Malta Today
Sat,10 Jul 2021 10:10:03 +0200 Plans for Armier caravan site 'legalised land theft' says Cassola
Veteran politician says Malta has been “greylisted by the rest of the world and shafted by its own political leaders.”
Sat,10 Jul 2021 09:50:24 +0200 MUMN and ACE issue statements welcoming new vaccine certificate travel restrictions
ACE: “It is imperative that all those who are reluctant to get jabbed assume their responsibilities bearing in mind that they are doing so to the detriment of the business community in general and their fellow citizens as well.”
Sat,10 Jul 2021 09:31:05 +0200 England’s identity: fans sing football’s coming home, but what is home?
In spite of the positive image of diverse modern England projected by this group of players and manager, it is unrealistic to expect football to navigate the current “culture war”
Sat,10 Jul 2021 07:46:27 +0200 Għar Lapsi restaurant’s platform remains illegal
The Planning Authority has turned down an application to regularize a 24sq.m timber platform to hold two outdoor tables, on a slipway in the picturesque rocky beach of Għar Lapsi
Fri,09 Jul 2021 20:09:01 +0200 Jurors acquit man accused of raping his ex-wife
A man accused of raping his estranged wife on Christmas Eve in 2018 has been released after jurors find him not guilty by seven votes to two
Fri,09 Jul 2021 19:26:55 +0200 Two young people arrested for smashing historic Mellieha cross
Woman and man to be charged with vandalism of 18th century cross, known as Is-Salib tal-Pellegrini
Fri,09 Jul 2021 17:30:16 +0200 Spaniard with 1.2kg of cannabis in suitcase foiled by airport scanner
Madrid flight passenger attempted to bring through airport 1.2kg of cannabis inside their suitcase
Fri,09 Jul 2021 15:48:57 +0200 MIA increases arrivals processing desks in bid to reduce waiting times
Malta International Airport is gearing up for a busy weekend, with peaks of up to 1,100 simultaneously arriving passengers expected
Fri,09 Jul 2021 15:32:37 +0200 COVID-19: English language schools to close, only vaccinated people allowed into Malta, Fearne says
From 14 July English language schools to close and vaccination certificates to be mandatory for travellers
Fri,09 Jul 2021 14:53:38 +0200 Motorist declared not guilty after ferry fight knockout of queue-jumping motorcyclist
The motorist has been aquitted of grievously injuring a Maltese man during an altercation on the Gozo ferry
Fri,09 Jul 2021 14:40:48 +0200 Social accommodation ministry launches study on people making use of social housing
The study will help in the establishment of a care plan for people in need of social accommodation, and will help in improving their quality of life and standard of living
Fri,09 Jul 2021 14:15:11 +0200 More testing needed at borders, PN's COVID Action Team says
The Nationalist Party reiterated its position on having better COVID border screening for sea and air arrivals
Fri,09 Jul 2021 13:35:32 +0200 PN MP forgives man who called for his public execution
The man had posted a Facebook comment suggesting that Nationalist MP Karol Aquilina should be ‘hanged and tied to the statue of St Nicholas in Siggiewi and pierced with knitting needles’
Fri,09 Jul 2021 13:03:03 +0200 FATF greylisting: Almost 90% of business fear negative economic impact
Grey skies ahead for local businesses as they grapple with the new realities of the FATF greylisting
Fri,09 Jul 2021 12:36:14 +0200 COVID-19: 96 new infections, as active cases rise to 252
COVID-19 update for 9 July | 96 new cases • 3 recoveries • 252 active cases • 2,903 Swab tests past 24 hours • Vaccine doses administered until Thursday 700,180
Fri,09 Jul 2021 12:27:30 +0200 Rising COVID cases: Don't point fingers at us, arts lobby says
With parts of the sector still shut down, the MEIA argues that it's uncontrolled activities that are threatening the industry's reopening
Fri,09 Jul 2021 12:08:45 +0200 Unsightly Xemxija building could become hotel
Kaħlija Court, one of Malta’s most unsightly developments approved in the 1990s on the Xemxija coast could become a hotel if a planning application proposing a change-of-use is approved
Fri,09 Jul 2021 12:08:21 +0200 Malta shall prevail over greylisting through hard work | Andy Ellul
The message is clear from the government: tax dues – current and past – have to be paid in full by one and all, irrespective of the person, position, industry, financial clout or being the man in the street
Fri,09 Jul 2021 10:47:08 +0200 Nationalist MPs insist Rosianne Cutajar must be removed from Labour parliamentary group
Opposition MPs Karol Aquilina and Therese Comodini Cachia say Prime Minster Robert Abela is trying to shift the attention away from Rosianne Cutajar
Fri,09 Jul 2021 09:20:28 +0200 Sant cries foul over European Investment Bank loan distribution
Labour MEP Alfred Sant expresses major concerns over the European Investment Bank’s operational outcomes