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It’s all back to square one for the pro-choice movement’s bid to shake up the political establishment with Bill to decriminalise abortion presented last year falling by the wayside

Police have arrested two men and two women in connection with the murder of 62-year-old Mario Farrugia

Xgħajra mayor Neil Attard was found guilty of harassing his former girlfriend, sending her some 46,000 Facebook messages and yet the Labour Party has taken no stand on his position within the party

Rebecca Buttigieg to be appointed parliamentary secretary for reforms and equality • Alicia Bugeja Said to be appointed parliamentary secretary for fishing and acquaculture • Swearing in ceremony on Thursday

PN parliamentary group chooses 13 MPs with voting rights in executive • Vast majority are newcomers

Man jailed for four years after admitting to giving false testimony in a drug case that was heard in 2015

A 41-year-old bus driver pleads not guilty to grievously injuring a two-year-old boy and his father inside their home in Zabbar

Christian Borg and five others are facing criminal charges in court over an alleged kidnapping in Rabat and yet Borg's company has formally secured a car lease tender awarded by Transport Malta

Active cases amount to 8,683

Men sentenced to a six-month imprisonment after pleading guilty

During a meeting of a European task force dealing with turtle dove on 18 March, Malta said no decision had been made yet on turtle dove hunting in spring despite the Ornis Committee having made such a recommendation two days before

The court has accepted the State Advocate's request for the case to close the turtle dove spring hunting season to be heard with urgency bringing the sitting date forward to 14 April

Biden accuses Putin of genocide • Russia claims 1,000 Ukrainian troops in Mariupol have surrendered • Ukrainian forces capture pro-Kremlin politician • German president snubbed by Kyiv

Plans were never discussed with the local council itself, with no mention of the marina made until December 2020, when a PN councillor revealed that the mayor’s subcommittee was discussing a yacht marina proposal for the Marsaskala bay

Bill that raised eyebrows over potential implications on free speech to be reviewed, says justice minister

The court is expected to hear submissions for an injunction on spring hunting for turtle dove requested by BirdLife Malta next week

Journalist Manuel Delia is claiming his right to freedom of expression was breached when he was denied free access to the Corradino Correctional Facility and migrant detention centres

More than 20 people are injured in a New York City subway station shooting but police are not investigating this as an act of terrorism

Court begins hearing a criminal complaint filed by Melvin Theuma against police commissioner for failing to investigate Yorgen Fenech for allegedly filing a false police report against him