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Thu,18 Nov 2021 10:59:23 +0100
Ponte Ferries service to Augusta service gets green light, first trips from today
After temporary permit from Italian authorities, the ferry will start operating between Wine Wharf quay in Valletta and Augusta

Thu,18 Nov 2021 10:03:32 +0100
Shipping: outlook remains positive despite operational challenges
Demand combined with disruptions relating to the pandemic have created a severe congestion in global supply chains

Thu,18 Nov 2021 09:12:28 +0100
Socialists hail tax transparency law, but Sant sounds note of caution
Five years after Panama, MEPs hail tax transparency law, Labour MEP Alfred Sant sounds cautious note on release of tax information that could harm smaller member states  

Thu,18 Nov 2021 08:44:45 +0100
Maltco did not bid in €105 million takeover of lotteries by IZI Group
IZI Group plc will be taking over the running of Lotto, Super 5 and other lotteries from Maltco Lotteries after submitting a winning bid of €105 million for the 10-year concession

Thu,18 Nov 2021 07:11:26 +0100
Malta’s cola bottlers are first in Europe to reduce sugar by 10%
Malta Beverage Producers Association are first European soft drinks producers to reduce sugar content by 10%

Thu,18 Nov 2021 07:00:00 +0100
Nothing is certain, except death and… U-turns
Looks like mega-developers are the only ones who will actually benefit from an ultra-generous (and ‘ultra-well-hidden’) fiscal arrangement; while the rest of us must fulfil our tax obligations – on time, and to ...

Thu,18 Nov 2021 06:59:43 +0100
The transgender candidates contesting the next general election
Alex Mangion, Kassandra Mallia, and Mina Jack Tolu are three transgender candidates contesting the next general election under the PN, Volt, and ADPD tickets respectively. Laura Calleja interviews them on navigating a still conservative society and ...

Thu,18 Nov 2021 06:58:05 +0100
Prison boss Robert Brincau pledges change despite Dalli petition from warders
Newly-appointed Corradino director holds no grudge over CCF wardens’ petition demanding reinstatement of Alex Dalli

Thu,18 Nov 2021 06:53:48 +0100
Baron’s heirs get €1 million for rent-controlled Valletta property
A court has awarded a total of over €1 million in compensation to the owner of a Valletta property which was subjected to a controlled lease

Thu,18 Nov 2021 06:53:33 +0100
If you want science, you go to a scientist: not a trapper | Axel Hirschfeld
The European Commission has just initiated court action against Malta, for opening a ‘trapping season for research purposes’. AXEL HIRSCHFELD, of German birdlife NGO CABS, argues that the Maltese government brought this on itself, for op...

Wed,17 Nov 2021 18:25:39 +0100
Malta will be no Amsterdam, says Rosianne Cutajar as PN lambasts cannabis legalisation
Second day of cannabis regularisation Bill exposes divide between Labour and PN on recreational cannabis

Wed,17 Nov 2021 18:00:33 +0100
GWU: 94% of prison warders want Alex Dalli back
General Workers Union says petition calling for currently suspended prison director Alex Dalli to return to his post has garnered 390 signatures

Wed,17 Nov 2021 17:48:12 +0100
E.J. Busuttil Ltd supports cancer research through RIDT at University of Malta
Company will be providing €90,000 worth in equipment and consumables to facilitate more research in oncological diagnostics at the University of Malta

Wed,17 Nov 2021 17:28:46 +0100
Robbers handed suspended sentences for string of armed hold-ups
The three men were accused of carrying out five armed robberies at convenience stores and a lotto office in Gżira, Msida and San Ġwann in 2016

Wed,17 Nov 2021 16:18:23 +0100
Man acquitted of Paceville rape charges after court says evidence did not support woman's account
A man has been acquitted of a rape that was alleged to have happened on a beach in Paceville after a court ruled that there was no evidence, medical or otherwise, that the encounter had not been consensual

Wed,17 Nov 2021 15:28:54 +0100
Ban, tax or regulate the golden passport? MEPs discuss a way forward
MEPs will propose a way forward to member states on the sale of EU citizenship

Wed,17 Nov 2021 15:06:46 +0100
PN will file motion against ‘immoral’ tax amnesty legal notice
De Marco: Government is obliged to promote tax morality and this legal notice throws fiscal morality out of the window

Wed,17 Nov 2021 13:15:42 +0100
Judge throws out ‘vexatious’ constitutional reference by Degiorgio brothers
The Degiorgio brothers have had a request for a Constitutional reference on the issue of their denial of bail, dismissed

Wed,17 Nov 2021 12:39:12 +0100
COVID-19: 64 new cases registered, 15 in hospital
17 November COVID-19 update | 64 new cases • 670 active cases • 15 patients in hospital, 3 in ITU • Total vaccine doses at 914,967 • Total deaths at 462

Wed,17 Nov 2021 12:01:54 +0100
Marsaskala marina contract bidders revealed
Names of the four bidders for the Marsakala marina contract were tabled in Parliament by Ian Borg



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