Russian air strike on maternity hospital kills three people, including a child, as US warns Russia could be planning a chemical or biological attack in Ukraine

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Finance minister Clyde Caruana says the war in Ukraine will cost Malta €200 million in projected price increases, forecasting that government proposals to keep consumption buoyant will probably have to be replicated in the year

Data provided by Meta, the parent company of Facebook, shows that political advertisement spending peaked in February, following PM Abela’s election announcement for 26 March

MaltaToday rolling survey published 10 March | PL 53.2%; PN 44.8%; Others 2.1%

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Julie Zahra says Labour has not yet published the manifesto as it lacks a vision, Byron Camilleri says PN wasted five years on internal squabbles to then publish an 'error-ridden' manifesto

PL Deputy Leader Daniel Micallef announces plans by the party to hold a national discussion on euthanasia

Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne announces three long-covid clinics would be opening in Malta and Gozo

Domnic Brignone, the man behind the incident, publically apologised for hostility directed towards Times of Malta journalist Mark Laurence Zammit while carrying out a vox pop with Labour Party supporters last Sunday

Labour MEPs the only members of the entire S&D Group not to vote in favour of a report that calls on the European Commission to propose rules that will shut down golden passports

Nationalist leader Bernard Grech says PN-led government will ‘revolutionise’ sport in the country 

The Green Party insists urban renewal should aim to improve community facilities and open spaces, not erecting concrete pillars to accomodate cars

Nationalist government will create a fund to ease import and export costs for businesses

In the cities of Izyum and Mariupol, Russian shelling is holding up people from escaping and humanitarian aid from getting through

A 34-year-old man has been charged with producing child pornography after he secretly filmed his sexual encounters with a minor

An affair with a married woman led to her lover’s van being set on fire, allegedly by the woman’s husband

Government has to do ‘whatever it takes’ to shield people and businesses from the economic shocks of war, Finance Minister Clyde Caruana says