• Malta

    'Nowhere to hide' for VAT cheats using dodgy software

    Companies suspected of using illegal software to cheat the tax man will soon have “nowhere to hide” as private sector experts have been roped in to conduct in-depth forensic audits, the Times of Malta has learnt. VAT Department sources, who have been involved in months-long undercover investigations into suspected tax dodgers, ...

  • Malta

    Stranded migrant vessel remains stuck in international waters

    Updated 6.20pm A migrant rescue vessel denied entry into both Italian and Maltese territory remains stranded in international waters after rerouting towards Sicily earlier today.  The Golfo Azzurro was intercepted by an Italian coast guard ship as it approached the Sicilian port town of Pozzallo, having spent more than 24 hours circling ...

  • Perù Malta

    Morgenland apricot kernels could be toxic

    Packets of Morgenland sweet apricot kernels have been found to contain high levels of cyanide and have been withdrawn from the market. The Environmental Health Directorate within the Superintendence of Public Health said that cyanide forms following a chemical reaction with ‘amygdalin’ which can be naturally found in the pits of ...

  • USA Portogallo Spagna Malta

    Former MP Borg Olivier De Puget dies

    Albert Borg Olivier De Puget of Balzan, former Ambassador to Paris and Washington, has died, aged 85. He was Malta’s Ambassador to the United States (1991-1997) and concurrently High Commissioner to Canada and Ambassador Designated to Mexico. From 1987 to 1990, he was Ambassador to France with concurrent accreditation to Spain, ...

  • USA Malta Italia

    Stranded boat with migrants heads to Sicily after diplomatic dispute between Malta and Italy

    Golfo Azzurro, the search and rescue vessel carrying three Libyan migrants which was circling outside Malta's territorial waters, is now headed towards Pozzallo, in Sicily. It appears the vessel was reached by the Italian coast guard.The ship has been stranded outside Malta's waters as Italian authorities refused to let the ...

  • Malta

    Chris Said tells UHM that PN will be the workers party

    Chris Said told top officials of the UHM-Voice of the Workers that should he be elected Nationalist Party leader, the PN would become the workers party.Said said that the "workers will be at the heart of the party" and that he will establish a very close relationship with the union.UHM ...

  • USA Panama Malta

    TMID Editorial: National airline - Saving Air Malta

    We are being told that our national airline, Air Malta, is breaking even. The unofficial narrative in yesterday’s Times of Malta goes that under the new Minister for Tourism Konrad Mizzi, Airmalta came out of the woods. This is being said irrespective of the fact that the airline has shrugged ...

  • Malta Ucraina Lettonia

    Ukrainian caught entering Malta with 19,000 contraband cigarettes pleads not guilty, denied bail

    A Ukrainian national caught entering Malta with 19,000 undeclared cigarettes has been denied bail on the grounds that he has no ties to the island and is at risk of absconding.Ihor Klymenko, 38 from Kiev, pleaded not guilty to the charges brought against him, where he is accused of being ...

  • Paesi Bassi

    Twee Nederlanders aangehouden wegens drugssmokkel naar Australië

    De politie heeft dinsdagochtend twee mannen aangehouden in een grote Australische drugszaak. Het gaat om een 33-jarige man uit Utrecht en een 47-jarige man uit Huizen. Ze worden ervan verdacht drugs te leveren voor de export naar Australië.

  • Egitto Turchia

    As displacements continue, Syrian refugees need access to durable solutions

    Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic, TurkeyAn estimated 1.1 million displacements were recorded in the first half of 2017. Despite the support provided by host governments and humanitarian actors, refugees in the region are growing increasingly vulnerable. Current Situation The security situation in the Syrian ...