Malta Today

Thu,02 Oct 2025 10:30:33 +0200
Man caught in ‘legal limbo’ kept at Ħal Safi detention centre despite serving prison term, court hears
Man who served five-month prison sentence for cannabis trafficking remains in detention at Ħal Safi despite completing his prison term, with his lawyers insisting the immigration appeals system is leaving his client ‘in legal limbo’

Thu,02 Oct 2025 09:39:34 +0200
Carlo Gavazzi reaches agreement with GWU and UHM on compensation package for workers
Carlo Gavazzi, the Swiss-based multinational, announced a phased closure of its Bulebel manufacturing plant, impacting its entire workforce of 140 employees

Thu,02 Oct 2025 09:03:21 +0200
Conservationist and primatologist Jane Goodall dies aged 91
Jane Goodall was a British primatologist, ethologist and conservationist best known for her groundbreaking study of wild chimpanzees in Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park, where she began research in 1960

Thu,02 Oct 2025 08:41:49 +0200
Israeli navy intercepts boats carrying aid to Gaza
Israeli navy has intercepted vessels that form part of the Global Sumud Flotilla which were carrying aid to Gaza and detained the activists aboard, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg

Thu,02 Oct 2025 06:30:00 +0200
Lawyers and AI hallucinations
We believe such guidelines in Malta until now are not needed, as the judiciary does not need to be coddled in the way it approaches its work and is fully capable of handling AI properly

Thu,02 Oct 2025 06:15:00 +0200
Joseph Muscat: History will certainly not forget
The acolytes of the delinquent Joseph Muscat can continue with their whitewashing exercise but it is all useless because as the PL international secretary rightly stated: 'History remembers results... and history never forgets'

Thu,02 Oct 2025 06:00:00 +0200
Planning reform: Ramblers warn against gate concessions
The Ramblers Association fears that a proposed amnesty would grant the Planning Authority sweeping powers to regularise countryside illegalities by shielding them from enforcement

Wed,01 Oct 2025 20:04:23 +0200
Falzon skirts around questioning on raising drinking age
Social Policy Minister Michael Falzon does not answer parliamentary question on whether the drinking age should be raised to 18

Wed,01 Oct 2025 18:56:24 +0200
My essentials: Jamie Vella’s cultural picks
155 | Jamie Vella, 34, filmmaker

Wed,01 Oct 2025 18:26:00 +0200
Noise reports to the police peaked during summer months in 2024, data shows
Noise reports to police in 2024 peaked in August at 54, while the lowest figure was reached in December at 20

Wed,01 Oct 2025 16:23:34 +0200
Tourist handed suspended sentence for airport ‘looting’ is also being deported
Man admitted to stealing more than €2,300 at Malta International Airport

Wed,01 Oct 2025 15:45:15 +0200
Father threatened to kill son, foster parents during supervised access visit, court hears
Court hears how man invoked Baħrija double murder while issuing threats during supervised visit, telling Appoġġ social worker that if he could not ‘enjoy’ his child, then no one else would

Wed,01 Oct 2025 15:29:47 +0200
Help us provide the justice service our country deserves, Chief Justice appeals to MPs
Chief Justice Mark Chetcuti delivers his final speech at the opening of the forensic year, cautioning government against complacency and opposition against empty rhetoric

Wed,01 Oct 2025 12:37:13 +0200
Food couriers to be unionised and protected by collective agreement, minister says
Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri said food couriers working with delivery platforms such as Bolt and Wolt will soon be unionised and safeguarded by a collective agreement

Wed,01 Oct 2025 12:16:04 +0200
Chamber of Advocates wants body regulating AI
Chamber of Advocates, Peter Fenech used his speech at the start of the Sena Forensi to speak of AI's impact on the legal profession and how this is taught

Wed,01 Oct 2025 09:44:15 +0200
Opposition motion for environment protection gets thumbs-up from environmental groups
ENGOs and Partit Momentum are supporting the Opposition's bill proposing the constitutional right to environment

Wed,01 Oct 2025 06:00:00 +0200
Mistra Heights permit would stand under new planning bills
Current law links permit renewals to the policies in force when they are reviewed.The new bill would let the Planning Board choose which rules apply, raising the risk of approvals that override today’s planning policies

Wed,01 Oct 2025 06:00:00 +0200
On abortion rights, Malta is Europe’s laggard
Malta’s restrictive law is not stopping Maltese women from having abortions; it’s just forcing them to do so in silence, in fear and alone

Wed,01 Oct 2025 06:00:00 +0200
A social Europe is a must | Josef Bugeja
The last half-decade has seen a world that suffered enormous challenges from global economic shocks but also the pressures of the green and digital transitions

Tue,30 Sep 2025 20:36:04 +0200
Two men admit to submitting fake lease agreements for residence permits
One of the fake agreements might have been successfully used in obtaining a residential permit

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