“The European Parliament must by now know that its failure to report the truth in matters regarding the Maldives has left its own reputation among the Maldivian public at serious risk of irreversible damage,” the Progressive Party of Maldives said today.
The anti-corruption watchdog has ordered the government to re-evaluate applications submitted for the ‘Get Set’ youth entrepreneurship loan scheme.
Amendments to the tourism law passed today transfers to the tourism ministry the Environment Protection Agency’s (EPA) powers to evaluate environmental impact assessments (EIAs) and authorise projects such as land reclamation.
Despite the government claiming that the fiscal deficit in 2014 was 3.4 percent of GDP, the World Bank said the deficit has been on “an upward trajectory since 2011” and reached an estimated 11.6 percent last year.
President Abdulla Yameen has said he has no influence in releasing jailed opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed despite growing calls for negotiation over the imprisonment of political rivals.
The European Union should impose targeted sanctions, including travel bans and foreign asset freezes, against senior officials of the government if former president Mohamed Nasheed is not released, writes Anders Henriksen and Lykke Friis from the University of Copenhagen.
Jumhooree Party leader Gasim Ibrahim’s Villa Group is facing bankruptcy with the court refusing to issue stay orders on a US$100 million payment to the state ahead of an April 18 deadline.
The opposition has called for a mass rally on May Day in the hopes of forcing President Abdulla Yameen to negotiate over the imprisonment of political rivals.
The opposition coalition is holding talks to field a single candidate for a vacant parliament seat after the Supreme Court stripped the incumbent MP of his seat by sentencing him to life in jail on corruption charges.
