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Thu,15 Jul 2021 09:09:39 +0200
Climate rules will tax aviation and shipping, Malta business lobby braces itself
EU climate package will tax kerosene for aviation and maritime, curretly exempt, but Malta Business Bureau warns this will impact cargo and tourism sectors in Malta

Thu,15 Jul 2021 07:49:12 +0200
Thomas Scerri: ‘I have a tin can with little memoirs I used to keep when I was a child’
The Q&A with artist Thomas Scerri

Thu,15 Jul 2021 07:48:00 +0200
Robert Abela is now Labour’s greatest asset: reading the MaltaToday Survey
Robert Abela is much stronger than Labour in key demographic cohorts which have the largest percentage of undecided voters or non-voters. Can it mean Labour could win with an even larger margin than 2017 in a forthcoming election?

Thu,15 Jul 2021 07:29:22 +0200
Anxiety from exam pressures are new front for mental health charity Richmond Foundation
Youths feeling added pressure due to COVID pandemic, Richmond Foundation says

Thu,15 Jul 2021 07:25:32 +0200
Water leakages down to lowest ever levels, over €700,000 in bills recouped
Malta still loses 181 cubic metres of water every hour

Thu,15 Jul 2021 07:15:00 +0200
Wasn’t that the whole point of getting vaccinated…?
Look at how we’re all reacting, to what was ultimately both a predictable, and an inevitable, COVID-19 surge. We’re panicking, and reintroducing lockdowns, when the whole point of vaccination was precisely to make that sort of thing unne...

Thu,15 Jul 2021 06:51:17 +0200
Sustainable economic growth towards improving the quality of life
Ministers and stakeholders debate an economic vision that seeks to improve workers’ income and investments in technology in a bid to achieve balance between sustainable growth and a better quality of life for the next 10 years

Wed,14 Jul 2021 17:47:15 +0200
Non-vaccinated travellers will need to pay at least €1,400 for quarantine hotel
Travellers without a vaccination certificate will be subject to a mandatory quarantine in a hotel

Wed,14 Jul 2021 16:57:04 +0200
MFSA issues warning on crpto-trading company Binance
Malta Financial Services Authority warns Binance is not authorised to carry out Virtual Financial Assets related activities in or from Malta

Wed,14 Jul 2021 16:53:59 +0200
Investigation launched into teachers’ union claims that ministry altered assessment marks
The Malta Union of Teachers claims educators have reported the altering of marks by the ministry ‘without their consent’

Wed,14 Jul 2021 16:50:05 +0200
Updated | Constitutional change to give regulators more bite defeated after Opposition votes against
Opposition says regulators with government-appointed members cannot be trusted to dish out hefty fines unless sanctioned by a court of law • Edward Zammit Lewis decries lost opportunity

Wed,14 Jul 2021 15:35:53 +0200
Speaker blames 'disorderly' committee meeting for walkout
Speaker of the House Anglu Farrugia says he will reach out to the Opposition and Government to resume Standards Committee meeting

Wed,14 Jul 2021 14:40:56 +0200
Conference on the Future of Europe: Malta’s EP Office launches e-packs for citizens
With the Conference, Europe’s citizens now have the opportunity to tell Europe what Europe they want. With the e-packs, they will have a clearer picture and of what, and how, that can be done

Wed,14 Jul 2021 14:38:42 +0200
Environment: EP votes for Aarhus Convention rights to be expanded to citizens
MEPs have voted for the rights enshrined in the UN’s Aarhus Convention, providing access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice, to be expanded from NGOs to citizens themselves

Wed,14 Jul 2021 14:00:24 +0200
More than 175,000 people watched the Euro 2020 final between Italy and England
Figures published by Melita showed audiences preferred to watch the match with English commentary, attracting an estimated peak live audience of 129,000

Wed,14 Jul 2021 13:55:39 +0200
NGOs can challenge decision to give hunters Miżieb woodland, court rules
Court recognises right of BirdLife and eNGOs to challenge Lands Authority decision to grant Miżieb and Aħrax to hunters

Wed,14 Jul 2021 13:35:42 +0200
Lisa Maria Foundation says sex offenders register too cumbersome to be effective
Foundation says legislation must change to safeguard the interests of children and young people

Wed,14 Jul 2021 13:18:02 +0200
Labour co-opts Jonathan Attard, former Cardona consultant and One TV anchor
Labour Party parliamentary group approves co-option of Jonathan Attard to House instead of outgoing MP Manuel Mallia

Wed,14 Jul 2021 12:52:13 +0200
COVID surge continues with 218 new cases
COVID-19 update for 14 July | 218 new cases • 0 recoveries • 1,000 active cases • 4,188 swab tests past 24 hours • Fully vaccinated residents 352,523

Wed,14 Jul 2021 12:19:19 +0200
Gozo airstrip re-exhumed in development strategy
Gozo Regional Development Authority consultation document re-exhumes controversial airstrip proposal and suggests expansion of Mġarr Harbour, cruise liner berth at Marsalforn



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