Joseph Muscat said
:
“The PA is still studying this possibility because we need to see the capacity of this area, we need to discuss how to regularise it so it wouldn’t be a free-for-all. This isn’t the government’s preferred choice because what we could be potentially dumping there is a resource, the equivalent of money,” 
MaltaToday Wednesday, September 18, 2019 2:00:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“Whoever thinks that we are going to build an island and occupy it with skyscrapers is wrong. We have to remember that places like Marsa, Msida and the Freeport are all products of land reclamation. The most ideal place for land reclamation right now would be Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq but unique flora and fauna there necessitate detailed studies,”
MaltaToday Wednesday, September 18, 2019 2:00:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat warned
:
“Auto-regulation sustained itself from three to six months in this area but it wasn’t a smooth affair. If the private sector doesn’t regularise itself sustainably, the government will take all the legal action necessary,”
MaltaToday Wednesday, September 18, 2019 2:00:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“I don’t think you’ll be happy with our final decision on this issue,”
MaltaToday Wednesday, September 18, 2019 2:00:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“Let me be very clear: I have no intention of resigning before, during, nor after the next Budget,” “The budget is so important not when it is devised, but also [in terms] of it being implemented. My only concern is to do the work which is needed in the coming months to keep pushing Malta higher”
MaltaToday Wednesday, September 18, 2019 10:39:00 AM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“I will be working on the Budget and will stay on after the Budget,”
MaltaToday Tuesday, September 17, 2019 5:55:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“When it’s time to make announcements, we will make them,”
MaltaToday Tuesday, September 17, 2019 3:46:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“We have a strong engagement with the Council of Europe while I have strong reservations on the methodology used by the rapporteur of the parliamentary assembly when drawing up the resolution, I have huge respect for the Council of Europe,”
MaltaToday Tuesday, September 17, 2019 3:46:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“We will follow this resolution because we have nothing to hide. We have to make sure, however, that by launching a public inquiry we wouldn’t be prejudicing any case. We have almost reached this balance now,”
MaltaToday Tuesday, September 17, 2019 3:46:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“Had we not made the necessary changes to Malta’s energy system, we would be here today discussing how to increase the prices of utility bills. We guaranteed that Malta became future-proof,”
MaltaToday Tuesday, September 17, 2019 1:13:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“Let me be very clear: I have no intention of resigning before, during, nor after the next budget,”
MaltaToday Sunday, September 15, 2019 12:42:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
(
about Association
)
:
“I can’t understand how, after the White Paper, the consultation process and all the discussions, the Opposition first seemed to be in agreement [with the rent Bill], but, all of a sudden - because there was a lack of agreement on the proposed laws by the Chamber of Commerce and the Malta Developers’ Association - it has come out against them,” “Because the Opposition saw them [the Chamber and MDA] criticise the new laws, since they were defending the interests of their members, it decided to itself come out against the proposed reform”
MaltaToday Sunday, September 15, 2019 12:42:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
(
about Helena Dalli
)
:
“Helena will be the first European Commissioner for Equality, a historical development, and one of the most visible and politically onerous portfolios ever assigned to a Maltese commissioner,”
MaltaToday Sunday, September 15, 2019 12:42:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“Three days ago, we celebrated this,”
MaltaToday Monday, September 9, 2019 6:18:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“All of the country’s high-ranking officials came to the celebration all dressed up. But who gave the main speech? Dr Abdalla Kablan,”
MaltaToday Monday, September 9, 2019 6:18:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“All of this will be in the plans we will lay out in the budget,”
MaltaToday Sunday, September 8, 2019 1:14:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“This means decisions are being taken, investment is being attracted. What we must do as a government is to never rely on our good results and to keep pushing forward,”
MaltaToday Sunday, September 8, 2019 1:14:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat told
:
“He is employed by the government but I don’t know what his contract says because it’s not available to me at this moment,”
MaltaIndipendent Thursday, September 5, 2019 8:38:00 AM EAT
Joseph Muscat wrote
:
"Malta will allow 40 migrants on German vessel Alan Kurdi to transfer to Armed Forces of Malta asset, enter port. German government and EU Commission arranged for all persons to be distributed amongst number of EU member states,"
deutschewelle-en Wednesday, September 4, 2019 3:16:00 AM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“All comments and submissions about the infrastructural works of any investment will be considered by the independent planning process. Government is confident that AUM will achieve its targets within the established timeframes as set in the public contract”
MaltaIndipendent Thursday, August 29, 2019 7:51:00 AM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“We brought in the people from the Ocean Viking to Malta for processing, and they will subsequently be taken to a number of other countries, from which we have the written pledges,”
