A Libyan man has been cleared of using his wife’s stolen passport to leave Malta with his girlfriend after a court noted that not enough evidence was submitted 

Kunsill Nazzjonali Zgħazagħ says gender quotas would undermine genuine efforts to ensure representation 

Charles Azzopardi, Gavin Gulia, and Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando are all in the running for a seat in parliament

Vatican decree officially removes jailed sex abuser Donald Bellizzi from his clerical office

The variant carries 14 defining mutations including seven in the spike protein, the protein that mediates entry of the virus into human cells. This is a relatively large number of changes compared to the many variants we have in circulation globally...

The Medical Association of Malta gives notice of an industrial dispute, requests urgent meeting with Health Minister, following consultant’s removal from COVID response team

The Malta Association of Public Health Medicine speaks to MaltaToday about the Pfizer vaccine and what readers need to know before taking the jab

Three landowners are contesting a decision by the Environment and Resources Authority to designate the ecologically rich Tal-Wej area between Mosta and Naxxar, as a Natura 2000 site

Ombudsman criticises disciplinary board tasked with reviewing case, saying it could never have been ‘impartial or independent’

We have entered pandemic fatigue. Meanwhile, COVID-19 keeps multiplying and even mutating... and the pandemic rages on

Air Malta launches second ‘lifeline schedule’ as COVID-19 situation worsens all over Europe

With elections due in 2022, this year will definitely see intensification in electoral campaigning. But will upping the electoral ante lead to an early election in June? James Debono maps out the Prime Minister’s options.

71 prisoners granted parole in the last five years 

Economy ministry waiting on advice from stakeholders on when best to distribute government’s second round of coronavirus vouchers 

Justice minister tells Nationalist shadow he will not interfere in confidential police investigations 

Prime Minister Robert Abela introduces debate on gender corrective mechanism to ensure greater female representation in parliament • Opposition to support constitutional changes, propose amendments

Speaker Anġlu Farrugia says law setting up Standards Commissioner makes no reference to former MPs, ruling out parliamentary probe on Joseph Muscat’s ethics breach when prime minister

As parliament resumes after its Christmas recess, Speaker of the House says no one should be put in danger for carrying out their duty as a representative of the people 

The Health Ministry says public health consultant Kenneth Grech’s skills were needed elsewhere to secure EU funds and denies his redeployment from the COVID-19 response team is linked in any way to school strike • MUMN says this...

The Secretariat for Catholic Education that is responsible for Church schools says public health official Kenneth Grech offered valid advice on whether or not to reopen schools physically • The Independent Schools Associatio...