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Investigation centres on claims Beijing has spied on EU from Malta’s embassy in Brussels Malta’s ties to China have come under the spotlight after Belgium’s intelligence services confirmed they have been investigating suspicions that Beijing has been spying from the country’s embassy opposite the European commission’s headquarters in Brussels.A spokesman for Belgium’s homeland security service, the Veiligheid van de Staat, made the unusual disclosure...

Brussels calls for fast-track measures in response to Daphne Caruana Galizia murder caseThe European commission has urged the Maltese government to fast-track measures to end political interference in criminal prosecutions in response to revelations about the investigation into the murder of the journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.The European justice commissioner, Didier Reynders, said recent developments in the case had highlighted systemic problems in the Maltese...

Media coalition wants guarantee of impartial investigation into murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia Malta’s prime minister, Joseph Muscat, is facing renewed pressure to quit immediately as EU leaders are urged to take a stand on the “desperate” situation in the country at a summit this week.Muscat, who is under fire over his role in the investigation into the murder of the journalist Daphne Caruana...

Three PMs attend marketing sales event on how wealthy can snap up citizenship from $100,000Three prime ministers took to a stage in the ballroom of a five-star London hotel this week offering the world’s wealthiest people “golden passports” and citizenship of their countries in return for hundreds of thousands of pounds of investment or flat “contributions”.Allen Chastanet, the prime minister of the Caribbean island...