MaltaToday Sunday, August 25, 2019 12:13:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“I am proud of how our country is acting in this situation,”
MaltaToday Sunday, August 25, 2019 12:13:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat précisé
(
about la France
)
:
“Tous les migrants à bord du bateau humanitaire des ONG SOS Méditerranée et Médecins sans Frontière vont être transférés sur des bateaux militaires maltais, hors des eaux territoriales de ce pays, et amenés ensuite à terre. Ils seront répartis entre la France, l'Allemagne, l'Irlande, le Luxembourg, le Portugal et la Roumanie”
liberte-algerie Saturday, August 24, 2019 1:13:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat précisé
(
about la France
)
:
"la France, l'Allemagne, l'Irlande, le Luxembourg, le Portugal et la Roumanie"
corsematin Saturday, August 24, 2019 6:23:00 AM EAT
Joseph Muscat précisé
(
about la France
)
:
"la France, l'Allemagne, l'Irlande, le Luxembourg, le Portugal et la Roumanie"
afp-fr Saturday, August 24, 2019 3:12:00 AM EAT
Joseph Muscat précisé
(
about la France
)
:
«la France, l’Allemagne, l’Irlande, le Luxembourg, le Portugal et la Roumanie»
lapresse-CA Friday, August 23, 2019 11:15:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat précisé
(
about la France
)
:
«la France, l'Allemagne, l'Irlande, le Luxembourg, le Portugal et la Roumanie»
letemps Friday, August 23, 2019 10:27:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat précisé
(
about la France
)
:
"la France, l'Allemagne, l'Irlande, le Luxembourg, le Portugal et la Roumanie"
ipreunion Friday, August 23, 2019 6:58:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat announced
:
“Following discussions with the European Commission and a number of the member states, namely France and Germany, Malta has agreed to be part of the solution in the Ocean Viking stalemate,”
euractiv-eu-fr Friday, August 23, 2019 5:12:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“All migrants will be relocated to other member states: France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal and Romania. None will remain in Malta,”
middleeasteye Friday, August 23, 2019 4:18:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat précisé
(
about la France
)
:
"la France, l'Allemagne, l'Irlande, le Luxembourg, le Portugal et la Roumanie"
challenges Friday, August 23, 2019 3:19:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat précisé
(
about la France
)
:
"la France, l'Allemagne, l'Irlande, le Luxembourg, le Portugal et la Roumanie"
afp-fr Friday, August 23, 2019 3:03:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat précisé
(
about la France
)
:
"la France, l'Allemagne, l'Irlande, le Luxembourg, le Portugal et la Roumanie"
la-croix Friday, August 23, 2019 2:40:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat précisé
(
about la France
)
:
"la France, l'Allemagne, l'Irlande, le Luxembourg, le Portugal et la Roumanie"
lepetitjournal Friday, August 23, 2019 2:37:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
"One shouldn't be looking at the absolute statistic but at the rate at which poverty has decreased because the absolute figure is reflective of the increase in population,"
MaltaToday Sunday, August 11, 2019 11:31:00 AM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
"Contrary to the previous administration which said that poverty is simply a perception, this government acknowledges that it is a reality and we are fighting it everyday,"
MaltaToday Sunday, August 11, 2019 11:31:00 AM EAT
Joseph Muscat says
:
“including his esoteric visions, his anti-Judaism,”
MaltaIndipendent Saturday, August 10, 2019 1:14:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
(
about Alan Kurdi
)
:
"Malta will allow 40 migrants on board the German vessel Alan Kurdi to transfer to a Malta Armed Forces asset and enter port,"
dw-en Monday, August 5, 2019 3:53:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
(
about Alan Kurdi
)
:
"Malta will allow 40 migrants on board the German vessel Alan Kurdi to transfer to a Malta Armed Forces asset and enter port,"
reuters-en Monday, August 5, 2019 11:54:00 AM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
(
about Alan Kurdi
)
:
“Malta will allow 40 migrants on board the German vessel Alan Kurdi to transfer to a Malta Armed Forces asset and enter port,”
ChinaPost Monday, August 5, 2019 4:15:00 AM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
(
about Alan Kurdi
)
:
“Malta will allow 40 migrants on board the German vessel Alan Kurdi to transfer to a Malta Armed Forces asset and enter port,”
dailytimesPK Monday, August 5, 2019 1:01:00 AM EAT
Joseph Muscat explicou
:
"Quando os membros do governo alemão entraram em contato com Malta, eles se mostraram conscientes de que não era nossa responsabilidade, mas nos ofereceram um acordo" "Permitir aos migrantes um desembarque era uma questão de bom senso. Devemos trabalhar com outros países para salvar vidas humanas"
uol Sunday, August 4, 2019 10:38:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
(
about Alan Kurdi
)
:
“Malta will allow 40 migrants on board the German vessel Alan Kurdi to transfer to a Malta Armed Forces asset and enter port,”
themalaymailonline Sunday, August 4, 2019 8:11:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
(
about Alan Kurdi
)
:
"Malta will allow 40 migrants on board the German vessel Alan Kurdi to transfer to a Malta Armed Forces asset and enter port,"
trust2 Sunday, August 4, 2019 5:45:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
(
about Alan Kurdi
)
:
"Malta will allow 40 migrants on board the German vessel Alan Kurdi to transfer to a Malta Armed Forces asset and enter port,"
dw-en Sunday, August 4, 2019 5:26:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
(
about Alan Kurdi
)
:
"Malta will allow 40 migrants on board the German vessel Alan Kurdi to transfer to a Malta Armed Forces asset and enter port,"
trust Sunday, August 4, 2019 4:31:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
(
about Alan Kurdi
)
:
