour of the amnesty offered to prisoners by the...