Updated 1030 Rents up 7% in 2022According to the Housing Authority, there was an almost 7% increase in the average rent last year. More than half of the new tenants…
Updated 1230 Half of Foreign workers leave country after just a year: Data presented in the House of Representatives reveals that nearly half of Malta's non-Maltese workforce, totaling over 48,000…
Morning Briefing Malta tops GSSE medals tableIn a historic achievement, Team Malta has surpassed all expectations at the 2023 GSSE, emerging as the leading nation in the medals table. This…
Morning Briefing PM 'uncomfortable' with abortion charges During an interview at the State of the Nation conference, Prime Minister Robert Abela expressed his discomfort with the situation where a young…
Updated 1300 Loyalty towards political party on decline - survey According to the latest State of the nation survey, the number of Maltese citizens remaining loyal to a specific political…
Updated 1245 FMS CEO suspends herself after new bribery allegationsThe CEO of the Foundation for Medical Services suspended herself from her position but denied reports in a Pakistani newspaper that…
Updated 1205 DB gets permit for Pembroke project: The DB Group's City Centre towers are set to be constructed on the former ITS site in St George's Bay, as an…
Updated 1205 Malta, Italy left alone on migration – Metsola: European Parliament President Roberta Metsola suggested the necessity of a more compassionate approach to managing inevitable migration flows, highlighting that…
Updated 1230 Over 1,300 athletes and officials in Malta for GSSE2023 Malta is hosting the 19th edition of the Games for the Small States of Europe (GSSE) with the first…
Morning Briefing Developers considering protest to call for ‘equal playing field’ The Malta Developers' Association is considering organising a protest in response to what it perceives as shortcomings in reforming…
Updated 1244 Large crowd demands better environmental accountability In Valletta on Saturday, a large crowd of citizens, activists and politicians converged to call for decisive measures in safeguarding Malta's environment,…
Updated 1330 Traffic disrupted after oil spill on Marsa flyover: Major disruptions on the Marsa flyover are expected as a considerable quantity of cooking oil has been spilled onto the…
Updated 1205 EC wants Malta to reduce energy subsidies to control soaring deficit The European Commission wants Malta to wind down energy subsidies by the end of the year and…
Updated 1245 500 people in distress in Malta SAR – NGO: According to Alarm Phone, an NGO dedicated to assisting distressed individuals at sea, a vessel carrying 500 people escaping…
Updated 1515 - PAC suspends Yorgen Fenech hearings: In response to a request made by the defense lawyers, the Public Accounts Committee has decided to temporarily halt the hearing involving…
Updated 1300 Infrastructure Malta says new roads ensure better safety after latest fatality The death of a 17-year-old girl in the fourth traffic fatality in a month on Sunday provoked…
UPDATE 17-year-old dies in Central-Link traffic accident A 17-year-old girl died in a traffic accident on the Central Link road in Attard early on Sunday.A Chevrolet Aveo in which she…
Updated 1245 Heftier traffic fines come into force Significant changes will be implemented to fines and penalty points for road contraventions as from today. In February, Transport Malta introduced stricter…
Updated 1300 Joseph Muscat wants Vitals inquiry magistrate to step downFormer Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has called for the recusal of Magistrate Gabriella Vella, who is leading a corruption investigation…
Updated 1240 Corruption probe exposes money trail linking Muscat to VGH As part of a corruption probe into former prime minister Joseph Muscat, investigators are examining payments totaling €60,000 from…
Updated 1215 MDA President says bureaucracy stifling property sales: Malta Developers’ Association president Michael Stivala has justified the discrepancy between the number of promise-of-sale agreements and actual property sales linking…
Morning Briefing Police lacking Human Resources in the war against drugs Police lacks manpower as the drug squad commits to fight the ever-growing war against drugs, inspector Mark Anthony Mercieca…
Updated 1320 Public service must evolve to reflect present - President The public service must always evolve and change to meet the needs of a dynamic society, President George Vella…
Updated 1300 Economic activity decelerated but remained strong by end 2022- CBMEconomic activity remained strong, but decelerated when compared to the previous quarter in the last three months of 2022,…
Updated 1200 Government to scrap plans to restrict school transport to one address As of the next academic year, church and independent school students who utilize the free transportation service…
Updated 1310 Property sales down by almost a fifth: Property sales down by 18.2% last month, but values were up - NSO: When compared to April 2022, real estate sales…
Updated 1240 Two-thirds of SMEs call for Malta to redefine its strategy: Results of the Malta Chamber of Small and Medium Sized businesses (SME)'s barometer for the first quarter of…
Updated 1300 Philippines says Malta “a hotspot for trafficking”: Malta has been accused by the Philippines Bureau of Immigration (BI) of being “a hotspot for trafficking” of Filipinos looking for…
Morning Briefing Lands' internal audit finds lack of will for enforcementAn internal audit by the Lands Authority flagged the lack of effort by its own enforcement division to reclaim an…