"Malta will allow 40 migrants on board the German vessel Alan Kurdi to transfer to a Malta Armed Forces asset and enter port,"
news-yahoo Sunday, August 4, 2019 3:50:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“I felt, even because it was a humanitarian issue, that we should accede to Germany’s request,” “If the country will be carrying out a humanitarian act, if it will not be creating any precedent and if another EU country tells us that it acknowledges that the migrants are not our responsibility, but that they would like us to [allow them in] and they would then be relocated then it is common sense that we take them in and show good will, while still protecting the national interest and human life,”
MaltaToday Sunday, August 4, 2019 12:44:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
(
about Jason Azzopardi
)
:
“Two courts have now said clearly that Azzopardi has a big political responsibility when it comes to the scandalous act involving the Lowenbrau land,”
MaltaToday Sunday, August 4, 2019 12:44:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat wrote
:
“Malta will allow 40 migrants on German vessel Alan Kurdi to transfer to Armed Forces of Malta asset, enter port. German government and EU Commission arranged for all persons to be distributed amongst number of EU member states,”
ChinaPost Sunday, August 4, 2019 1:44:00 AM EAT
Joseph Muscat wrote
:
"Following request by #Germany, #Malta will allow 40 migrants on German vessel #AlanKurdi to transfer to @Armed_Forces_MT asset, enter port. German gov & @EU_Commission arranged for all persons to be distributed amongst number of EU MemberStates,"
xinhuanet_en Sunday, August 4, 2019 1:04:00 AM EAT
Joseph Muscat wrote
:
"Malta will allow 40 migrants on German vessel Alan Kurdi to transfer to Armed Forces of Malta asset, enter port. German government and EU Commission arranged for all persons to be distributed amongst number of EU member states,"
dw-en Sunday, August 4, 2019 12:51:00 AM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“It’s like when you’re watching a series and you think everything has passed but then something comes up again and leaves you waiting for the next season,”
MaltaToday Wednesday, July 31, 2019 12:32:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“I think that like me and others, you watch Netflix,”
MaltaToday Sunday, July 28, 2019 1:30:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“When you think everything is solved everything, something happens and everything is turned on its head again and the confusion starts again. This is the feeling I get,” “I’m not going to make predictions on what I think will happen, we can wait for the new season to come out. I congratulate Dr Delia for beating Simon Busuttil no big deal, but he beat him and I hope he now gets a grip”
MaltaToday Sunday, July 28, 2019 1:30:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“One issue where we need clear direction from the PN is regarding the reform to increase gender equality in parliament,”
MaltaToday Sunday, July 28, 2019 1:30:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“The government has listened and will continue to listen”
MaltaIndipendent Friday, July 26, 2019 10:16:00 AM EAT
Joseph Muscat told
:
“Von der Leyen asked for my thoughts about the portfolio that should be given to Helena Dalli and I told her what I think. Helena Dalli also expressed her thoughts with me. I do not feel that that discussion should be made public,”
MaltaIndipendent Friday, July 26, 2019 10:16:00 AM EAT
Joseph Muscat added
(
about Helena Dalli
)
:
“The profile of the person chosen (Dalli) will have an impact on the portfolio that she might be given,”
MaltaIndipendent Friday, July 26, 2019 10:16:00 AM EAT
Joseph Muscat told
:
“Whoever is reading these reports, even if they are leaked reports at this stage, should read them properly because the report has a cut-off date, which was last November, and since then many of the recommendations put forward in that report have been implemented,”
MaltaToday Thursday, July 25, 2019 4:58:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat told
:
“Yes, there are many groups which are very vocal and we must communicate better with these people. But the perception that this project will result in the destruction of the large trees is not the case,”
MaltaToday Thursday, July 25, 2019 2:37:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“The government did in fact take a step back when it comes to this project. It took a step back from the previous administration’s proposal that would have resulted in the loss of 60% more agricultural land when compared to this government’s plan,”
MaltaToday Thursday, July 25, 2019 2:37:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
(
about Ursula von der Leyen
)
:
“It’s a very difficult balancing act for von Der Leyen as she has 26 other roles to cover, 25 if you don’t count the Spanish Commissioner who will be responsible for foreign affairs,”
MaltaToday Thursday, July 25, 2019 2:37:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
"The Attard main road has been suffering for years. Balzan and Attard residents have been complaining continuously about the traffic issues in their locality. Now that the government is implementing the project, we are still getting stick. You can't please everyone. The government doesn't get any thanks for it,"
MaltaToday Sunday, July 21, 2019 12:31:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
"Moody's credit rating is the latest in a series of credit agency ratings that have recognised our standing. This is the merit of coordinated work and continuous government decisions. The government accounts are strong and to be relied upon but we have achieved this because we remain focused and keep making decisions,"
MaltaToday Sunday, July 21, 2019 12:31:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
"Bank services in Malta are still limited. They are doing very well financially but are facing an intense demand due to these business settling in Malta. Financial regulators tell them to slow down,"
