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Latest Updates – Malta News Briefing – Friday 8 January 2021

Updated 1745- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that Superintendent of public health held a briefing amid spike in cases MaltaToday reports that Gavin Gulia is the second Labour…

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Latest UPDATE – Malta Teacher’s Union to meet Prime Minister – Malta News Briefing – Thursday 7 January 2021

Update - 1800 - The Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry called on teachers and all state, church and independent schools to keep on adhering to the strict health…

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Latest Updates – Malta News Briefing – Wednesday 6 January 2021

Update - MUT orders teachers strike - The Malta Union of Teachers has ordered a two-day strike for educators in all State schools after emergency talks with government broke down…

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Latest Updates – Malta News Briefing – Tuesday 5 January 2021

Updated 1745 News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that President George Vella received the Covid-19 vaccine MaltaToday reports that the Broadcasting Authority has upheld PN MP Jason Azzopardi's complaint…

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Latest Updates – Malta News Briefing – Monday 4 January 2021

Latest Update- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that the head of the civil service has warned against government agencies ending teleworking. MaltaToday reports that a Complaint on Swieqi…

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Malta News Headline Briefing – Sunday 3 January 2021 – UPDATE

Update 1920 - Eighty-five new COVID-19 cases were reported by the health authorities on Sunday. Sixty-four patients recovered, leaving 1587 active cases. 1995 swab tests were made in the past…

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Malta News Briefing – Saturday 2 January 2021

Updated 0900 Newspaper Review The Times reports on a brawl involving some 50 people that broke out in Paceville on New Year’s Eve. Three people sustained injuries and several others were…

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Malta News Update – Thursday 31 December

Updated 0822 - Newspaper Review The Independent says that three cases of the UK-variant of the Covid-19 virus have been detected by health authorities. Health Minister Chris Fearne said that…

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Latest News Headlines – Malta News Update – Wednesday 30 December

Update 1300 - There have been three cases with the new variant, first reported by the UK, have been detected in Malta. The latest details about the Coronavirus in Malta…

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Malta News Update – Tuesday 29 December

Updated 1230 - News Portal Review Covid-19 Updates A total of 115 people tested positive for COVID-19 overnight and another 128 recovered. Malta now has 1,407 active cases of coronavirus. …

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Latest Updates – Malta News Update – Monday 28 December

Updated 1233 - Covid-19 update 101 new cases of coronavirus were reported in the past 24 hours, with 123 recovering. This brings the total number of cases up to 12,426,…

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84 new cases, 114 recoveries and 4 deaths reported as Malta starts vaccination – Malta News Update – Sunday 27 December

Update 1400 - 84 new Covid-19 cases were detected in the 24 hours preceding Sunday's update. Another four people died. There were 118 recoveries registered. Update 1200 - Political speeches…

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Malta News Update – 129 new cases registered – Arrival of Vaccine in Malta – Saturday 26 December – Updated

Updated 1233 - Covid-19 update 129 people got infected with Covid-19 on Christmas Day, with the strangely low number of just three persons recovering. This takes up the number of…

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Malta News Briefing – Thursday 24 December

Updated 1230 Seventy new COVID-19 cases were detected between Wednesday and Thursday while almost twice that number of patients, 130, recovered overnight. Lands Authority CEO James Piscopo to step down Lands Authority…

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Latest Updates – Malta News Briefing – Wednesday 23 December

Gauci gives further vaccine details as COVID-19 death toll passes 200 Superintendent of Public Health Charmaine Gauci has delivered her weekly update on COVID-19, the last before Christmas and days…

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Latest Updates: Malta News Briefing – Tuesday 22 December

Updated 1745 - News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that 40 cabin crew have been made reduntant MaltaToday reports that Bernard Grech said that PM's inaction on Rosianne Cutajar…

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Latest updated: Malta News Briefing – Monday 21 December

Updated 1745 Times of Malta reports that Chris Fearne has given details of the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out MaltaToday reports that the first medical cannabis production licence has been issued TVM…

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Latest Headline Update – Malta News Briefing – Sunday 20 December

Covid19 Update - Malta registered 93 new coronavirus cases overnight. 97 individuals have recovered. 3 more deaths have been reported earlier today, with the death toll reaching 190. Vaccine to…

