Haytham al-Tajouri (left) seen here with Jalal al-Warshefani his number 2 in the Tripoli Revolutionary Brigade. Source: https://specialelibia.it/2018/09/24/esclusiva-faccia-a-faccia-con-jalal-al-warshefani-brigata-dei-rivoluzionari-di-tripoli/ In 2016 the United Nations Panel of Experts on Libya reported to the UN Security Council on the situation in that country and accused Tripoli militia leader Haithem Tajouri of financial fraud and human rights [...]

The UK is suspending its ‘golden visa’ scheme as of tomorrow as part of a clampdown on organised crime and money laundering. The move was announced by UK immigration minister Caroline Nokes. The “tier 1 visa” scheme allowed high net worth individuals willing to invest millions in the UK to get on a fast track [...]

This website enters its fourth semester today and as has become customary, here are the top 10 most read stories in the last 6 months since June 6, 2018. Nickie Vella de Fremeaux asks Adrian Delia for separation. Wed, 31st Oct '18, 01:30 Priest convicted of molesting 17 children permitted by Maltese church to say [...]

George Degiorgio, who's been in jail for just over a year awaiting trial alongside his brother and their friend for executing the order to assassinate Daphne Caruana Galizia, was taken to St James Hospital in Żabbar for some medical complaint yesterday. He was escorted by heavily armed and masked guards wearing bulletproof vests. Fair enough. [...]

Huawei’s finance chief Meng Wanzhou has been arrested in Canada and is being extradited to the USA. Huawei says it does not know what wrongdoing Ms Wanzhou may have committed. But press reports suggest she’s accused of “violating US sanctions on Iran”. Meng, who is one of the vice chairs on the Chinese technology company's [...]

This is the news magazine program of Italian Rete 4, hosted by Stella Pende that tells the story of Daphne Caruana Galizia, of her assassination and of the country in which she lived and worked and in which we remain after she was made to leave. https://youtu.be/VgTFubjK81A

‘Allo ‘Allo! was all about running gags. One of them was about Rene’s wife catching him snogging the girls on their restaurant staff. “You stupid woman,” he would always retort when accused of adultery. And long-suffering Mme Artois would obligingly accept her husband’s umpteenth lame excuse for having his tongue down Yvette Carte-Blanche’s throat. Neville [...]

Swedish Liberal MEP Cecilia Wikström has called on the EU to increase pressure on the Maltese government to guarantee the rule of law, including a police and judicial system independent of the authorities. In an article in Swedish daily newspaper Sydsvenskan, Wikström called on the EU to establish a mechanism that monitors and ensure that [...]

The attitude of Joseph Muscat, Konrad Mizzi and Chris Cardona yesterday in Parliament was utterly revolting. Their complete and utter contempt for Parliament is truly the pits. These people move around expecting deference due to the office they hold. They have people from across the political aisle defending them and attacking those who stay away [...]

Godfrey and Marlene Farrugia are particularly isolated in Parliament these days. The PN leadership has somehow focused their fixations on them speaking of the two MPs as if somehow they cost them an election. And Labour gives them the contemptuous treatment Maltese people reserve for those they perceive as traitors. The two were exceptional in [...]

Emailed communication from within Electrogas tabled yesterday in Parliament by MP Jason Azzopardi shows that the energy company commenced evaluations for the use of the Malta power plant to mine bitcoin in a dedicated data centre. Jason Azzopardi said the email was part of the same stash of emails leaked to Daphne Caruana Galizia prior [...]

During the Ivan Grech Mintoff TV program where he gave what he claimed are details of Neville Gafa’s visit to Libya, Grech Mintoff said Gafa' was accompanied by a Kenneth Camilleri. Ivan Grech Mintoff says his contacts in Libya told him about Kenneth Camilleri and also added Camilleri was particularly camera shy saying he was [...]

Statement issued by #occupyjustice this afternoon. Anyone suspected of involvement in criminal activity has no place in a public position. For this reason, yesterday’s media report that the FIAU has recommended a criminal investigation into possible money laundering allegations with the involvement of the Leader of the Opposition Adrian Delia, makes his position untenable. The [...]

Earlier I posted my speech from this weekend's Repubblika preparatory seminar. This is Marion Pace Asciak's introduction to the proceedings. https://youtu.be/7ZMOM1J8AT0  

I was only vaguely aware F Living TV was a thing. But I did know of Ivan Grech Mintoff's awareness of the back story of what Neville Gafa' has been up to for some time in Libya. He presented in court a dossier of witnesses wanting to come to Malta to testify that Neville Gafa' [...]

Over this weekend Repubblika held a preparatory seminar asking people who have shown interest in the project to give their insight on how Repubblika should be organised and what it should focus on. I gave the keynote speech at the event explaining what's behind the idea. Here's a video of the speech and beneath, if [...]

We never doubted Daphne Caruana Galizia’s investigative skills. 14 months since her assassination, more and more evidence, proving her right, is emerging. Yet, 14 months on, it seems that the authorities are reluctant to go after the masterminds of her murder. And, to date, in the past 14 months, the memorial protest site has been [...]

If you've missed this piece on Il Sole 24 Ore give it some of your time. It follows the trail of heaps of Azerbaijan money that may or may not be finding its way through laundering European banks into the pockets of decision makers that Azerbaijan needs to grow its gas business. The story speaks of [...]

We have entered a new phase in political reality. The ranking order of parties remains unchanged and the majority support for the Labour Party remains unassailable. But the major change is that as time goes by party leaders lose more control over their fate and their improvisations and errors cost them more and more. Hardly [...]