MaltaToday Sunday, July 21, 2019 12:31:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat added
:
“This is reflected in the way people behave and in what they can afford,”
MaltaToday Thursday, July 18, 2019 8:35:00 AM EAT
Joseph Muscat claimed
:
“parents are again feeling their children will have a better country than the one they had”
MaltaToday Thursday, July 18, 2019 8:35:00 AM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“So Malta was part of the solution,”
MaltaToday Sunday, July 14, 2019 12:53:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
"None of the said immigrants will remain in Malta as this case was not under the responsibility of the Maltese authorities,"
politico-eu Tuesday, July 9, 2019 3:11:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
(
about Alan Kurdi
)
:
“Following discussions with the government, the Malta government will transfer 65 rescued immigrants on board the Alan Kurdi to an Armed Forces Malta asset which will then enter a Maltese port,”
modernghana Monday, July 8, 2019 5:58:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
(
about Alan Kurdi
)
:
“Following discussions with the and government, the Malta government will transfer 65 rescued immigrants on board the Alan Kurdi to an Armed Forces Malta asset which will then enter a Maltese port,”
rfi-en Monday, July 8, 2019 4:45:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
"following discussions with the EU Commission and the German government"
thenational Monday, July 8, 2019 2:27:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat adiantou
:
“Todos os resgatados vão ser imediatamente transferidos para outros países membros da União Europeia”
observador Sunday, July 7, 2019 8:30:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat adiantou
:
“Todos os resgatados vão ser imediatamente transferidos para outros países membros da União Europeia”
24-sapo Sunday, July 7, 2019 8:27:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat adiantou
:
“Todos os resgatados vão ser imediatamente transferidos para outros países membros da União Europeia”
ptjornal Sunday, July 7, 2019 8:19:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat afirmou
(
about Alan Kurdi
)
:
"Após discussões com a Comissão Europeia e com o governo alemão, o governo de Malta vai transferir 65 migrantes socorridos a bordo do 'Alan Kurdi' para uma unidade das Forças Armadas maltesas, que entrará depois em um porto maltês"
uol Sunday, July 7, 2019 7:51:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“For example, a crack shows up and the architect is called over to give a decision,”
MaltaIndipendent Monday, July 1, 2019 10:28:00 AM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“Today there is a jungle, everyone doing as they please,”
MaltaIndipendent Monday, July 1, 2019 10:28:00 AM EAT
Joseph Muscat told
:
“This report gives a deadline of three months we are a sovereign country but I am the first one who refuses to put my country in a collision course with a European institution, and that’s why I am going to keep taking advice from the Attorney General to assess the situation”
MaltaIndipendent Monday, July 1, 2019 10:28:00 AM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
"In other countries, there are strict regulations in this sector. But we can't go from no regulation to overcooked severeness. Previous Maltese governments who introduced strict regulations engendered two scenarios: one, owners who had invested money in their property were unwilling to rent, fearing losing control of their own propertythis resulted in a lot of vacant dwellings; two, the government lost a number of cases in court for impinging on the rights of property owners, resulting in policymaking that disintegrates in a matter of months,"
MaltaToday Sunday, June 30, 2019 12:48:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“Our political and economic stability makes Malta fertile ground for companies like Toly to continue succeeding,”
MaltaToday Friday, June 28, 2019 4:21:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat told
:
"I do not want to put Malta on a collision course with a European institution... but I also have the advice from the Attorney General that anything said in an inquiry could prejudice ongoing criminal proceedings against three men accused with the murder and that is a responsibility I will not shoulder,"
xinhuanet_en Friday, June 28, 2019 1:08:00 AM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
"We did not opt for a heavy-handed approach because the market would have rebelled like it did in the past when governments imposed themselves in the past. This experience guided us towards these reforms that incentivise landlords rather than penalise them to do something,"
MaltaToday Wednesday, June 26, 2019 1:32:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
"We will now be showing people the added value of this technology through applying it to something which they will use in their daily lives. This shows how the digital transformation will affect their lives"
digitaljournal Tuesday, June 25, 2019 8:27:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“Every rent contract in Malta will be registered. The system we will be using to register the contracts is blockchain - distributed ledger technology,” “We will now be showing people the added value of this technology through applying it to something which they will use in their daily lives. Such a contract cannot be tampered with and only those authorised will be able to access it. This shows how the digital transformation will affect their lives”
MaltaToday Sunday, June 23, 2019 8:00:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“The industry grew at a much faster rate than the institutional capacity of the institution governing it, that is the truth,” “In this regard, we need to ensure that this gap is reduced as much as possible”
MaltaToday Sunday, June 23, 2019 8:00:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“This is the next step for the public service and the country,”
