Malta’s ID card racket stirs political strife
Malta’s illegal identity card scandal, linked to government agency Identità, continues to stir political uproar in the country. The oppositional…
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Malta’s 2025 budget previews tender for digital ID wallet
Malta has presented its new budget for the year 2025, announcing investments into digital identity, a new central data repository…
EC asked to take up investigation of Maltese ID authority amid witness confusion
An investigation into how Malta issued 18,000 fraudulent ID cards may be picked up by regional authorities as the local…
Malta opposition party demands minister’s resignation over ID card fraud scandal
Malta’s Green Party, ADPD, has intensified its demands for the resignation of a Maltese government minister following revelations of a…
First sentence handed down in Malta identity card scandal
Malta’s illegal identity card racket, linked to government agency Identità, has received its first court sentencing. Meanwhile, a civil rights…
Malta chamber sounds alarm on governance crisis amid ID card scandal
The Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise, and Industry has raised concerns about what it describes as a “complete breakdown” in…
Identita deny allegations they issued 18K ID cards to foreigners for bribes
The former senior manager of Malta’s Identita, Ryan Spagnol, is suing former MP Jason Azzopardi for libel over allegations that…
Biometric chip passports launching in Malta and Jordan this year
Biometric passports are seeing uptake across continents, with new nations implementing a model that has seen significant success in countries…
Identity Malta rebrands as Identità on heels of voter fraud allegations
Identity Malta has a new identity. The government agency, which oversees ID cards, passports, visas, residence documents, public deeds and…
Discredited biometric surveillance project in Malta closed, but is it?
Facial recognition networks might bring tiny Malta more security from street crime someday but right now it’s caught in a…
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