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PN slams MEP Giegold's calls for Article 7 proceedings against Malta
The Nationalist Party has condemned a call by Greens MEP Sven Giegold for the European Union to invoke an Article 7 procedure against Malta. Mr Goldberg made the call on Sunday after the Council of...
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Main Qormi-Luqa road being widened
Infrastructure Malta is doubling the width of the main road which links Qormi with Luqa. Site clearance has started for the road to be widened to four lanes from the current two. Transport Minister...
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Teens charged with stealing suitcases from hotel
Two youngsters were each placed under probation after admitting to having stolen suitcases packed with clothes belonging to guests staying at a St Paul’s Bay hotel. Ibrahim Micallef, a 19-year old St...
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Moneyval findings disputed by minister who said leak puts process in 'jeopardy'
Malta’s poor showing in a recent evaluation of its anti-money laundering regime is being disputed by Finance Minister Edward Scicluna on the grounds that the findings were “leaked” midway through the...
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Two acquitted of corruption in cancelled €30m hospital IT contract
Two men have been acquitted of bribery and corruption charges in the granting of a €30m IT contract for Mater Dei Hospital. The proceedings were instituted by the police in 2007 against Noel Xuereb...
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Outgoing President made 89 trips abroad
Malta’s President, Marie Louise Coleiro Preca, who on Thursday ends her five-year stint at San Anton Palace, made 89 trips abroad during her term of office, costing taxpayers around €2.5 million in...
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Watch: 'Justice system is not facing paralysis,' Owen Bonnici insists
Updated at 3.35pm with video Justice Minister Owen Bonnici on Monday fended off concerns raised by the Group of States against Corruption (Greco) about Malta’s justice system facing paralysis unless...
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Fuel stations protest camp wraps up: 'We are convinced pressure is working'
A five-day protest camp outside the Planning Authority, highlighting the 15-month delay in a review of the controversial fuel stations policy, will come to an end on Monday evening, activists said.“We...
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No permit because works 'very urgent', says Infrastructure Malta CEO
Infrastructure Malta chief Fredrick Azzopardi has justified the agency’s decision to carry out roadworks without a development permit at a traffic junction in Ħal Farruġ, Luqa, on the grounds that it...
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Labour Party set to accept hybrid electronic voting system proposed by PN
The Labour Party is expected to accept the Nationalist Party’s latest proposal of having each ballot manually inspected before it is electronically scanned to determine the voter’s preferences....
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3G risk as carcinogen described as less than that of grapefruit juice
Opposition MP Godfrey Farrugia called for more consultation on 5G technologies before their introduction into the Maltese digital economy but his warnings of a possible negative health impact were...
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Watch: Public prosecutor to be handpicked by government
The person who eventually takes up the role of public prosecutor under proposed reforms will be a government appointee, Justice Minister Owen Bonnici has confirmed. It was announced last month that...
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Watch: 'Justice system is not facing paralysis,' Owen Bonnici insists
Updated at 3.35pm with video Justice Minister Owen Bonnici on Monday fended off concerns raised by the Group of States against Corruption (Greco) about Malta’s justice system facing paralysis unless...
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Watch: Boat bursts into flames at Kalkara
Updated at 12.45pm A motor cruiser burst into flames while berthed in Kalkara on Tuesday, sending thick black smoke into the sky. The cause of the incident is not yet known and police said they had no...
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Main Qormi-Luqa road being widened
Infrastructure Malta is doubling the width of the main road which links Qormi with Luqa. Site clearance has started for the road to be widened to four lanes from the current two. Transport Minister...
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Worker injured as crane topples over
A man was seriously injured early on Tuesday when a crane mounted on a truck toppled over at Wied Iż-Żurrieq. The incident happened at about 7am as the crane was raising a platform loaded with sacks...
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Two admit to threatening and assaulting Manuel Delia's wife
A man and a woman who admitted to having threatened and assaulted blogger Manuel Delia’s wife during an incident in Valletta last December were placed under protection orders on Tuesday. Paul Cassar,...
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Muscat's Girgenti booze up did not breach ethics
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat’s behaviour at a party in his official residence at Girgenti Palace was not a breach of ethics, Commissioner for Standards in Public Life George Hyzler has concluded. Dr...
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Antibiotics in your food: how medicine is used by animal breeders
A sick cow could die overnight if it is not treated with antibiotics. But how lax are breeders with the medicine, considering that its misuse could pass on resistant bacteria to the person who ends up...
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Woman who shot 'documentary' of elderly men wasting away gets jail
A Serbian woman who shot video of two elderly British men as they wasted away inside her Buġibba apartment has been jailed for five and a half years. Dragana Mijalkovic, 45, had become the subject of...
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