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Covid-19 death toll in Malta reaches 187 – Malta News Briefing – Saturday 19 December

Update 1315 - Covid-19 Cases Update Four persons died of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, according to data released by Malta's Ministry of Health. The daily bulletin indicated that…

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Malta News Briefing – Friday 18 December

LATEST UPDATE Updated 1745- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that The EU on Friday signed an agreement sealing its commitment to support small and medium Maltese enterprises with…

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Malta News Briefing – Thursday 17 December

LATEST UPDATE Updated 1745- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that A major residential and business development project on the site of Mercury House - the old telephone exchange…

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Malta News Briefing – Wednesday 16 December

LATEST UPDATE Updated 1745- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports The Maltese flattened sourdough bread, best known as the ftira, will be the first local product on UNESCO’s Intangible…

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Latest Updates – Malta News Briefing – Tuesday 15 December

LATEST UPDATE Updated 1745- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that Malta could receive the Covid-19 vaccine by year’s end MaltaToday reports that an NAO report found poverty on…

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Latest update: Malta News Briefing – Monday 14 December

LATEST UPDATE Updated 1745- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that Edward Scicluna was confirmed as Central Bank governor MaltaToday reports that the DB group project has been downscaled…

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Covid-19 Malta Update – Malta News Briefing – Sunday 13 December

Update 1235 - 52 new cases of COVID-19 were registered on Sunday, the health ministry has announced. 2,659 swab tests were carried out in the last 24 hours. OFFICIAL COVID-19 figures…

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Latest Updates – Malta News Briefing – Saturday 12 December

Updated 1300 - Covid-19 Update Health authorities reported 121 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, while 144 patients recovered. This lowers the number of active cases to…

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Latest Updates – Malta News Briefing – Friday 11 December

LATEST UPDATE Updated 1745- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that Superintendent for Public Health Charmaine Gauci urged people to stay within their homes for Christmas. MaltaToday reports that…

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Latest Updates: Malta News Briefing – Thursday 10 December

Latest Update- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that two young children were hit by a car in Naxxar MaltaToday reports that Fenech's public inquiry defence team are criticising…

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Latest Updates – Malta News Briefing – Wednesday 9 December

LATEST UPDATE Updated 1745- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that the country is considering Covid-19 vaccination documents. MaltaToday reports that in a rowdy parliamentary committee meeting, Auditor General…

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Latest Updates: Malta News Briefing – Tuesday 8 December

Updated 1300 - Covid-19 Update Health authorities reported 40 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, the lowest number for the past two months. A total of 1,766…

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Latest Updates – Malta News Briefing – Monday 7 December

LATEST UPDATE Updated 1745- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that healthcare workers, those over 85 and those who live in care homes will be the first to receive…

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Malta News Briefing – Sunday 6 December – Updated

Update 1830 - Headlines - Malta's strategy for rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine will be announced on Monday, Prime Minister Robert Abela said on Sunday. Addressing a political gathering in…

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Latest Updates – Malta News Briefing – Saturday 5 December

Update 1400 - Fitch confirms Malta A rating International credit rating agency Fitch confirmed Malta's rating at A+, with stable prospects. The agency said that Malta's rating is supported by…

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LATEST UPDATES: Malta News Briefing – Friday 4 December

UPDATED 1745: NEWS PORTAL BRIEFING Times of Malta reports that A 24-year-old repeat offender was remanded in custody on Friday after pleading not guilty to conspiring with another man to…

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Latest Update – Malta News Briefing – Thursday 3 December

LATEST UPDATE Updated 1745- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that the EU has launched infringement proceedings against hunting and trapping MaltaToday reports that The number of Filipino nationals…

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Malta News Briefing – Wednesday 2 December – UPDATED

Updated 1745- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that Europol data extraction experts are facing questions from lawyers defending Yorgen Fenech on Wednesday, as the compilation of evidence against…

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Another 4 people die of Covid-19 – Malta News Briefing – Tuesday 1 December

Update 1230 - Covid-19 update 102 new COVID-19 cases were reported by health authorities on Tuesday. 83 patients recovered. The new cases were found following 2,768 swabs. BOV preparing contingency…

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Four more deaths from Covid-19 – Malta News Briefing – Monday 30 November

