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How Delia blew it - Ranier Fsadni
Last week, six Nationalist MPs abstained from voting on a parliamentary motion championed by their own leader, Adrian Delia. If you think the story is essentially about discrimination against lesbian...
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Announcements - 30 November, 2017
BORG – CARMEN, of Valletta, residing in Birkirkara, aged 59, passed away peacefully comforted by the rites of Holy Church. She leaves to mourn her loss her children Bjorn, Matthew, Daniel and...
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Air Malta losses surge from €4m to €13m
Air Malta’s losses rose from €4 million in March 2016 to approximately €13 million in the last financial year. Although the ailing airline had yet to publish its financial results for the last two...
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Saudi prince freed after paying $1 billion settlement
Senior Saudi Arabian prince Miteb bin Abdullah has been released from detention after agreeing to pay over $1 billion to settle corruption allegations against him. Miteb is the son of the late King...
View ArticleA rental sector that works - Roderick Galdes
The recent demographic changes fuelled by Malta’s impressive economic performance prompted us to rethink our housing policy. This government embarked on an economic model that veers towards...
View ArticleYes of course, Prime Minister
A Prime Minister should have no problem giving orders to Cabinet ministers, parliamentary secretaries, his own secretariat and even to the chiefs of government entities. Often, he would do this...
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Today's front pages
Good morning. The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers today. Times of Malta reports on a surge in Air Malta's losses, which are reportedly up to €13 million. It also reports that MEPs...
View ArticleBitcoin crosses $10,000 milestone
Virtual currency bitcoin soared to an all-time high above $10,000 yesterday on major exchanges and digital currency indexes, including the widely followed Luxembourg-based trading platform BitStamp....
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Mater Dei celebrates its 100th IVF birth
Three pairs of twins born at Mater Dei Hospital over the past days have bumped the total number of babies born through state-funded IVF treatment past 100. 61 girls and 43 boys were born to mothers...
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Five of the most lethal World Cups group of death
The 2018 World Cup finals draw takes place in Moscow on Friday, with the big guns hoping to avoid a so-called 'group of death' against tough opponents who could feasibly end their interest in the...
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AFM vessel gets a €7m overhaul
An Armed Forces offshore patrol vessel has just undergone a €7 million overhaul, with new upgraded systems, engines and automation systems. The AFM's 53-metre P61 has the capacity to land and refuel...
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Monitoring bond issuer developments (2)
Last week’s article was the first in a series of articles covering the important financial metrics of bond issuers listed on the Malta Stock Exchange. In this second article, I am providing an...
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MFSA prepares to develop cryptocurrency framework
Malta's financial regulator has issued a discussion paper on virtual currencies and given industry until the beginning of the new year to provide feedback about how they feel the sector should be...
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Maltese genius of the Roman baroque
All great artists influence each other. To die young was nothing out of the ordinary in the 1600s but biographers say Melchiorre Cafà died at the young age of 31, when a piece of a life-size model of...
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MEPs ask for ‘suitable protection’ in Malta
The European Parliament has asked the Maltese authorities to guarantee “suitable protection” to a delegation of MEPs that starts a two-day visit here today. The request was made by European Parliament...
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2018 World Cup venues
The draw for the 2018 World Cup finals takes place on Friday, with the 31 nations who had to fight through qualifying set to find out when and where they will play. Here Press Association Sport looks...
View ArticleChristmas bubbles
Yesterday Bitcoin surpassed the magical figure of $10,000 for the first time. This takes the price increase of the cryptocurrency over 1,000% this year. That means that Bitcoin has increased in value...
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More than 5 year wait for a third of housing applications
A third of housing applications have been waiting for over five years, according to Social Solidarity Minister Michael Falzon. There are 3,271 pending applications for social housing, of which 522 are...
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PM and six others join Attorney General in constitutional case
Seven high profile individuals involved in the Panama appeals, including the Prime Minister, are joining the Attorney General who was the defendent in the constitutional suit filed by Simon Busuttil,...
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Blue Label wins Gold in Brussels Beer Challenge 2017
Blue Label Original Amber Ale, brewed by Simonds Farsons Cisk plc, has just been awarded a gold medal in the Pale & Amber Ale: Best Bitter category in this year’s edition of the Brussels Beer...
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