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Progress Press prepares to sue Hillman, Schembri and Buhagiar
Progress Press has initiated legal proceedings to recoup US$5 million from Keith Schembri and two of its former top officials. The company said in a statement released on Wednesday that it had filed...
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Google teams up with Samsung for wearables platform
Google and Samsung said they were teaming up on a joint software platform for smartwatches and other wearables in a move ramping up competition with market leader Apple. The move, announced at the...
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Fifty for Tatum as Celtics stun Wizards, Pacers sting Hornets
Jayson Tatum erupted for 50 points as the Boston Celtics booked their place in the playoffs on Tuesday with a 118-100 win over the Washington Wizards as the NBA’s play-in tournament got under way....
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Malta buses introduce contactless payments
Passengers on Malta's buses can now travel using contactless bank cards, smartphones or smartwatches, part of a process aimed at making public transport more efficient. Transport Minister Ian Borg...
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Ċaqnu will not get paid for Luqa land sale as part of tax settlement
The Finance Ministry has shed light on a property transfer deal that will form part of a tax arrangement struck with developer Charles Polidano, while insisting that all amounts owed will be...
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EU ordered to justify bailouts in court loss to Ryanair
An EU court on Wednesday said the European Commission failed to make its case when approving the bailouts of KLM and Portugal’s TAP, handing a rare victory to low-cost carrier Ryanair. The bloc’s...
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Norris commits to McLaren with new long-term contract
Lando Norris has been rewarded for sparking a revival in McLaren’s fortunes with a new long-term contract the team announced on Wednesday. The 21-year-old English driver goes into this weekend’s...
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Mega Millions is doing it again: offering a jackpot worth $515 million!
The American lottery Mega Millions is doing it again. In Friday’s draw, the Mega Millions lottery’s jackpot is worth $515 million (€420 million). By participating in this draw, players get a chance to...
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Air Malta adds four destinations to its June flight schedule
Air Malta will restart flights to Lisbon, Munich, Prague and Vienna as of June, with the national airline scheduled to operate 51 weekly flights to 15 destinations next month. The airline unveiled its...
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Finland confident of Pukki recovery for Euros
Finland’s star striker Teemu Pukki’s prospects of recovering from an ankle injury in time for the European Championships are “looking good”, manager Markku Kanerva said on Wednesday as he announced...
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Uncapped Gilmour, Turnbull and Patterson make Scotland’s Euro squad
Steve Clarke named uncapped trio Billy Gilmour, Nathan Patterson and David Turnbull in his Euro 2020 squad on Wednesday for Scotland’s first major international tournament in 23 years....
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Covid-depleted River to play match without goalkeeper: report
Argentine giants River Plate will have to play a Copa Libertadores match with an outfield player in goal after CONMEBOL rejected their request to call up youth team goalkeepers following an outbreak...
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Minister Carmelo Abela questioned by police over HSBC heist claims
Minister Carmelo Abela has confirmed that the police called him in for questioning over allegations that he was involved in a botched bank heist in June 2010. In a Facebook post on Wednesday, Abela...
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Yorgen Fenech led Electrogas project 'because he did not have much to do'
Paul Apap Bologna, one of the shareholders of the Electrogas power station, insisted before a parliamentary committee on Wednesday that he did not discuss the power station proposal with Labour before...
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COVID-19 vaccine for national team and Malta Under 21 players
The Malta national team and Under 21 players together with the technical staff from both teams on Wednesday received the COVID-19 vaccine, prior to their forthcoming international commitments. Malta...
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Teachers' union says discrimination against it has been confirmed
The Union of Professional Educators has welcomed a decision by the Office of the Ombudsman which found that it had discriminated against by the authorities when its officials were not allowed to hold...
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Maltese Abroad: All to play for in Serie B Playoffs for Cassar
Kurt Cassar’s Janus Fabriano had a rough start to the playoffs with a Game One loss to Geko PSA but tied the series in Game Two. In the UK, Sasha Lecuyer and the Loughborough Riders made it to the...
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EU to reopen borders to fully vaccinated travellers
EU member states agreed Wednesday to reopen the bloc's borders to travellers who have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. Meeting in Brussels, diplomats also agreed to increase the level of...
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Authorities stop three illegal parties over the weekend
Some 30 people were fined over the weekend after going to parties in breach of COVID-19 restrictions. A police spokesperson said that on Saturday night, police were informed that a party was being...
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Neville Gafà says he coordinated migrant pushback 'under Libyan jurisdiction'
Former OPM official Neville Gafá has claimed that he was “operating under Libyan jurisdiction” when he coordinated a pushback of migrants at Malta’s request on Easter Sunday last year. Gafá, who is...
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