It has just been announced that Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat will resign shortly. This step was overdue. Following recent revelations and arrests in his immediate vicinity, Muscat is finally taking responsibility, two years after the murder of government-critical…

Tax payments by large companies will not become more transparent for the time being. After a long struggle, the EU member states have not yet been able to agree on a common position on public country-by-country reporting. A qualified…

Based on a Green initiative, the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament has just agreed to send an urgent mission to look at the rule of law in Malta after the recent revelations around the murder of Daphne…

Today, Keith Schembri the Chief of Staff of the Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat resigned following the arrest of businessman Yorgen Fenech last week in connection with the investgation into the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia. Fenech owns the…

Today, businessman Yorgen Fenech was arrested in Malta in connection with the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia two years ago. According to media reports, he was arrested on Wednesday morning when he attempted to leave the island with…

The EU needs its own anti-money laundering authority. This is acknowledged by the six finance ministers from Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and Latvia in a joint position paper. Olaf Scholz and his five counterparts want a European…