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Division of waste recovery effort ‘hindering progress’
The fragmentation of the national packaging waste recovery effort between two operators is causing the country to fall far short of its European quotas, GreenPak Coop Society chief executive Mario...
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Global economy expected to avoid recession
The world is looking to be a slightly more benign place compared to a few months ago. Despite a mild contraction in Europe, the global economy is expected to avoid recession, driven by growth in...
View ArticleYouth denies indecently assaulting a teenage girl
A 21-year-old man yesterday denied that he indecently assaulted a teenage girl he had just met in Paceville after he offered to give her a lift home. David Shaun Galea, from Żebbuġ, denied violently...
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Audi to buy motorcycle maker Ducati
A worker checks a motorcycle in an assembly line at the Ducati Diavel motorbikes factory headquarters in Bologna. Volkswagen’s German Audi business brand has agreed to buy in the upcoming days the...
View ArticleItaly slashes 2012 growth forecast, to miss deficit 2013 target
Italy slashed its 2012 economic growth outlook to minus 1.2 per cent from minus 0.4 per cent yesterday and said it will miss a 2013 target for a balanced budget as officials struggle to revive the...
View ArticleFamily wins nearly €200,000 damages
A court yesterday ordered two men to pay almost €200,000 in damages to the heirs of a young man who died after taking ecstasy pills before going to a party in late 1998. Francis and Lourdes Schembri...
View ArticleCall for flexible wages
Wages in the EU, including minimum salaries, must be flexible and adjustable if more job opportunities are to be created in the coming years, according to a European Commission blueprint released...
View ArticleSpanish banks’ bad loan ratio hits 18-year high
The ratio of bad loans at Spanish banks shot to an 18-year high in February, official figures showed yesterday, as the banks struggled with a mass of deteriorating property-related loans. Spanish...
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Priest rape case error could have been fixed
A mistake that led to a defrocked priest being cleared of rape could have been corrected during proceedings, a judge ruled yesterday as he threw out an appeal by the Attorney General. The mistake...
View ArticleGaming regulator seals ‘historic’ MoU with FIFA
The Lotteries and Gaming Authority has signed a memorandum of understanding with world football governing body FIFA over co-operation to avoid sports events being manipulated by malicious gamblers,...
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Watchdog struggles to understand why wall fell
The authorities are still trying to understand what caused a wall to collapse at the Seabank Hotel last week after architects dampened the initial suggestion that a crane accidentally tipped the brick...
View ArticleFishermen suspend tomorrow’s protest
Fishermen have put tomorrow’s planned protest on hold after the intervention of the Prime Minister’s Special Delegate, Simon Busuttil. The decision to call off the protest was taken late yesterday...
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Trapped in their home surrounded by hunters
As the hunting season shot off to a start, residents living on the outskirts of Mġarr say they are often trapped in their own homes, surrounded by shot-gun pellets and threatening hunters, some of who...
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PM’s son and Austin Gatt working on PN campaign
The Nationalist Party is quietly gearing up for the next election, with the Prime Minister’s son heading an online initiative to attract young people and Transport Minister Austin Gatt officially...
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Press digest
The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press: The Times says that the Occupational Health and Safety Authority is failing to understand why a wall fell at the SeaBank Hotel. The...
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Foxie the terrier back with her family on Gozitan farm
Foxie, the fox terrier injured after getting a rusty old tin wedged in her jaw, is back on the Gozo farm frolicking with her son and cows after receiving treatment at Ċentru San Franġisk in Ta’ Qali....
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Updated: Migrants escape from detention centre
Members of the Detention Service and the police are involved in a search following the escape of two migrants from Hal Far detention centre last night. Informed sources said the two men, both...
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India hails successful missile test
India announced today that it had successfully test launched a new nuclear-capable missile that would give it, for the first time, the capability of striking the major Chinese cities of Beijing and...
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Talks with Qatar focused on gas imports - possibility of Qatari gas terminal...
Finance Minister Tonio Fenech said today that Malta's talks with Qatar are focused on gas purchases which would enable Malta to convert the power station to operate on gas. He said that investment by...
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Integrating in Malta - Keeping the faith
Adekemi H. Boyo-Obayuwana is not one to give up. When she first came to Malta, she found it difficult to integrate – yet she persisted and, two and a half years later, things have improved a lot....
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