Malta Today
Wed,05 Jan 2022 11:01:29 +0100 22 things to look out for in 2022
Kurt Sansone’s 22 things to look out for this year
Wed,05 Jan 2022 10:57:52 +0100 Shattered serenity
Misogyny, sexual harassment, and micro-aggressions are issues that Maltese society still has to deal with in a forceful manner.
Wed,05 Jan 2022 10:46:05 +0100 My essentials: James Vella Clark’s cultural picks
No 13 | James Vella Clark, 46, Corporate Communications Director, artist
Wed,05 Jan 2022 10:00:00 +0100 HSBC heist: trial by jury of Vince Muscat ‘il-Koħħu’ starts Thursday
Vince Muscat, self-confessed hitman in Caruana Galizia assassination, tomorrow face a trial by jury on charges of involvemenet in the 2010 HSBC heist
Wed,05 Jan 2022 09:56:57 +0100 Thake’s company to settle unpaid VAT with repayment programme
Nationalist MP David Thake's company will repay a VAT bill of €270,000 after reaching an agreement with the VAT department
Wed,05 Jan 2022 09:22:55 +0100 Turkey objects to garages next to Malta’s ‘Taj Mahal’
Turkish embassy tells MaltaToday it is “gravely concerned” at proposed garages next to Marsa’s Ottoman cemetery
Wed,05 Jan 2022 09:22:40 +0100 You can’t fool around with science | Philip Fenech
Malta’s tourism sector has just been dealt a critical blow by the Omicron variant. But PHILIP FENECH, deputy president of the Chamber of SMES, remains confident that the industry can not only survive the latest crisis… but even ‘b...
Tue,04 Jan 2022 19:57:56 +0100 Social Wellbeing faculty warns more action needed to tackle gender violence
Gender-motivated killings are an assault on human rights, the faculty states
Tue,04 Jan 2022 18:33:21 +0100 [WATCH] Sliema vigil held for murder victim Paulina Dembska: 'You will not be forgotten'
People gather for a vigil on the Sliema promenade to remember 29-year-old Polish student Paulina Dembska, who was murdered just a few metres away on 2 January
Tue,04 Jan 2022 16:46:34 +0100 [WATCH] Sliema after Paulina Dembska murder: victim’s cruel fate raises safety concerns
We visited the place where Dembska was brutally murdered on Sunday and asked passers-by whether they feel Maltese society protects women enough
Tue,04 Jan 2022 16:11:40 +0100 Tributes pour in for Victor Calvagna: ‘If only I had a magic wand!’
From the country’s highest authorities to work colleagues and former patients, Malta sees an outpouring of grief and tributes for paediatric oncologist Victor Calvagna
Tue,04 Jan 2022 16:03:10 +0100 Italian MEPs question Brussels over EU funds for Malta gas pipeline
MEPs from EPP’s Italian delegation request European Commission clarification on Malta grant for pipeline that will feed into Electrogas plant
Tue,04 Jan 2022 14:59:21 +0100 Youths charged with string of six motorbike thefts
'You could have slept in prison today,' the magistrate told them after granting the three youths bail
Tue,04 Jan 2022 14:52:19 +0100 PN deputy leader: No need for David Thake to resign pending tax probe
David Thake self-reported himself to the Standards Commissioner after reports surfaced of a pending VAT bill of €270,000
Tue,04 Jan 2022 14:44:13 +0100 ADPD asks Auditor General to investigate golden handshakes given to ex-ministers
ADPD Chairperson Carmel Cacopardo asks Auditor General Charles Deguara to probe criteria used to award ex-ministers golden handshakes
Tue,04 Jan 2022 14:16:10 +0100 Philanthropist and Puttinu Cares founder Victor Calvagna dies at 63
Medical community in shock as Puttinu Cares stalwart Victor Calvagna succumbs to injuries in traffic accident
Tue,04 Jan 2022 12:41:24 +0100 Report recommends femicide be made a criminal offence, tagging of predators on bail
A report on femicide in Malta compiled by the University of Malta and the Women's Rights Foundation argues for femicide to be made an aggravating offence to homicide and proposes electronic tagging of predators out on bail
Tue,04 Jan 2022 12:33:58 +0100 COVID-19: One death and 1,147 new cases registered
4 January COVID-19 update | 1,147 new cases • 14,121 active cases • 124 patients in hospital, five in ITU • vaccine booster doses 236,942 • Total deaths 480
Tue,04 Jan 2022 12:30:59 +0100 ECB official hits out at Pilatus Bank’s ‘scorched earth-litigation’
A European Central Bank official is fighting efforts by Pilatus Bank owners Alpene Ltd, to force her to turn over information which the bank claims will shed light on an allegedly politically motivated campaign to seize the assets of the bank
Tue,04 Jan 2022 11:18:48 +0100 Employers react to union directive on remote work: ‘unauthorised absence is unpaid leave’
Employers react to union directive to workers whose children will have online schooling during first days of school