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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...

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...

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