MaltaToday Monday, June 17, 2019 3:03:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“I think it’s a situation where the industry grew at a much faster rate than the institutional capacity of the institution governing it, that is the truth,” “In this regard, we need to ensure that this gap is reduced as much as possible”
MaltaToday Monday, June 17, 2019 2:03:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“We have shouldered responsibility because we have stopped an entire industry,” “Had we left things to carry on as though nothing ever happened, I might have agreed with you but that fact that we brought an industry to a halt, with a decision that has cost the government and private individuals millions, shows that we have taken responsibility and we have taken a decision when it needed to be taken”
MaltaToday Monday, June 17, 2019 2:03:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“Experts have told me that it is clear who is responsible for the Gwardamanga accident, but I won’t be commenting because I don’t want to prejudice the case, but it is clear what happened,”
MaltaToday Sunday, June 16, 2019 1:25:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“The government can’t watch over every site, someone needs to be responsible, that is why we are warrants,”
MaltaToday Sunday, June 16, 2019 1:25:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“The idea is not to have everyone say the same thing, but rather to be able to emphasise points where we feel there is agreement,”
MaltaToday Sunday, June 16, 2019 1:25:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“I told them to speak to those among them who are giving them a bad name,”
MaltaToday Sunday, June 16, 2019 1:25:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
(
about Commission
)
:
“From what I can understand, the only reason they are voting against the bill is because they want to AG approved by a two-thirds majority,” “Nowhere in the Venice Commission’s report does it say that the AG should be approved by a two-thirds majority”
MaltaToday Sunday, June 16, 2019 1:25:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“The idea is for them to strengthen the base they have in Malta, with the intention of also having 50 aircraft that are operating in foreign countries and which are brought onto the Maltese register,”
MaltaToday Sunday, June 16, 2019 1:25:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“We firmly believe that Malta Air and Air Malta can reciprocally strengthen each other in different markets”
MaltaIndipendent Saturday, June 15, 2019 4:42:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“Next Monday there will be the launch of a public consultation on the number of proposals we have regarding the construction industry”
MaltaIndipendent Saturday, June 15, 2019 4:42:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“The EU needs to play a meaningful role by stimulating stability and growth in the region and beyond”
MaltaIndipendent Saturday, June 15, 2019 4:42:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“Instability in Libya is a threat to us and to the European Union as a whole”
MaltaIndipendent Saturday, June 15, 2019 4:42:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“this is definitely something that you will find full support in from those around this table”
MaltaIndipendent Saturday, June 15, 2019 4:42:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“We are very grateful for you choosing to make Malta your home whether it is temporary or forever. I want to be clear. If you want to be here and contribute to our country’s success, then you are very welcome,”
MaltaToday Saturday, June 15, 2019 1:13:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“we have made it very clear that we give our total support to our Cypriot friends on recurrent issues and that this support is unwavering”
in-cyprus Saturday, June 15, 2019 10:34:00 AM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
"Our region needs to be at the forefront of innovation, a hotbed for the creation, development and roll-out of emerging citizen-centric technologies, designed to enhance socio-economic wellbeing,"
xinhuanet_en Saturday, June 15, 2019 7:35:00 AM EAT
Joseph Muscat stating
:
"We need a well-connected Mediterranean region as a precondition for a fully functioning energy market aimed at sustainability, affordability, and security of supply"
xinhuanet_en Saturday, June 15, 2019 7:35:00 AM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“It is obvious that people are angry. I am angry as well... But it is also obvious that there are responsibilities to be shouldered by people who have a warrant. As far as I know, an architect is responsible when he signs off on work. If an architect does not agree with the way work has been done it is his duty to withdraw from the project,”
MaltaToday Monday, June 10, 2019 12:33:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat told
(
about Commission
)
:
“We have to understand and decide on the type of vision the person occupying the European Commission president role should have,”
MaltaToday Monday, June 10, 2019 12:33:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“The EU needs a discussion on the Schengen agreement. We agree with Schengen but everybody recognises that this is now being tested to its limit. The other issue linked to free movement is immigration,”
MaltaToday Monday, June 10, 2019 12:33:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“The new commission will have a hard time to follow in the same footsteps but it will have new challenges. The commission will have to lead crucial negotiations on the EU budget, taking into account Brexit and proposing new directions of spending in innovation and investment,”
MaltaToday Monday, June 10, 2019 12:33:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
(
about Commission
)
:
"These are not binding recommendations. There are some which the government embraces and works on and there are others which are not necessarily correct and one can counter them until the Commission understands,"
