Malta Today
Wed,26 Jan 2022 09:40:45 +0100 BirdLife hits out at ‘moral crime’ after ERA endorses Marsaxlokk garden offices
Birdlife Malta describes the Environment and Resources Authority’s go-ahead for the development of the Marsaxlokk council offices on 900sq.m of public school garden grounds as “unacceptable”
Wed,26 Jan 2022 09:39:44 +0100 PN alleges Labour newspaper received €30,000 in government ad spend
PN says government paid some €30,000 in adverts on a single issue of Labour newspaper KullĦadd
Wed,26 Jan 2022 09:34:57 +0100 Muscat’s leverage: spectre of a comeback that haunts Abela
The promise of ‘noise’ from a Joseph Muscat placed under the lens of a magisterial inquiry could upset Robert Abela’s delicate balancing act to appease the ex-leader’s loyalists, and Labour voters uneasy with that legacy. But...
Wed,26 Jan 2022 08:33:42 +0100 Europe’s newest power couple: the Metsolas
One is the President of the European Parliament, the other a major player in the international cruise liner industry lobby – the Metsolas’ careers have now reached a new peak
Wed,26 Jan 2022 07:51:47 +0100 Not fighting the mafia, is what makes a ‘Mafia State’
Politicians on both sides must show less pride and more maturity at this juncture in this country’s trajectory
Wed,26 Jan 2022 07:33:00 +0100 Breaking the wheel: unlocking the secrecy of party financing is crucial
Political parties raise millions on television marathons. Mass meetings are held with concert-grade sound systems and stages. But do we know where the money comes from?
Wed,26 Jan 2022 07:30:00 +0100 High-rise on St George’s Bay: 35-storey tower on Villa Rosa
Local plan had limited heights to seven floors in area near Bay Street, now earmarked for massive 35-storey tower
Wed,26 Jan 2022 07:23:40 +0100 Steward Healthcare refusing to pay €36.5 million tax bill
Steward Healthcare files court challenge to Inland Revenue Department bill for €36.5 million
Tue,25 Jan 2022 19:53:41 +0100 Bedingfield accuses police of persecuting Muscat in House speech
Glenn Bedingfield calls Joseph Muscat property raid ‘persecution by the police’ in scathing House speech attacking judiciary
Tue,25 Jan 2022 18:18:19 +0100 Pope Francis to visit Malta on 2 April
The Vatican proposed 2 and 3 April for a papal visit to Malta and the government accepted the dates
Tue,25 Jan 2022 18:03:28 +0100 COVID exit roadmap: vaccine certificate for restaurants to be lifted 7 February
Health minister says village feasts could take place in the summer
Tue,25 Jan 2022 17:19:48 +0100 Għarb rezoning of ODZ is non-starter, Planning Authority rules
Application to rezone 7,880sq.m of agricultural land in Għarb for residential development flatly turned down by Planning Authority
Tue,25 Jan 2022 15:51:24 +0100 From ornithological society to BirdLife, Malta’s oldest eNGO turns 60
BirdLife remains a flag-bearer of nature protection, 60 years on from its start as the Malta Ornithological Society
Tue,25 Jan 2022 13:05:53 +0100 Bouncers jailed for stabbing man in the face, will be deported after serving sentence
One of the bouncers had been flirting with the victim’s girlfriend and the men had subsequently attacked the victim as he had identified him as a 'weakling'
Tue,25 Jan 2022 12:36:51 +0100 COVID-19: Two men die as 323 new cases are registered
25 January COVID-19 update | 323 new cases • 4,487 active cases • 90 patients in hospital, five in ITU • vaccine booster doses 323,542 • Total deaths 536
Tue,25 Jan 2022 11:24:01 +0100 Joseph presses the subtle messaging button for a powder-keg broadcast
The Skinny | No 123 – Knock, Knock: The Sound of Da Police
Tue,25 Jan 2022 10:48:00 +0100 PN boycotts health committee after Rosianne Cutajar appointed chairperson
Labour MP found guilty of ethics breach was appointed chairman of parliamentary health committee without consultation with Opposition, PN says • PL says PN boycott only comes after Repubblika objection, arguing Bernard Grech is not the real PN ...
Tue,25 Jan 2022 10:35:23 +0100 Future of EU: Beaune praises high quality of citizens’ contributions
“The plenary must take up citizens’ recommendations... this is the challenge we have to face together in the Conference on the Future of Europe.”
Tue,25 Jan 2022 09:41:59 +0100 Updated | Bernard Grech calls in Comodini Cachia and Adrian Delia after online spat
There is no love lost between Therese Comodini Cachia and Adrian Delia with the former calling ‘surreal’ and ‘in poor taste’ the former PN leader’s questioning of a journalist in court • Bernard Grech calls in the ...
Tue,25 Jan 2022 06:23:35 +0100 Malta stagnant in 2021 corruption perceptions index
Malta well below European corruption perceptions average despite nudge upwards by one point to 54