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Sat, 26 Jun 2021 10:08:00 +0200Malta to accept UK and EU vaccine certificates as of July 1
Vaccine certificates issued by the UK and EU member states will be accepted as valid for entry into Malta as of July 1, health authorities have said.
The clarification, issued by the Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Directorat...
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +0200Kieran Tierney signs new long-term Arsenal deal
Scottish left-back Kieran Tierney has signed a new long-term contract at Arsenal, the Premier League club announced on Friday.
Tierney, 24, whose new deal reportedly takes him up to 2026, was a rare bright spark in a desperately disa...
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 09:45:00 +0200Sisters reunited after one year of COVID-imposed separation
Josette Zammit waits eagerly at the entrance to her care home for the elderly and, when someone she knows passes by, enthusiastically announces: “My sister’s picking me up today.”
After a year of agonising confinement, new gove...
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 09:40:00 +0200Tesla to 'recall' over 285,000 cars in China due to faulty software
Electric car giant Tesla will "recall" over 285,000 cars from the Chinese market after an investigation found issues with its assisted driving software that could cause road collisions, a government regulator announced late Friday.
T...
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 09:15:00 +0200Bale and Wales swimming against the tide in Denmark clash at Euro 2020
Gareth Bale and Wales may have been the neutrals’ favourites during their rousing run to the semi-finals of the last European Championship, but as they prepare to face Denmark in the last 16 at Euro 2020 in Amsterdam on Saturday th...
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 08:40:00 +0200Large caps drag Malta Stock Exchange Index further down
The MSE Equity Total Return Index lost further ground as it closed 1.6% lower at 8,036.058 points. Out of 18 active equities, two headed north, while another 14 closed in the opposite direction. A total weekly turnover of €0.34m wa...
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 08:36:00 +0200Spazju Kreattiv showing Nomadland
Spazju Kreattiv is showing the Oscar-winning film Nomadland (best film, best director and best actress). The film follows Fern (Frances McDormand), who after the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, packs her van and ...
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 08:25:00 +0200What happened on... June 26
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Sat, 26 Jun 2021 08:18:00 +0200Malta is losing its way. Ubuntu could offer it direction - Colm Regan
Thinking of public education and the urgent need for change in the aftermath of the disastrous FAFT own goal scored by Malta’s misleaders, the country could do worse than ponder the values and principles derived from the South Afri...
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 08:15:00 +0200‘Little owl’ Verratti gives new impetus to high-flying Italy
Marco Verratti’s return from injury has given new impetus to an Italy side looking increasingly like title contenders at Euro 2020.
The Paris Saint-Germain midfielder returned after a six-week knee injury layoff to help the Azzurri...
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 08:13:00 +0200A Czech George Floyd? Shocking video raises questions about anti-Roma racism
Video footage from Teplice in the Czech Republic which appears to show a police officer kneeling on the neck of a man who subsequently died has been widely shared on social media. The man, who has been named – mainly by internat...
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 07:42:00 +020070 per cent of adults are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19
Malta has fully vaccinated 70 per cent of its adult population against COVID-19, Health Minister announced on social media on Saturday.
The milestone comes just over one month after Malta managed to inoculate 70 per cent of adults ...
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 07:31:00 +0200Premier League to donate 2,000 defibrillators to grassroots football
The Premier League announced on Friday it will donate automated external defibrillators to more than 2,000 grassroots football sites in the wake of Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen’s cardiac arrest at Euro 2020.
Eriksen collaps...
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 07:26:00 +0200Improving payback on your green investment
As the environment and climate change take the hot seat, people across ages, all over the globe, are calling for action in favour of a more sustainable earth, urging everyone including businesses to help combat critical environmental...
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 07:21:00 +0200Farah fails to qualify for Olympics in last-gasp bid
Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah’s hopes of ending his track career at the Tokyo Games ended as he fell short of the qualifying mark for the 10,000 metres in Manchester on Friday.
The 38-year-old won a specially-arranged race to...
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 07:19:00 +0200The dynamics of a reputation crisis
The government’s first reactions to the decision by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to greylist Malta was to argue that this is an inconsequential event that can be managed as well as we have addressed the economic threats o...
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 07:18:00 +0200Today's front pages - June 26, 2021
These are the leading articles in local newspapers this Saturday.
Times of Malta leads with news from the Financial Action Task Force, which on Friday provided an outline of the action plan that the Maltese government must comply wit...
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 07:12:00 +0200Italy ready for last 16 as Wales face Denmark at Euro 2020
Italy could break an 82-year national record when they take on Austria in the last 16 at Euro 2020 on Saturday, while Wales must find a way to stop neutrals' favourites Denmark.
Roberto Mancini, who took over after Italy's failure to...
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 07:03:00 +0200Verstappen dominates Styrian GP practice
Championship leader Max Verstappen was quickest in both of Friday’s practice sessions in his Red Bull before this weekend’s Styrian Grand Prix.
Verstappen’s title rival and defending champion Lewis Hamilton was third in the e...
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 07:03:00 +0200Sexual violence in conflict – Audrey Friggieri
On June 19, 2015, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed June 19 of each year the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict. The aim is to raise awareness of the need to put an end to conflict-relat...