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Wed,19 Jan 2022 10:15:34 +0100
[WATCH] EU rules must be respected, Grech says on Malta pipeline after Tajani meeting
PN leader Bernard Grech met Italian MEP Antonio Tajani who has questioned the European Commission about funds for Malta's gas pipeline project and how these could end up in the pockets of people implicated in Daphne Caruana Galizia's murder

Wed,19 Jan 2022 10:15:02 +0100
‘It still makes sense’, Sant on inquiring magistrate he proposed in 1996
Former Labour PM recalls resistance to similar anti-corruption magistrate proposal from PN, judiciary and lawyers when this was originally proposed by his government

Wed,19 Jan 2022 10:05:44 +0100
Green wave: non-profits start popping up in fledgling cannabis industry
Malta’s legalisation of recreational cannabis has paved the way for fledgling ‘cannabis clubs’ to begin in earnest and start the dispensation of locally-grown cannabis

Wed,19 Jan 2022 10:05:12 +0100
A lot of people live with unprocessed resentment for women due to a myriad factors
No 122 – Gender Violence? What Gender Violence?

Wed,19 Jan 2022 09:53:31 +0100
Eight establishments accredited with 'Autism Friendly Spaces' mark
The establishments altered physical aspects of their premises, making them more sensory accessible

Wed,19 Jan 2022 08:06:22 +0100
Caruana ethics breach: Speaker to decide if MPs should wait for outcome of constitutional case
Nationalist MP accuse Labour of engineering delay so that former minister Justyne Caruana does not testify to ethics committee before coming general election

Wed,19 Jan 2022 07:42:15 +0100
A crowning achievement for Metsola (and Malta)
Many will expect Metsola to invest the credibility gained in Europe, in restoring the credentials of a sick party. The question, however, remains; will there even be a party to rescue in five years’ time?

Wed,19 Jan 2022 07:19:00 +0100
International Criminal Court asked to investigate Maltese, Italian migrant pushbacks
Maltese officials could be investigated by International Criminal Court in war crimes complaint on pushback of migrants to Libya

Tue,18 Jan 2022 20:31:47 +0100
Speaker rules that PN’s anti-corruption Bill needs president’s assent to be discussed in parliament
Speaker rules against PN on discussion of anti-corruption Bill

Tue,18 Jan 2022 18:32:04 +0100
From ‘grazzi’ to ‘vive l’Europe’: Metsola’s giant step
ANALYSIS | From the tragedies of murdered ordinary Europeans to the high stakes politics of war, Roberta Metsola’s acceptance speech at the European Parliament had an unmistakably European outlook with a human touch.

Tue,18 Jan 2022 17:30:00 +0100
Commissioner proposes time-limited amnesty on unregistered exotic animals
Animal Welfare Commissioner Alison Bezzina proposes ‘time-limited amnesty’ to curb illegalities in the wake of police investigation into suspected dog attack by wildcats in Għajnsielem

Tue,18 Jan 2022 15:28:58 +0100
Court to rule on request to limit freezing order in Onda Blu money laundering case
Lawyer submits that arguments made in the State Advocate’s court application are diametrically opposed to legal doctrines expounded by the Attorney General

Tue,18 Jan 2022 15:14:54 +0100
[WATCH] Bernard Grech keeps door shut on abortion as Metsola courts pro-choice EP
Opposition leader Bernard Grech keeps the door shut on abortion but will respect Roberta Metsola's duty to promote the European Parliament's pro-choice stand

Tue,18 Jan 2022 15:06:18 +0100
Why did Roberta Metsola wear white? There is a history of struggle behind it
Wearing white has become a symbol of sisterhood and solidarity between women and can be traced back to the suffragettes movement

Tue,18 Jan 2022 14:52:22 +0100
Drug addict jailed for bail, protection order breaches
Accused jailed for six months after admitting to harassing and threatening his mother, and other family members, for money

Tue,18 Jan 2022 13:50:07 +0100
No bail for man charged with rape of female friend
The offence had taken place at the accused’s residence in Sliema, when the woman had gone to bid him farewell

Tue,18 Jan 2022 12:44:58 +0100
Roberta Metsola elected European Parliament president
Roberta Metsola gets an absolute majority of votes on the first round and is elected European Parliament president • She is first woman since 1999 to occupy role of EP president

Tue,18 Jan 2022 12:31:39 +0100
COVID-19: Three men die as 379 new cases are registered
18 January COVID-19 update | 379 new cases • 9,181 active cases • 107 patients in hospital, nine in ITU • vaccine booster doses 310,012 • Total deaths 509

Tue,18 Jan 2022 12:21:09 +0100
Metsola grilled on abortion in presser: ‘My position is that of the EP... for these rights to be protected’
‘My position is that of the European Parliament - it called for these rights to be protected.’

Tue,18 Jan 2022 12:15:52 +0100
2.5 million passengers travel through MIA in 2021, 45% increase over 2020
Numebrs still short of pre-pandemic levels, with just a 34.8% recovery on 2019 • Italy and United Kingdom have biggest share of the market



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