Corporate Dispatch End Of Day – Round Up (Tuesday)

Good evening

These are the main news from Malta as reported by Malta’s news portals.

The Director General of the Fisheries Department has been suspended after Spanish newspaper published transcripts of intercepted phone calls demanding payments from a well-established Spanish tuna operator. MaltaToday says that the Maltese government declared it would collaborate with the ongoing investigation by Spain’s Guardia Civil. The Shift News says that Director General Andreina Fenech Farrugia used her influence for personal gain by accommodating one of the biggest players in the tuna industry.

Malta has the third-lowest rate of energy consumption from renewable sources in the EU.Newsbook quotes a Eurostat report which shows Malta sourcing 7.2 percent of its energy from renewables, well below the 17.5 EU average.

One News reports on another Eurostat survey which says Malta had the second-highest rate of new businesses setting up in the EU during 2016. Malta registered a 16.4 percent increase in new business, out pacing the EU average of 9.8 percent.

The EU is proposing laws to introduce new border protection systems after a European Parliament committee approved a dossier led by Maltese MEP Roberta Metsola. The Malta Independent says that the Metsola Report will see 10,000 border and coast guards deployed around Europe.

The European Parliament passed a vote demanding that the European Commission monitors citizen programmes such as the one offered by Malta. The Times quotes a report drafted by the Committee on Constitutional Affairs calls on countries to withdraw golden citizenship schemes.

The Nationalist Party launched a set of proposals related to the limiting of construction waste and re-use of materials. Net News says that the party is proposing the conservation of demolished stone from old buildings and recycling of construction materials.

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat held talks with British counterpart Theresa May in London. TVMsays that the two discussed the relationship between Malta and the UK against the backdrop of Brexit negotiations.

KSU says that students were not involved in decisions to close Car Park 6 on the University grounds, as construction works begin on Wednesday. LovinMalta says that the students body agrees with plans for a new residence and facilities but called on the University to work together to find a solution to parking problems.