Government debt up 8.2%
The shortfall between the government's recurrent revenue and total expenditure amounted to €224.6 million, an increase of €36.4 million compared to the corresponding period in 2011. The NSO said the...
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Church schools to push media education
Church schools are to embark on a new push to promote media education. Although they had introduced the concept in 1981, it weakened along the years and a seminar was held this morning to give the...
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Two seminarians to be instituted as lectors
Seminarians Luke Cutajar and Brian Gialanze, will tomorrow be instituted lectors during Mass at St Pius X Parish Church in Sta Lucija, at 6.30 p.m. The two seminarians, are currently in their fifth...
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Acta moves closer to ‘death’
The controversial Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement has moved closer to being rejected by the European Parliament in the wake of declarations by the Liberal Group. According to former Belgian Prime...
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Suspended inspector hurled insults at Police Commissioner, court hears
A suspended police inspector hurled insults at the Police Commissioner, broke down the common door of the residence of an assistant commissioner, and drove dangerously on the night of March 29, the...
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Updated: Guardiola explains reasons for Barca departure
Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola today announced he would be standing down at the end of the season to "recharge his batteries" with his assistant Tito Vilanova confirmed as his replacement. Guardiola,...
View ArticleMinister reiterates concerns on common consolidated corporate tax base
Finance Minister Tonio Fenech this morning reiterated the government's concerns about the European Commission's proposals for a common consolidated corporate tax base. This was a way of converging...
View ArticleI'll keep Burka ban - Hollande
France's socialist presidential candidate has said that, if elected, he will not seek to overturn a law banning face-covering Muslim veils enacted by President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservatives....
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Dutch cannabis curb backed by court
Plans to introduce a "weed pass" to prevent foreigners from buying marijuana in coffee shops in the Netherlands, have been upheld by a judge. A lawyer for coffee shop owners says he will file an...
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For a vibrant economic digital gaming sector
Synergies between industry and educational institutions are imperative for the successful establishment of a digital gaming sector in Malta, Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said this morning. Delivering...
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BOV makes €49.1 million pre-tax profit in six months
The Bank of Valletta Group has recorded a profit before taxation of €49.1 million for the six months ended March 31 and declared a gross interim dividend of 6c per cent, an increase of eight per cent...
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It’s all about determination
“I knew about Malta before I came here,” says Rasha El-Nahhal, a 25-year-old girl from Rafah, a city in the South of Gaza. “My aunt Sanaa, who lives in Malta, used to tell me about Malta and how much...
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Journalist says source for story was not Galea Curmi
The journalist who wrote an article in a Nationalist Party newspaper two days before the 2003 election claiming that then AD chairman Harry Vassallo had failed to pay his value added tax testified in...
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After the revolution
When Munir Atigia, 38, remembers his childhood, it is always as a little boy kicking a ball and dreaming of one day becoming a footballer. “We had nothing else to do,” he says. “All we had was a...
View Article27 hurt as blasts hit Ukraine city
Four blasts within minutes have rocked the centre of the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk, injuring at least 27 people, including nine schoolchildren. Prosecutors are treating it as a terrorist...
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Raising minimum wage may destabilise labour market - MEA
Simply raising the minimum wage carries the risk of destabilising the labour market leading to a loss of jobs. This could work against the interests of the vulnerable groups which the measure will be...
View ArticleMCESD discussion on Enemalta postponed again
A request by the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association to discuss Enemalta at MCESD has been postponed for the second time round. This was leading to a degradation of MCESD as the forum where...
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Debris in Xemxija prompts avid nature lover to action
Mounds of plastic and polystyrene debris found floating in Xemxija Bay have prompted an avid nature lover to call for more public debate about marine pollution and fish farm regulation. Mauricio...
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Leaders visit more workers at place of work
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi and Labour leader Joseph Muscat this morning continued with visits to places of work as part of the May 1 celebrations. Dr Gonzi visited Cassar Ship Repair in Marsa while...
View ArticleFurther increase in Farsons' share price
Following yesterday's 2.8% increase, the share price of Simonds Farsons Cisk plc edged a further 0.6% higher this morning to end the week with a gain of 3.4% following the publication of the January...
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