A November general election is possible but it can only mean one thing: an incomplete budget process. Kurt Sansone looks at the budget timeline and how this may be affected if Robert Abela goes for a November vote. 

The Labour Party now enjoys a margin upward of 50,000 votes over the Nationalist Party

The PN has lost the majority in the Northern and Gozo regions

9 October COVID-19 update | 16 new cases • 263 active cases • 7 patients in hospital, 1 in ITU • Total vaccine doses at 838,419 • Total deaths at 459

Unsuitable public consultation on metro could have detrimental effects on the environmental, public spaces and historical heritage

Principal Conductor of Malta Philharmonic Orchestra Sergey Smbatyan tells all in our Q&A

The boy fell into a shaft at a residence in Qrendi

National strategy addresses constuction and demolition waste frenzy

Studies have shed light on the impact of lockdowns on health, with one showing that despite an increase in fruit and vegetable intake, children gained weight

The father claims that a prison guard helped his daughter kill herself by providing her with the blanket and long trousers she used in the act

He has instead been appointed as honorary president of the MDA, and Michael Stivala has been appointed acting president

The Opposition said it found out about the decision through media reports, as it was not raised in parliament

The labour shortages Malta is experiencing mean that salaries for many of the vacancies serviced by recruiting agencies have risen by 75 to 100 per cent over the past 18 months

FSWS are assuring those affected that their position will be rectified

Prime Minister Robert Abela in private audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican

A new Neolithic structure has been discovered at Tas-Silġ and is still being excavated • The new discovery has substantially increased the size of the land used in the Neolithic period at this site

A man has been acquitted of marital rape and sexually abusing his underage daughter, in a case started on the complaint of his estranged wife

Nationalist MP Ivan Bartolo accuses government of not acknowledging the rising cost of living and is ignoring those most at risk of poverty

Releaf says that Caritas and OASI Foundation are failing to acknowledge the harm done by the illegal cannabis market

8 October COVID-19 update | 24 new cases • 282 active cases • 8 patients in hospital, 1 in ITU • Total vaccine doses at 836,414 • Total deaths at 459