MaltaToday Sunday, June 9, 2019 12:32:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“The movement is not a single person. We are all part of it. This is the big lessons to be drawn from the past 10 election successes, one bigger than the other”
timesofmalta Sunday, June 2, 2019 2:36:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
"This is not a movement which works for elections and then lets things die. It has a very clear five-year plan,"
MaltaToday Sunday, June 2, 2019 2:03:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
"It is not my business what happen in the Opposition. But I am very disappointed that - after the Maltese people sent such a strong message that while it was that there is scrutiny of the government, it will never accept that people actively work against the country - 24 hours after the elections' result was issued, the two Opposition MEPs left Malta in a hurry to continue with their same story," "Faced by this negative attitude, let there not be anyone who thinks we will give up or be demoralised. This attitude strengthens, unites us and increases our resolve more. Positivity will win over negativity. And if they [the PN] didn't learn their lesson about 10 losses, they will have to learn it after the eleventh loss at the next general election,"
MaltaToday Sunday, June 2, 2019 2:03:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“People vote according to the way they feel. Take Nadur and this is why we I believe we always need to speak to people and never take them for granted in Nadur we have a substantial amount of people who voted for the Nationalist Party in the local council elections, because they wanted a Nationalist local council and those same people voted for Josianne in the MEP election,”
MaltaToday Saturday, June 1, 2019 7:58:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“The lesson is that everyone votes according what their hear and minds tell them and so we must remain close to the people,” “We can’t let this result go to our headsthis result places the biggest responsibility in history on us, and I for one, am prepared to carry it”
MaltaToday Saturday, June 1, 2019 7:58:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“I must comment about the symbolic value of these elections where for the first time we won a majority in the capital city, Valletta,”
MaltaToday Saturday, June 1, 2019 7:58:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat insisted
:
“We must do what we have proposed,” “We now have a reputation of doing what we promise, and we must ensure that this becomes the reputation of every Labour local council”
MaltaToday Saturday, June 1, 2019 7:58:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“As of tomorrow, we need to have structure to coordinate at the work we need to do across the country, including on a local level,”
MaltaToday Saturday, June 1, 2019 7:58:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
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about Miriam Dalli
)
:
“I cannot but thank [MEP] Miriam Dalli who headed this programme, which was a success,”
timesofmalta Saturday, June 1, 2019 1:40:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
"We thought we broke the record last time,"
MaltaToday Friday, May 31, 2019 11:44:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
"So proud that Labour Party will for the first time ever lead the local council of our capital city"
MaltaIndipendent Thursday, May 30, 2019 4:22:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat wrote
:
"So proud that PL will for the first time ever lead the local council of our capital city,"
MaltaToday Wednesday, May 29, 2019 10:03:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
"It's a vote again division. It's a vote against those scaring people over issues which don't exist,"
timesofmalta Sunday, May 26, 2019 8:03:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“As a country we’ve shown that what unites is greater than what divides us. This country does not want division, but unity. I thank you for giving this movement your trust, for the tenth time in a row,” “There has never been any political movement that accomplished what we manage to achieve”
MaltaToday Sunday, May 26, 2019 6:22:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
"It's a vote again division. It's a vote against those scaring people over issues which don't exist,"
timesofmalta Sunday, May 26, 2019 5:06:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“As a country we’ve shown that what unites is greater than what divides us. This country does not want division, but unity. I thank you for giving this movement your trust, for the tenth time in a row,” “There has never been any political movement that accomplished what we manage to achieve”
MaltaToday Sunday, May 26, 2019 4:22:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
"It's a vote again division. It's a vote against those scaring people over issues which don't exist,"
timesofmalta Sunday, May 26, 2019 4:06:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat added
:
"From tomorrow morning we will keep on working. I hope that the message which the people sent will be taken on board by those who will be representing Malta in the European Parliament in the next five years,"
MaltaToday Sunday, May 26, 2019 2:23:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
"It's a vote again division. It's a vote against those scaring people over issues which don't exist,"
timesofmalta Sunday, May 26, 2019 1:13:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat saying
:
"We had useful discussions during our meeting at VGS2019. I look forward to working with you to further strengthen our cooperation"
firstpost Friday, May 24, 2019 4:18:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“The challenge of our time is learning how to live alongside each other,”
timesofmalta Thursday, May 23, 2019 11:19:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“Anyone who believes that the language of hate can get us anywhere is wrong. The Maltese are compassionate. We have strong values and this does not allow us to stay silent in front of a crime in which a man was killed because he is black,”
