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Mon,19 Jul 2021 10:28:45 +0200
Malta goes red on COVID map released by European agency as cases continue to surge
The rising number of daily COVID-19 infections sees Malta turn red on the weekly map released by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

Mon,19 Jul 2021 07:14:43 +0200
Michael Farrugia tests positive for COVID-19
Minister in quarantine after testing positive for coronavirus

Mon,19 Jul 2021 06:35:00 +0200
Where do your rights end, and my rights begin?
Some are arguing that Malta’s decision is in contravention of EU laws, but when everyone was frantically shutting their borders last year it seems everyone considered it acceptable because of the unprecedented emergency public health situ...

Mon,19 Jul 2021 06:33:00 +0200
Lawyers frustrated by limited access to new prison inmates
People setting foot inside jail for the first time are being subjected to a 14-day quarantine period in solitary confinement

Mon,19 Jul 2021 06:30:00 +0200
The PN’s search for a knight in shining armour
Christian Peregin’s decision to join the Nationalist Party last week smacks of a déjà vu from 2016 but the Labour Party must also ask itself some questions • Kurt Sansone ana...

Mon,19 Jul 2021 06:30:00 +0200
Greylisting is also an opportunity for compromise
This may be the only silver lining of Malta’s greylisting experience: it is also an opportunity to show how the two parties can, indeed, work together to confront a common challenge

Mon,19 Jul 2021 06:30:00 +0200
Did you say clown?
Peregin built a narrative implying that we were in cahoots with government over the Central Link project - some weeks later, I bumped into him having lunch with Ian Borg

Sun,18 Jul 2021 14:07:03 +0200
SDM's Beppe Galea becomes first Maltese Chairman of the European Democrat Students
Elected with 98% of the vote, Galea will serve as chairman in Europe's largest youth political organisation

Sun,18 Jul 2021 12:42:50 +0200
COVID-19: 18 in hospital as active cases reach 1,832
COVID-19 update for 18 July | 195 new cases • 5 recoveries • 1,832 active cases • 3,548 swab tests in past 24 hours • 18 patients in hospital, one in ITU • Fully vaccinated residents at 357,236 • Tot...

Sun,18 Jul 2021 12:35:16 +0200
Interpretation Act: Amendments needed to strengthen regulatory entities, Abela argues
In light of the FATF greylisting, Abela wants the Opposition to agree on the amendments which will strengthen the prosecuting power of regulatory entities

Sun,18 Jul 2021 11:54:38 +0200
Bernard Grech on Robert Abela: 'Defending Joseph Muscat means defending the damage he caused'
'We can't remain in Joseph Muscat's shadow,' the Opposition leader said

Sun,18 Jul 2021 09:27:40 +0200
PN mum on Chris Peregin’s wage as party employees raise concerns
Employees had to shoulder the brunt of cost cutting due to the party's financial woes over the years

Sun,18 Jul 2021 09:21:36 +0200
Chief Justice admonishes AG, police on 2013 oil scandal: 'Are you waiting for everyone to die?'
Chief Justice slams police and AG over years-long delay and extensions to oil scandal hearings

Sat,17 Jul 2021 22:04:14 +0200
PN is ‘modern choice’ for middle-of-the-road voters, Bernard Grech says
Nationalist Party leader Bernard Grech closes the party’s general council with an appeal to anyone with a cause to join the party: ‘We are ready to make your causes ours’

Sat,17 Jul 2021 15:34:29 +0200
First Lady discharged from hospital safe and sound with a clean bill of health
Mrs Miriam Vella had been admitted last Tuesday and tests showed she had been suffering from pneumonia

Sat,17 Jul 2021 15:10:57 +0200
€500,000 regeneration project for unused part of Santa Luċija’s Garden of Serenity
Santa Luċija, hard-hit by recent roads works and tree-cutting controversies, is to see a half-million euro regeneration project turning an abandoned area into a feng shui area for relaxation, socialising and physical activity

Sat,17 Jul 2021 12:48:26 +0200
COVID-19: 206 new cases, 17 in hospital and one in ICU; average age is 27
COVID-19 update for 17 July | 206 new cases • 5 recoveries • 1,642 active cases • 4,373 swab tests in past 24 hours • 17 patients in hospital, one in ITU •Fully vaccinated residents at 355,883 • Total deaths at 420

Sat,17 Jul 2021 12:29:52 +0200
Climate change: put people and quality of life before profits, ADPD urges
New EU climate laws mean that within nine years Malta will need four times the amount of renewable energy currently than is being generated

Sat,17 Jul 2021 11:12:48 +0200
AI: Zammit Lewis calls for legal certainty and human rights safeguards
‘It is important to start work on regulating artificial intelligence, but it is also important to have uniform rules for member states because it is only in this way that we can ensure respect for human rights’

Sat,17 Jul 2021 10:20:42 +0200
‘Fascism beckons’: Sant takes harsh stance against Hungarian anti-LGBTIQ legislation
The new controversial Hungarian law, according to MEP Alfred Sant, is purposely vague and will create a context in which LGBTIQ people will feel threatened, unprotected and where homophobic attacks could be allowed. ‘This way,’ Sant warn...



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