Jacob Borg
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Huawei project similar to that considered in Malta had security issues
A BBC Panorama documentary last week revealed how controversial Chinese telecommunications giants Huawei installed potential backdoors into a mass surveillance ‘Safe City’ project in Pakistan, to the surprise of authorities where the technology...
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Maltese professor had link to Russian troll factory
Maltese professor Joseph Mifsud's "various Russian contacts" included a one-time employee of a Russian troll factory which ran social media campaigns designed to sow discord in the US, the Mueller report found. The report, which looked into...
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Maltese professor with ‘Russian dirt’ claims gave ‘inaccurate statements’ – Mueller report
A Maltese professor who told the Trump campaign in April 2016 that Russia had “dirt” on Hillary Clinton in the form of “thousands of e-mails” gave “inaccurate statements” about the extent of his contact with former campaign advisor George...
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Mizzi claims Panama inquiry request breaches his human rights
Tourism Minister Konrad Mizzi this week filed a Constitutional Case against the Attorney General claiming fresh calls for an inquiry into his Panama Papers dealings breached his human rights. An earlier request for such an inquiry was successfully...
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Vitals bid evaluators names are ‘personal information’ - tribunal
An appeals tribunal has upheld arguments by Projects Malta and the Data Commissioner against publishing the names of the people on the evaluation committee that judged Vitals Global Healthcare, a shell company with no healthcare experience, to be...
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Committee needed to set Greco recommendations in motion - Delia
Opposition leader Adrian Delia on Monday demanded the setting up of an ad-hoc parliamentary committee to analyse and implement the recommendations in the Greco and Venice Commission reports. Speaking during the Greco report debate in Parliament,...
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PM points finger at Opposition for critical Greco report
Updated 7.20pm with Simon Busuttil speech Prime Minister Joseph Muscat on Monday said criticism levelled at the country by the Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (Greco) was partly a direct result of the “irresponsible way” the...
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Councils still responsible for general road maintenance – Minister
Infrastructure Minister Ian Borg on Monday urged local councils not to abdicate their responsibilities when it came to carrying out general road maintenance. He said the €700 million budgeted to repave Malta’s roads did not mean local councils...
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‘Greatest weakness of safety watchdog is PR’
Sterling work carried out by the occupational safety watchdog is “grossly unappreciated” and its “greatest weakness” was in its public relations, its chairman, Labour MP Manuel Mallia, has lamented. Writing in the Occupational Health and Safety...
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PN will prevail if it unites and speaks with conviction – Delia
A united PN that spoke with conviction could send a strong message to the “arrogant and corrupt government”, Opposition leader Adrian Delia said on Sunday. Speaking during a political meeting in Siggiewi, Dr Delia said the next six weeks leading...
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