Updated 1130 Two men die after motorbike accident The roads have taken two more lives on Saturday, after two Pakistani nationals, who were on a motorcycle, collided with a car…
Updated 1300 Malta's female labour participation tops EU rateIn 2022 Malta had a female labour participation rate of 74% compared to the EU’s 69%, Jobsplus annual report shows. The pace…
Updated 1300 Ombudsman says children, elderly, mental health commissioners should be independentThe commissioners for mental health, children and the elderly should operate under the umbrella of the ombudsman’s office, former…
Updated 1200 Malta sees drop in press freedom index Malta has dropped six places in the World Press Freedom Index, ranking 84th out of 180 countries assessed by Reporters Without…
Morning Briefing PM calls for reform in planning laws Prime Minister Robert Abela has called for a “discussion” about reforming planning laws to effectively freeze developments until appeals processes are…
Morning Briefing Men charged on dissemination of extremist material Police have charged several individuals over the dissemination of “extremist material” following arrests made during the weekend. The operation that led…
Morning Briefing 185 migrants in Malta SAR saved by NGO shipSome 185 individuals, who were on board four different boats in the Maltese Search and Rescue Region, have been rescued…
Updated 1330 - Afternoon Briefing TM gets new CEO: Transport Malta has replaced its CEO Jeffrey Curmi with Jonathan Borg, making the announcement in a curt statement issued on Saturday…
Updated 1615 - Afternoon Portal Review The Times of Malta reports that the commissioner for the welfare of prisoners resigned on Thursday, less than three months after being appointed to…
Updated 1200 Malta losing out to competition in recruiting foreign workers Malta was struggling to recruit foreign workers, with Ireland, Cyprus, Spain, and Portugal becoming more attractive for foreign workers…
Updated 1640 - Afternoon Review The Times of Malta reports that an appeals court has confirmed a decision by the Administrative Review Tribunal that annulled a decision by the Lands…
Updated 1735 The Times of Malta reports that Keith Schembri’s testimony before the Public Accounts Committee was cut short on Tuesday when his lawyers threatened to open a constitutional court…
Morning Briefing Parties bicker on energy subsidies The Nationalist Party wants to stop energy subsidies but the government believes it should continue to cushion prices for "all families and businesses",…
Morning Briefing Alfred Sant will not contest MEP elections Former Prime Minister lfred Sant said he will not contest another European parliamentary election as he wants to "make room" for…
Updated 1100 Don't meddle with COLA - GWU The General Workers Union will never accept any changes to the way the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is worked out unless unanimously agreed…
Updated 1215 COLA could reach €13 if inflation level persists- MEA The current rate of inflation will require an increase in COLA of €13 for 2024, which will definitely have…
Updated 1230 Tough decisions needed to combat inflation - CBM governorTough decisions may need to be taken to combat the "inflation monster", according to Prof Edward Scicluna, governor of the…
Updated 1300 Nurses reject Government offer - no industrial action, for now Nurses and midwives have rejected a government pay offer, the Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses (MUMN) said.…
Updated 1700 TVM reports that Government has employed 41 of Steward Health Care Malta’s employees after the Court annulled the contract through which it was managing St. Luke’s, Karin Grech…
Updated 1740 - Afternoon Portal Review The Times of Malta follows the story of a dog breeder who has been hospitalised after being attacked by his own dogs on Monday…
Morning Briefing DBRS confirms Malta 'A' rating Credit agency DBRS Morningstar has confirmed Malta's A (high) rating with a stable outlook. It attributed this position to Malta’s membership in the…
Updated 1300 Police, AG sought ways to justify non-action on Pilatus, new book claims Police and Attorney General Victoria Buttigieg decided not to prosecute top Pilatus Bank officials and later…
Updated 1705 The Times of Malta reveals that a PN mayor who defied party orders to resign amid a controversial local council high-rise vote has been nominated by the government as an…
Updated 1730 The Times of Malta reports that PM Robert Abela has written to the Chief Justice asking him to ensure that the magisterial inquiry into the construction death of…
Updated 1700 - Afternoon Portal Review The Times of Malta leads with news that the MUMN, the nurses union, has suspended directives and will be calling an extraordinary general meeting…
Morning Briefing NGO claims Maltese authorities refused to rescue migrants in SAR zone Rescue NGO Sea Watch have claimed Malta ordered a merchant vessel not to rescue a group of…
Morning Briefing Economic growth must rest on everything except construction - Fin Min Malta must find different solutiosn to grow the economy in a future that “must rest on everything…
Morning Briefing A Blessed Easter to all our readers! Standards Commissioner declines investigation in Farrugia's parliamentary absence Parliament’s new standards commissioner has refused to investigate minister Aaron Farrugia for a…
Morning Briefing Man dies after Portomaso fall A man lost his life after falling near the marina in Vjal Portomaso on Friday, in what media reports described as "unusual circumstances"…