Malta Today
Sat,27 Feb 2021 11:01:28 +0100 Government to pay rental costs for families on pre-1995 leases in major reform
Government will be paying the additional rental costs thousands of families are expected to face as a result of constitutional challenges to Malta’s rent laws
Sat,27 Feb 2021 10:04:07 +0100 Malta ‘step closer to dream of corruption-free sport’, minister says ahead of public consultation
Regulator for Maltese sport will be in charge of anti-doping, platform against match fixing, and operate whistleblowing channel
Sat,27 Feb 2021 09:51:54 +0100 [LIVE] President’s plea for unity: ‘We cannot overcome national challenges without national harmony’
President George Vella launches national conference for unity hoping for ‘frank admission’ of country’s divisions and faults
Sat,27 Feb 2021 09:49:05 +0100 Chamber calls for more discipline and enforcement to beat recent COVID-19 case spike
The vaccine rollout, though a turning point in the COVID-19 pandemic, should not lull people into a false sense of security, the Malta Chamber of Commerce has warned
Sat,27 Feb 2021 09:01:03 +0100 Sant calls out Big Pharma on COVID vaccine, says patent rights should be abolished
Labour MEP Alfred Sant says current COVID-19 vaccination strategy dominated by a small group of sellers would not work in the long run
Sat,27 Feb 2021 08:55:12 +0100 Examiners lament ‘decline in excellence’ in English A-level
Examiners raise concerns that only 10 out of 782 candidates obtained an A grade in their English A-level paper during 2020
Fri,26 Feb 2021 20:30:48 +0100 Financial aid scheme for bar and club owners extended until end-March
The Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo announces the extension of government’s financial aid scheme for bars and clubs
Fri,26 Feb 2021 20:09:54 +0100 Fidesz MEPs in European Parliament might be suspended from the EPP Group
New rules of procedure should find a large majority in the group
Fri,26 Feb 2021 19:20:58 +0100 [WATCH] COVID-19: MEPs and pharma CEOs discuss ways to increase vaccine rollout
CEOs and representatives of pharmaceutical companies AstraZeneca, Moderna, CureVac, Novavax, Pfizer and Sanofi, were challenged by MEPs to remove barriers to faster manufacture and distribution of vaccines
Fri,26 Feb 2021 18:33:17 +0100 European Parliament awards Lockdown Festival Malta Citizen’s Prize
Lockdown Festival Malta awarded the Citizen's Prize after connecting local artists to others abroad and creating a sense of community when the COVID-19 pandemic hit
Fri,26 Feb 2021 18:00:00 +0100 [WATCH] Far-right flop for protest on anti-immigration referendum
Activists hold protest in Valletta after parliamentary committee rejects petition calling for a stop to illegal immigration
Fri,26 Feb 2021 17:52:20 +0100 Scaffolding collapse leaves worker grievously injured
The man was carrying out works on a scaffolding structure as it suddenly collapsed
Fri,26 Feb 2021 17:43:06 +0100 Magistrate recuses herself from compilation of evidence against Maksar brothers, George Degiorgio and Jamie Vella
Magistrate Marse-Ann Farrugia will abstain from hearing the compilation of evidence as she has been presiding over the inquiry into Carmel Chircop's murder
Fri,26 Feb 2021 16:40:30 +0100 Confusing construction industry regulations partly to blame for Ħamrun house collapse, court hears
Court appointed expert Architect Alex Torpiano testifies in court, saying that the house collapse that claimed the life of Miriam Pace was in part down to "the state of confusion" in industry regulations
Fri,26 Feb 2021 16:20:28 +0100 MUMN lambasts government over 'illegal' UĦM directives
MUMN argues that government allowed UĦM to issue the directives that disrupted emergency services at Mater Dei Hospital
Fri,26 Feb 2021 15:32:10 +0100 [WATCH] Gozo-Malta fast ferry service set for 1 June with liberalised market
45-minute trip from Mġarr, Gozo and the Valletta Grand Harbour, but permanent link for islands still in place
Fri,26 Feb 2021 15:22:45 +0100 Social housing waiting list: most applicants are women, single parents
75% of all housing applications are submitted by women, often going through some sort of transition, such as a separation or divorce, or pregnancy
Fri,26 Feb 2021 14:54:24 +0100 COVID victim’s family accuse former Labour MP of eleventh-hour inheritance irregularity
Relatives of a COVID-19 victim who died accuse doctor Jan Chircop, and notary Joe Cilia, of taking advantage after a change in will which left the victim’s inheritance to the doctor
Fri,26 Feb 2021 14:34:04 +0100 Man seriously injured in traffic accident
A man was hospitalised following a traffic accident in Zebbug
Fri,26 Feb 2021 12:52:46 +0100 Double-decker fatalities: Magistrate lambasts prosecution after most charges are time-barred
Five people plead not guilty to charges relating to horrific sightseeing tour bus accident that left two people dead