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Thu,31 Mar 2022 10:58:25 +0200
John Dalli held private meetings with tobacco lobbyists, former OLAF chief tells court
Former OLAF chief says John Dalli breached European Commission rules when meeting tobacco lobby groups in private

Thu,31 Mar 2022 10:27:21 +0200
Pope Francis calls for prayer for visit to ‘luminous island of Malta’
Roman Pontiff starts 36th Apostolic Journey in two-day visit of Malta where ‘welcoming and faith’ are the themes of a visit that will include a visit to Peace Lab migrants centre

Thu,31 Mar 2022 10:09:04 +0200
It’s all kid’s play: Antigone, Macbeth and Ebejer’s Ġaħan ta’ Binġemma at Trikki Trakki
Antonella Axisa directed the annual youth theatre festival Trikki Trakki’s fifth edition

Thu,31 Mar 2022 09:46:14 +0200
'Hard times create strong leaders': Abela harks back to Sette Giugno in Freedom Day speech
Abela paid tribute to Dom Mintoff and George Borg Olivier, drawing comparisons between 1919 and the post-pandemic challenges of today

Thu,31 Mar 2022 08:54:44 +0200
The third party vote: a new lease of life for the Greens
A total of 9,308 voters opted for third parties in the 2022 election

Thu,31 Mar 2022 08:52:54 +0200
22% of Maltese say they tried cannabis once in their life
At 30% support for allowing recreational cannabis, Maltese support is second highest in all of the EU, but 61% would only allow medical cannabis

Thu,31 Mar 2022 08:52:08 +0200
Tram or metro? No, the dedicated bus-lane...
Rather than focusing on making buses free for all, efforts to promote uptake of public transport should focus on improving reliability of the service. So speed, and efficiency are key, expert Suzanne Maas says

Thu,31 Mar 2022 07:30:16 +0200
[WATCH] Two women MPs to join Cabinet after casual elections
Prime Minister will add two women MPs to his Cabinet once casual elections take place and the gender corrective mechanism is applied

Thu,31 Mar 2022 06:31:00 +0200
Sanctions board accused of wrongly fining firm over Russian billionaire’s yacht
A Russian billionaire with close links to Vladimir Putin could have used a strawman so as to avoid scrutiny in Malta due to Crimea-related sanctions he was under

Wed,30 Mar 2022 18:13:58 +0200
Abela leaves six former Cabinet members stranded as he boots out controversy, seeks new faces
We explore the possible reasons for Robert Abela’s decision to drop three previous ministers and three parliamentary secretaries from his new Cabinet

Wed,30 Mar 2022 16:39:50 +0200
Voters in European elections could get two votes with transnational lists
EU-wide list would be submitted by coalitions of national political parties or European political parties

Wed,30 Mar 2022 16:08:54 +0200
ADPD starts constitutional bid for parliamentary seat: '4,747 votes are being ignored'
ADPD files constitutional case in order to be granted a seat in parliament

Wed,30 Mar 2022 15:21:49 +0200
Yorgen Fenech lawyers make final submssions in constitutional case for bail
Madam Justice Hayman is expected to deliver judgment on April 27

Wed,30 Mar 2022 14:53:52 +0200
[WATCH] Robert Abela's new Cabinet sworn in with new and veteran faces
Robert Abela's chosen ministers sworn in at a ceremony at the President’s Palace in Valletta • Full list of portfolios of new ministers and parliamentary secretaries published

Wed,30 Mar 2022 13:48:22 +0200
Man denied bail for car arson
A 38-year-old man from Ħamrun has been denied bail after being charged with setting fire to a car on Wednesday morning

Wed,30 Mar 2022 13:43:01 +0200
BirdLife write to PM to return hunting under purview of environment minister
BirdLife Malta is calling on the Prime Minister to keep bird conservation and protection under the minister for environment, and not under Gozo minister Clint Camilleri

Wed,30 Mar 2022 12:51:28 +0200
COVID-19: Three die as 717 new cases are registered
Three people have died while positive for COVID-19 in the last 24-hours 

Wed,30 Mar 2022 12:44:16 +0200
Former Nationalist MP calls for new liberal democratic movement
In 2011, former MP Jean Pierre Farrugia had prophetically warned that a loss in the 2013 election would result in ‘serious infighting leaving the PN in shambles’

Wed,30 Mar 2022 12:30:25 +0200
Circumventing the Constitution and ordinary law on hunting | Kevin Aquilina
The WBRU is in a situation of lawlessness: the Gozo Minister enjoys no power over the WBRU and is not answerable in the House for its actions. The environment minister is answerable for the WBRU’s operations but it is not allocated to his mini...

Wed,30 Mar 2022 12:28:26 +0200
Abela leads on his own steam, as the super-majority keeps Labour firmly in power
Robert Abela has won the election with nearly the same amount of votes as Joseph Muscat in 2017 despite a drop in the turnout. In this way his mandate is no longer the one he inherited from Muscat in 2019 and he has secured his own. The question is ...



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