MaltaToday Thursday, May 23, 2019 10:34:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“Others had lost hope. They left pensions static for 25 years but we believed; we had a plan; we delivered but this is nothing near what we have to give you more,”
MaltaToday Thursday, May 23, 2019 10:34:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“We trust that our children will be better than us. That pensioners can live a decent life. That the best days are here with us. We do not want a country of hidden poor but a country of small rich people,”
MaltaToday Thursday, May 23, 2019 10:34:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
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about Junior College
)
:
"The investment is worth millions, and it will aid the university in strengthening its capital base," "The Old Campus site is worth millions, and so to is the Junior College site,"
MaltaToday Thursday, May 23, 2019 5:06:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“The Innovative Technology Arrangements and Services Act is just a small example of how, as a jurisdiction, our country is providing assurances in the distributed ledger technology and artificial intelligence software industry,”
MaltaToday Thursday, May 23, 2019 3:16:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“We’re stating quite clearly that within a decade, we want to have this sector contributing an equivalent of 1% to our GDPand talent engaged in this field of around 2,500-3,000,”
MaltaToday Thursday, May 23, 2019 3:16:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“You already refer to other countries as your centrepieces, and I am pretty sure that within the next decade you will be referring to Malta,”
MaltaToday Thursday, May 23, 2019 3:16:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“If it were acceptable last week to tolerate people venting far-right comments on the media, it is not acceptable anymore. Jokes or perceived jokes that would have made people laugh until last week are no longer acceptable,”
timesofmalta Wednesday, May 22, 2019 12:38:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“If it were acceptable last week to tolerate people venting far-right comments on the media, it is not acceptable anymore. Jokes or perceived jokes that would have made people laugh until last week are no longer acceptable,”
timesofmalta Wednesday, May 22, 2019 8:58:00 AM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
"One would think that if they did not get the message in 2013, they would have in 2017. Genuine Nationalists admitted that they were too negative. And what happens? They elected someone who acknowledged this but then when it came to his first test next Saturday, we have heard nothing but negativity. Hopefully, it will be a case of third time lucky,"
timesofmalta Tuesday, May 21, 2019 10:31:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
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about Adrian Delia
)
:
“One would have expected that if the Opposition didn’t get the message in 2013, they would have done so in 2017. It seemed that they had realised in 2017 that they were too negative, and they went on to elect a leader who acknowledged the party had been too negative and that a new way was needed,” “But, despite Adrian Delia being about to be subjected to his first electoral test, we have for the past month only had negativity coming from the Opposition”
MaltaToday Tuesday, May 21, 2019 10:07:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“Integration is the solution, not fences and segregation. Integration starts at band and sports clubs, our schools,”
MaltaIndipendent Tuesday, May 21, 2019 9:40:00 AM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“we often see them on television and laugh but they have managed to inject their venom into our society”
MaltaIndipendent Tuesday, May 21, 2019 9:40:00 AM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“Some people told me it might be dangerous for her [Mizzi] to speak in Hamrun, since the people in the area might not take it well,” “I am certain, however, that every one of us, after hearing the news [about the arrest of two soldiers in connection with Lassana’s murder], realise that we cannot ever accept that a person is killed simply for being different”
MaltaToday Monday, May 20, 2019 10:53:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“The scheme is not a silver bullet, as no such thing exists in this area and there is no measure which will address all the issue. It is, however, one of a series of policies which target different realities in our economy and society,”
MaltaToday Monday, May 20, 2019 4:52:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
"We have to be angry that we allowed this environment of hatred to fester amongst us,"
dw-en Sunday, May 19, 2019 11:05:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
"We have a historical opportunity here, that from a horror story we can seed a tree of hope, that while we recognise that integration will have its problems, its always preferable and that it will solve and prevent problems from arising in the future,"
MaltaToday Sunday, May 19, 2019 3:37:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat insisted
:
"When you create ghettos, these eventually become villages and then cities. When you segregate these people into ghettos, you're seeding hate and breeding criminality. Instead of feeling grateful to their host country, these people will learn to hate it,"
MaltaToday Sunday, May 19, 2019 3:37:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“We can never accept a situation like this. We have to be angry that we allowed this environment of hatred to fester amongst us. I am angry at myself. A man was killed for kicks. He did nothing to them. We are not that type of people,”
