Plans for an announced hop-on, hop-off ferry berth run by the owners of the Fortina hotel, were met with protests from NGOs and residents • Captain Morgan now looking at alternative landing sites

Two men lost control of their car and crashed into a wall and a tree

Until November, Malta already received 83% of the total rainfall expected during the precipitation year, which starts in September and ends in August

A constitutional case claiming that COVID-19 restrictions breached human rights sees Public Health Superintendent Charmaine Gauci taking the witness stand

Montenegro parliament votes to open inquiry into Mozura wind farm, which project implicates Enemalta and Caruana Galizia murder suspect Yorgen Fenech

An unidentified body recovered close to the island of Filfla on 26 November has been identified as that of an Italian diver who went missing six days earlier

3 December COVID-19 update | 133 new cases • 1,348 active cases • 15 patients in hospital, 2 in ITU • Vaccine booster doses 127,100 • Total deaths 468

Justice Minister justifies legal notice as a formalisation of existing practice, says it will be an exception to the rule

Police release photo and ask for help to locate a man wanted to appear in court

 The independence of the Central Bank in Turkey is at best questionable

Chamber of Advocates say power to delete public judgements is system that is misconceived, and lacks proper checks and balances

The nurses’ union wants the President to veto the cannabis reform until hospitals and care homes are allowed to take disciplinary action against employees under the influence of the drug

As the journalists’ case came closer to being heard in Strasbourg, the State Advocate took up the ECHR’s offer of a ‘friendly settlement’, agreeing to pay damages of €15,000

STEM academics have signed an open letter to the education, employment and research ministries to warn of shortcomings in critical thinking in primary and secondary school learning

Men everywhere find it difficult to open up about mental health. Amanda Farrugia, a medical doctor with special interest in psychiatry, says they are significantly more at risk of attempting suicide than women

The Planning Authority’s appeals tribunal has confirmed a 2019 decision refusing a permit for a 3,000sq.m fuel station on the Rabat Road, in the vicinity of the St Mary of Victories chapel.

Singer Cher Camilleri tells all in our Q&A

Police have arrested a man following a search in the Miżieb woodland that lasted until Friday morning

Europol assists Malta authorities in investigation of organised crime group in €20 million money laundering operation

Man charged with misappropriating €1.6 million and other financial crimes, denied bail