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Serious flaws in OLAF must be addressed; OLAF chief Kessler's position untenable Major problems with the working methods of the EU's anti-fraud body OLAF were again highlighted at a meeting of the EP's budgetary control committee on the annual report of the OLAF supervisory committee, which includes the handling of the Dalli case. The meeting underlined both serious structural problems in OLAF and its relationship with the supervisory committee, but also with the conduct of its director general Giovanni Kessler. Green MEPs Bart Staes and José Bové responded by calling for reform of OLAF...

If not Egrant, then what triggered the 2017 snap election? Seven key points Did Joseph Muscat deliberately choose not to serve a full term in office or was he grabbing a favourable polling moment? And if not Egrant, did 17 Black trigger the 2017 election? 17 December 2020, 7:34am by James Debono Keith Schembri says Joseph Muscat was planning an election in February 2017, weeks before the Egrant allegations made by Daphne Caruana Galizia. But did he deliberately choose not to serve a full term in office to exploit a favourable moment in the polls and ensure a big win; or was he keen on pre-em...

Joseph Muscat refuses to clarify when he found out about 17 Black Joseph Muscat insists he has 'nothing to add' to what he told the Caruana Galizia public inquiry when asked about 17 Black 16 December 2020, 6:30am by Nicole Meilak Former prime minister Joseph Muscat entering the law courts in Valletta, accompanied by his lawyer Charlon Gouder, as he prepares to testify in the Daphne Caruana Galizia public inquiry. (Photo: Nicole Meilak/MaltaToday) Joseph Muscat has refused to clarify when he found out that 17 Black was a business venture between Keith Schembri and Yorgen Fenech. The former p...

Former EU Commissioner John Dalli has described slain journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia as a “perverse criminal”, as he objected to Times of Malta reproducing an image on her blog linking him to secret company 17 Black.  Dalli said reproduction of the February 2017 blog post was tantamount to “spinning the calumny of the perverse criminal Daphne Caruana Galizia and which she had fabricated without any attempt of any proof”. In a letter to Times of Malta, Dalli, who was forced to step down as EU Commissioner in 2012, took the opportunity to lash out at the public inquiry into the jour...