Malta

  • Mar 21, 2022
  • 2 min read

Maltese premier is set for re-election in latest poll

Abela seems to have most voters’ support despite slow progress in strengthening Malta’s rule of law

Malta
  • Jun 24, 2021
  • 2 min read

FATF decision will hit Malta’s financial sector hard

Malta joins Albania and reportedly Romania as Europe’s suspect countries for failing to combat money laundering

Malta
  • Jan 14, 2020
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Malta’s ‘continuity’ premier may miss reform chance

New Labour premier has so far emphasised traditional social justice rather than cleaning up Malta’s crony politics

Malta
  • Dec 2, 2019
  • 1 min read

Maltese ruling party may survive murder scandal

The premier resigns as of January after investigation of government officials for an anti-corruption journalist’s murder

Malta
  • Nov 27, 2019
  • 2 min read

Maltese premier will try to ride out murder plot link

Suspicions of political and business involvement in the murder of a blogger grow as a top official is arrested

Malta
  • Apr 3, 2019
  • 2 min read

Countries will want EU solution to migration

The EU will no longer deploy naval assets to its anti-trafficking mission, making migrant crossings more perilous

EU
  • Mar 28, 2019
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Less safe migration will bolster Europe’s populists

Maltese authorities rescued a Turkish ship which had been hijacked by migrants as it headed towards Libya

Malta
  • Dec 18, 2018
  • 2 min read

Vested interests are likely to soften Maltese reforms

Government says it accepts Venice Commission’s recommendations but they would dismantle a system that benefits the elite

Malta