• David Casa to be responsible for work-life balance directive

    PN Head of Delegation David Casa will be responsible for one of the most important EU initiatives in the area of employment and social affairs during this legislature – the Work-Life Balance Directive. This was announced during an EPP Group meeting at the European Parliament in Strasbourg.  “The objective of ...

  • Annemarie Mayo: An experimental architect with a unique art, design and music outlook

    After eight years of experience, working as an architect, Annemarie decided to pursue her growing interest in museum and exhibition design, as well as the design of visitor experiences. She recently took a course called MA Narrative Environments based at Central Saint Martins, London and graduated this year. "I was intrigued ...

  • Government should have terminated the PPP landscaping contract – NAO

     The National Audit Office, in a report on the 15-year-old Public-Private-Partnership between government and environmental landscapes consortium limited (ELC) due to the unfavourable terms for the former, and contractual breaches.“The MELP Monitoring Unit, Government’s monitoring arm within this Contract, is understaffed and cannot cope with the administrative and operational burdens associated ...

  • Decision on whether to fire John Bundy rests with PBS, Prime Minister says

    Prime Minister Joseph Muscat this afternoon told journalists that the decision on whether to sack PBS CEO John Bundy rests with PBS alone. Muscat was speaking after a visit to HSBC bank in Zabbar. Last week The Malta Independent reported that the PBS board was threatening to resign if Bundy ...

  • TMID Editorial - Monday reflections: When terror is not terrorism

    Terrorism. A white male opened fire into a festival crowd, killing at least 50 on Sunday. Somehow, this horrible incident was not classified as terrorism by the mainstream media. Instead, the Las Vegas massacre, which is being considered as one of the worst shootings in the US in recent history, ...

  • Developers against over-regulation of rental market

    The Malta Developers Association has warned that while some regulation of the rental sector was necessary, it did not believe that a return to rent control would help the economy “since this will stunt the growth of the rental market”. MDA said it was aware that the government was being lobbied to regulate ...

  • August tourist arrivals up by 12.2% to 288,033

    A total of 288,033 tourists visited Malta in August, an increase of 12.2 per cent compared to the corresponding month in 2016.The National Statistics Office said 259,392 foreigners visited on holiday and 7,839 on business. Tourists from the EU member states went up by 11.5 per cent to 245,390 when compared ...

  • FIRST MAGAZINE: The rise of the one-child family

    Across the EU, only one-sixth of all households are composed of three people or more. Those with more than four are rare, those with five account for fewer than 4.5 per cent and those with six or more for less than two per cent.In the UK, over half of all ...

  • eNGO calls for setting up of Environmental Crime Police unit

    Nature Trust – FEE Malta is urging the government to allocate more funds towards environmental conservation and protection.Finance Minister Edward Scicluna will present next year’s budget on Monday.The eNGO noted that, now that Malta has achieved a surplus in its budget, it is about time that one of the pillars ...

  • Chief Justice boldly speaks out about rule of law, need for proper law enforcement

    Chief Justice Silvio Camilleri felt the need to “go back to basics” during this morning’s address where he spoke of the importance of safeguarding the rule of law, commenting that without proper law enforcement this cannot take place. Addressing the opening of the Forensic Year, Camilleri said: “If the persons who ...

  • Growth and the quality of life

    The last decade has been characterised by a focus on fiscal rectitude as many EU countries struggled to control their public spending. On the other hand, Malta has been successful in reducing its fiscal deficit by promoting economic growth, and this has often exceeded the EU average. As the government prepares ...