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Thu,17 Jun 2021 10:50:40 +0200
New rules have a big cost for small businesses, Sant tells
‘When new legislation is being mooted, like in the digital area, we all stress the need for regulations to maintain proportionality...In practice, new rules are being designed for the larger enterprises, and then get scaled down for SMEs&rsquo...

Thu,17 Jun 2021 08:44:40 +0200
Motorcyclist seriously injured in traffic accident
A 40-year-old motorcyclist was hospitalised following a traffic accident in Luqa on Wednesday evening

Thu,17 Jun 2021 07:58:58 +0200
Advocates up in arms over Bill that will create ‘lawyer without warrant’
Critics suspect the Bill allows law graduates without a warrant to provide legal services outside court litigation, particularly to favour government employees and ministerial appointees

Thu,17 Jun 2021 07:15:37 +0200
PA set to approve five-storey block on Naxxar’s Pjazza Ċelsi, near trade fair
Previous plans sent back to drawing board after PA asked for better design and more greenery

Thu,17 Jun 2021 07:10:00 +0200
Minimum wage out of step with average wages in Malta
Minimum wages in Malta increasing at a lower rate than average wages in contrast to rest of EU where minimum wages climbing faster than average wages

Thu,17 Jun 2021 07:02:14 +0200
Towards implementing the PN’s energy plan
There’s one logical reason behind the government’s choice – the interconnector provides the cheapest prices. It seems after all, that the PN’s energy policy is the most sustainable option in the long-term

Thu,17 Jun 2021 07:01:00 +0200
Why do we have an Environment Ministry, anyway?
Does he himself agree with Malta’s obstinacy in permitting finch-trapping, even in the face of an ECJ court-case? If so, can he justify that decision on any purely environmental grounds?

Thu,17 Jun 2021 07:00:31 +0200
COVID work-from-home led to increased back pain in Malta
COVID-19 study finds those working sitting down were 15 times more likely to experience back pain when compared to those moving around regularly

Wed,16 Jun 2021 20:39:02 +0200
[WATCH] Labour Whip claims Caruana Galizia family destroyed murdered journalist’s laptop
Glenn Bedingfield says action should be taken against those who interfered with the investigation by ‘tampering evidence’

Wed,16 Jun 2021 18:22:20 +0200
Vitals Hospitals deal: development permits expired without work even starting, court told
Construction permits for jobs meant to be carried out by Vitals Global Healthcare on three Maltese hospitals had expired with works not even starting

Wed,16 Jun 2021 17:57:55 +0200
Political interference in FATF verdict could open Pandora’s box, Clyde Caruana warns
Finance Minister Clyde Caruana on the warpath: ‘If the FATF process is subverted by ulterior political motives we will take steps to protect the national interest’ • Bernard Grech writes to FATF

Wed,16 Jun 2021 17:39:39 +0200
Fenech told police still do not have Caruana Galizia laptop in their possession
Request by Yorgen Fenech lawyers for laptop belonging to Daphne Caruana Galizia cannot be executed

Wed,16 Jun 2021 17:20:46 +0200
PN MP Karol Aquilina and lawyer Giannella de Marco in bitter exchange
Karol Aquilina tells Giannella de Marco he will not be intimidated as she accuses him of suppressing human rights during a bitter exchange at the Electrogas hearing in parliament

Wed,16 Jun 2021 16:58:32 +0200
Duo show for Baldacchino, Van Malderen in Blink at Valletta Contemporary
‘Blink’ ruptures automated and familiar cycles just like blinking ruptures the continuum of sight, an inescapable and unceasing rhythm

Wed,16 Jun 2021 16:31:03 +0200
Five ministers in audience with developers lobby, as property sales climb by €1.4 billion
Prime Minister meets developers’ lobby, where Sandro Chetcuti says green critics must reckon with 11% value-added brought in by construction

Wed,16 Jun 2021 15:55:02 +0200
PN wants Gozitans to decide in referendum on tunnel project
MP Chris Said says a Nationalist government would be cancelling the hospital concession in Gozo since the private operator has failed to abide by its commitments as the party unveils its health proposals for Gozo

Wed,16 Jun 2021 14:51:19 +0200
Drunk driver who killed pedestrian after mounting pavement at 100km/h jailed, banned from driving
A drunk driver whose car mounted a Balluta pavement and ran over several pedestrians, killing one, has been jailed for three years and banned from driving for another two years

Wed,16 Jun 2021 13:02:36 +0200
€11,435 in undeclared cash discovered by Peter the sniffer dog
A passenger departing to Sicily was discovered by the sniffer dog to be holding undeclared amounts of cash

Wed,16 Jun 2021 12:47:30 +0200
COVID-19: Three new cases and nine recoveries
COVID-19 update for 16 June | 3 new cases • 9 recoveries • 45 active cases • 1798 Swab tests past 24 hours • Vaccine doses administered until Tuesday 604,033

Wed,16 Jun 2021 12:33:08 +0200
[WATCH] Evarist Bartolo on FATF verdict: ‘We do not deserve to be grey-listed’
Foreign Affairs Minister Evarist Bartolo says Malta has carried out the majority of recommendations put forward by the Financial Action Task Force 



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