Updated 1745- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that Europol experts are testifying on Monday about emails, texts and audio messages extracted from devices linked to Yorgen Fenech. MaltaToday…

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Malta News Briefing – Sunday 29 November

Updated 0850 - Newspaper Review Malta Today reveals that a US naval attaché had questioned Darren Debono about a secret refuelling operation of a Russian ship by the Maltese government.…

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Malta News Briefing – Saturday 28 November

Updated 1233 - Covid-19 Update There were 108 cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, with 121 recoveries. These were identified out of 2870 swab tests. The number of…

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4,000 people in quarantine – Malta News Briefing – Friday 27 November

Updated 1745- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that Konrad Mizzi refused to answer questions at a public inquiry. MaltaToday reports that the Good Samaritan hospital has rebutted claims…

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Malta News Briefing – Thursday 26 November

Updated 1745 Times of Malta reports that Konrad Mizzi has shown he will not cooperate with the public inquiry into Daphne Caruana Galizia’s asssassination. MaltaToday reports that PN MPs have…

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Malta News Briefing – Wednesday 25 November

Updated 1745- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that flu vaccinations will resume Sunday MaltaToday reports that migrant residence rules could increase povery and social exclusion Newsbook reports that…

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Five more Covid-19 deaths – Malta News Briefing – Tuesday 24 November

Updated 1745- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that Christmas shopping is expected to be a ghost of its former self. MaltaToday reports that Corporate services provider Credence, which…

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Four more Covid-deaths -Malta News Briefing – Monday 23 November

Updated 1745- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that tributes have poured in on Monday afternoon as news broke that artist Ed Schembri had died suddenly, aged 45. Newsbook…

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Malta News Briefing – Sunday 22 November (Update)

Update 1900h - Newsportal review Writer Oliver Friggieri is to be given a funeral by the state in recognition of his 'extraordinary contribution' to the country and its people, the…

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Malta News Briefing – Saturday 21 November – Update

Update 2030 - Cabinet Reshuffle Prime Minister Robert Abela has carried a cabinet reshuffle which sees Dr Miriam Dalli appointed as Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Sustainable Development. Former Chief…

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Malta News Briefing – Saturday 21 November – Update

Update 2030 - Cabinet Reshuffle Prime Minister Robert Abela has carried a cabinet reshuffle which sees Dr Miriam Dalli appointed as Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Sustainable Development. Former Chief…

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Malta News Briefing – Friday 20 November

Updated 1745- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports a company involved in a joint investment with Enemalta to develop and operate a multi-million data hub in an underground installation…

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Malta News Briefing – Thursday 19 November (UPDATE)

Update 1830 - Covid-19 Deaths in Malta - Two men die of Covid-19. The first case concerned a man, who at 75, was diagnosed on November 2 and died late…

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Malta News Briefing – Wednesday 18 November -Updated

Updated 1745- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that Malta has joined the United Nations Core Group for LGBTI Issues. MaltaToday says that The controversial takeover of state…

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Covid claims two more lives – Malta News Briefing – Tuesday 17 November –

Update 2100 h - Coronavirus claims two more lives A man and a woman have died after testing positive for COVID-19, raising the number of victims to 103. The Health…

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101 persons die of Covid-19 Malta News Briefing – Monday 16 November

Update Covid-19 Death Toll reaches 101 A statement issued by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Health announced that the number of deaths due to Covid-19…

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67-year old man dies of Covid-19 – Malta News Briefing – Sunday 15 November – UPDATE

Update 2100h - Covid-19 death A 67-year old man has died of Covid-19 on Sunday. The announcement was done by government at 2055h. The man was first diagnosed with Covid-19…

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121 new cases in Malta -Malta-24 News Briefing – Saturday 14 November (Updated)

Updated 1745 - News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that Nationalist Party MP Edwin Vassallo has played down suggestions of a growing rift between himself and party leader Bernard…

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208 people hospitalised with Covid-19, 2 more deaths / Malta-24 News Briefing – Friday 13 November

Updated 1745- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that Opposition leader Bernard Grech has said the PN will defend the rights of everyone "without exception", in a social media…

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Malta-24 News Briefing – Thursday 12 November

Updated 1745- News Portal Briefing MaltaToday reports that the social welfare chief has urged the government to re-think cannabis legislation. Times of Malta reports that Students in Malta have easier…

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