MaltaToday Saturday, May 18, 2019 10:31:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“There were those who sowed hatred and led to a situation where two people think it is normal to go out and shoot someone because he is black we are not like this,”
MaltaToday Saturday, May 18, 2019 10:31:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“If the majority of us who swallow the Eucharist every Sunday allow this to go on without showing that we are going to turn the page in our homes, at our workplaces, we would be denying our own nature as a caring people,”
MaltaToday Saturday, May 18, 2019 10:31:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat insisted
:
“Malta in our heart is a Malta that loves and not one that hates,”
MaltaToday Saturday, May 18, 2019 10:31:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat écrit
:
"J'aimerais remercier la police de Malte d'avoir résolu cet important cas du meurtre de sang-froid d'un migrant ivoirien"
bbc-french-africa Saturday, May 18, 2019 8:04:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“It is shameful how the PN’s candidates don’t want to commit themselves to standing shoulder to shoulder with the remainder of the country when it is time for us to nominate our next European Commissioner,”
MaltaToday Friday, May 17, 2019 10:28:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
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about Joe Borg
)
:
“I was at the European Parliament when [former Commissioner] Joe Borg was nominated. I voted for him, and I have no problem saying so because he is Maltese like me, therefore I felt I needed to help him,”
MaltaToday Friday, May 17, 2019 10:28:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“At the begging of the campaign it was clear that me and the Opposition leader would have two debates. We had one in the beginning of the campaign and this Wednesday we will have another one,” “This week he decided, maybe he slept badly I don't know, but he decided that he wants to debate today as well. I hope he can calm down and keep his arguments and use them on Wednesday”
MaltaToday Friday, May 17, 2019 10:28:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
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about Adrian Delia
)
:
“If Dr Delia is throwing a tantrum all of a sudden - at the start of the week he brought up the non-existent issue of abortion and ended the week with a non-existent issue about Xarabank - then I hope that by next week he’ll have calmed down,”
MaltaToday Friday, May 17, 2019 7:39:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
"There has been a lot of talk about life,"
MaltaToday Friday, May 17, 2019 2:23:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat told
:
“We want to concept of a minimum wage to remain, but there are two things we want for the next generation,”
MaltaToday Thursday, May 16, 2019 9:26:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“It's a campaign where we are seeing more than ever before an Opposition with no ideas,” “Inventions, the distortion of reality and insensitivityThey are so detached from what people are feeling that they don’t realise how even one word can be extremely hurtful. They have become detached from people and can’t understand it”
MaltaToday Wednesday, May 15, 2019 10:20:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“As if we can stop them,”
timesofmalta Wednesday, May 15, 2019 10:04:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“All I have to say the ex leader of the Opposition is that I wish him health and happiness, and I hope that he or his family never have to go through at least half of what I went through,” “I find the strength to say something like from the serenity I have within me and from the pride I have in leading this nation. I will ask you to continue renewing this strength on the 25 May”
MaltaToday Tuesday, May 14, 2019 11:07:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“I am sure that had the case been decided differently and had another party in the case appealed, he would have claimed it was not right. We on the other hand say it is his right and that we have no problem with him doing so,”
MaltaToday Tuesday, May 14, 2019 11:07:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“We cannot ask local banks to break European rules and a bank like BOV is caught up in this complex situation of being very big for Malta but small on a European level. An important aspect is the attraction of new banks and financial institutions to the market, which established banks like BOV should not frown upon because they will provide a natural method of de-risking,”
MaltaToday Monday, May 13, 2019 3:01:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“A risk management strategy does not mean not accepting anyone as your client but carrying out the necessary checks avoiding risk does not mean it will go away,”
MaltaToday Monday, May 13, 2019 3:01:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat said
:
“Part of the trajectory of this country’s development was to think of the future by ensuring it has an institutional setup that catered for growth the MDB addresses the Achilles Heel of the banking system by supporting investments that banks may shy away because of the higher risk component,”
MaltaToday Monday, May 13, 2019 3:01:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat vysvětlil
:
"Bylo dosaženo ad hoc dohody. Z 249 migrantů, kteří jsou na Maltě a 49, kteří jsou na palubách Sea-Watch a Sea-Eye, bude 220 osob přerozděleno do jiných členských zemí nebo budou navráceni do zemí jejich původu,"
ceskenoviny-en Wednesday, January 9, 2019 3:46:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat prohlásil
:
"Malta nikdy neuzavřela své přístavy a zůstává bezpečným přístavem,"
ceskenoviny-en Wednesday, January 9, 2019 3:46:00 PM EAT
Joseph Muscat dijo
:
“Informado de una posible situación de secuestro de un vuelo doméstico de Libia redirigido hacia Malta. Operaciones de seguridad y emergencia en marcha, por -JM”
diariolibre-en Friday, December 23, 2016 3:40:00 PM EAT
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