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Sun,28 Feb 2021 10:24:59 +0100
Further clarification needed on pre-1995 rent reform - Malta Chamber of Commerce
The Chamber said that amount budgeted for the implementation of the scheme may be too low, while further clarification is needed on the mechanisms used to assess the market value of properties concerned

Sun,28 Feb 2021 09:47:35 +0100
Two traffic accidents in Mrieħel, St Paul's Bay lead to grievous injuries
The two accidents are unrelated to each other

Sun,28 Feb 2021 09:19:49 +0100
Police mull prosecution over Nexia operations
Former Nexia managing partner Brian Tonna will be posting police bail at Floriana General Headquarters

Sat,27 Feb 2021 14:30:00 +0100
Man charged with aggravated possession of cannabis in 2007 fined €1100 for lesser offence
Konrad Cassar's unassisted statement to the police was declared inadmissible as evidence with the court also taking into account his efforts at rehabilitation

Sat,27 Feb 2021 13:08:18 +0100
Brazilian footballer admits to using fake COVID-19 test result to leave Malta
Carlos Vilmar Da Silva Rodrigues had tried to use the fake result after waiting three days for his official test result, the court was told

Sat,27 Feb 2021 12:31:52 +0100
COVID-19: 237 new cases registered
COVID-19 update for 27 February | No deaths • 237 new cases • 168 recoveries • 2,651 active cases • Swab tests past 24 hours 3,578 • Vaccine doses administered till Saturday 76,159

Sat,27 Feb 2021 11:01:28 +0100
Government to pay rental costs for families on pre-1995 leases in major reform
Government will be paying the additional rental costs thousands of families are expected to face as a result of constitutional challenges to Malta’s rent laws

Sat,27 Feb 2021 10:04:07 +0100
Malta ‘step closer to dream of corruption-free sport’, minister says ahead of public consultation
Regulator for Maltese sport will be in charge of anti-doping, platform against match fixing, and operate whistleblowing channel

Sat,27 Feb 2021 09:51:54 +0100
[WATCH] President’s plea for unity: ‘We cannot overcome national challenges without national harmony’
President George Vella launches national conference for unity hoping for ‘frank admission’ of country’s divisions and faults

Sat,27 Feb 2021 09:49:05 +0100
Chamber calls for more discipline and enforcement to beat recent COVID-19 case spike
The vaccine rollout, though a turning point in the COVID-19 pandemic, should not lull people into a false sense of security, the Malta Chamber of Commerce has warned

Sat,27 Feb 2021 09:01:03 +0100
Sant calls out Big Pharma on COVID vaccine, says patent rights should be abolished
Labour MEP Alfred Sant says current COVID-19 vaccination strategy dominated by a small group of sellers would not work in the long run

Sat,27 Feb 2021 08:55:12 +0100
Examiners lament ‘decline in excellence’ in English A-level
Examiners raise concerns that only 10 out of 782 candidates obtained an A grade in their English A-level paper during 2020

Fri,26 Feb 2021 20:30:48 +0100
Financial aid scheme for bar and club owners extended until end-March
The Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo announces the extension of government’s financial aid scheme for bars and clubs  

Fri,26 Feb 2021 20:09:54 +0100
Fidesz MEPs in European Parliament might be suspended from the EPP Group
New rules of procedure should find a large majority in the group 

Fri,26 Feb 2021 19:20:58 +0100
[WATCH] COVID-19: MEPs and pharma CEOs discuss ways to increase vaccine rollout
CEOs and representatives of pharmaceutical companies AstraZeneca, Moderna, CureVac, Novavax, Pfizer and Sanofi, were challenged by MEPs to remove barriers to faster manufacture and distribution of vaccines

Fri,26 Feb 2021 18:33:17 +0100
European Parliament awards Lockdown Festival Malta Citizen’s Prize
Lockdown Festival Malta awarded the Citizen's Prize after connecting local artists to others abroad and creating a sense of community when the COVID-19 pandemic hit

Fri,26 Feb 2021 18:00:00 +0100
[WATCH] Far-right flop for protest on anti-immigration referendum
Activists hold protest in Valletta after parliamentary committee rejects petition calling for a stop to illegal immigration  

Fri,26 Feb 2021 17:52:20 +0100
Scaffolding collapse leaves worker grievously injured
The man was carrying out works on a scaffolding structure as it suddenly collapsed 

Fri,26 Feb 2021 17:43:06 +0100
Magistrate recuses herself from compilation of evidence against Maksar brothers, George Degiorgio and Jamie Vella
Magistrate Marse-Ann Farrugia will abstain from hearing the compilation of evidence as she has been presiding over the inquiry into Carmel Chircop's murder

Fri,26 Feb 2021 16:40:30 +0100
Confusing construction industry regulations partly to blame for Ħamrun house collapse, court hears
Court appointed expert Architect Alex Torpiano testifies in court, saying that the house collapse that claimed the life of Miriam Pace was in part down to "the state of confusion" in industry regulations



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