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UPDATED: Malta News Briefing – Tuesday 23 February 2021

Updated 1745- News portal briefing Times of Malta reports that the COVID-19 pandemic cost the Maltese government an estimated €900 million last year and the deficit for last year is…

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Latest update: Malta News Briefing – Monday 22 February 2021

Updated 1745- News Portal Briefing Latest Update- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that traffic wardens could end up carrying out construction site inspections under proposed legislative changes, architects…

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UPDATED – 130 new coronavirus cases, 134 recoveries and 1 fatality – Malta News Briefing – Sunday 21 February 2021

Update 1230 - Covid-19 Update Malta's Health Department announced that there were 130 new cases and 134 recoveries. The total amount of active cases as of Sunday at 1230 was…

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Malta News Briefing – Saturday 20 February 2021

Updated 1240 - Covid-19 Update Health authorities reported 199 new COVID cases over the past 24 hours and just 106 recoveries, out of 3,100 swab tests. Two further patients died,…

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136 new Covid-19 cases / Malta News Briefing – Saturday 30 January 2021

Updated 1745 News Portal Update Times of Malta reports that in a symbolic move, PN rules out action against Simon Busuttil over Egrant MaltaToday reports that UĦM ordered industrial action…

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Malta News Briefing – Friday 19 February 2021

Updated 1745 News Portal Update Times of Malta reports that the PN will not take action against Simon Busuttil over Egrant MaltaToday reports that UHM ordered industrial action against workers…

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Covid deaths exceed 300 mark – Malta News Briefing – Thursday 18 February 2021

Updated 1245: Covid-19 updateThe Health Department reported 163 new cases of coronavirus in the previous 24 hours,with 156 recovering. The number of active cases has reached 2,429. 3,209 swab tests…

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199 new Covid cases – Malta News Briefing – Wednesday 17 February 2021

Updated 1745- News Portal Briefing Latest Update- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that a Vincent Muscat, one of the three men accused of murdering Daphne Caruana Galizia, on…

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Malta News Briefing – Tuesday 16 February

Latest Update- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that a former restauranteur stands accused of stealing around €70,000 worth of goods from 21 construction sites and half-finished houses over…

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Malta News Briefing – Monday 15 February

Updated 0840 Newspaper Review The Independent speaks with a spokesperson for the Tourism Ministry who said the government will seek to phase in air connections with a number of airlines, targeting…

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Latest Updates – Malta News Briefing – Sunday 14 February

Updated 1800- Political Speeches PM urges people to dream big, says some are seeking to undermine success Prime Minister Robert Abela urged people to “dream big” saying the country’s successes…

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UPDATE – Covid-19 death tally reaches 290 – Malta News Briefing – Saturday 13 February

Update 1610 Health Superintendent Charmaine Gauci received the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccination, health authorities announced. The authorities reported that 48,474 virus jabs have been administered so far, of…

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Malta News Briefing – Friday 12 February

Updated 1300 - Covid-19 Update Health authorities have reported 164 new cases of coronavirus in Malta, with an almost equal number, 165, of recoveries. The number of active cases stands…

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Malta News Briefing – Thursday 11 February

Updated 1715 - Online media review The Times of Malta reports on today's testimonies during the compilation of evidence case into the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia. At the end…

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Two Covid-19 deaths in past 24 hours / Malta News Briefing – Wednesday 10 February

Afternoon Update Covid-19 Update Health authorities reported 167 new cases and 165 recoveries, leaving the number of active cases stable at 2,406. The numbers were identified through 2,217 swabs. Two…

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202 new Covid-19 cases / Malta News Briefing – Tuesday 9 February

Updated 1745- Covid-19 Update Latest Update- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reported that the health authorities are concerned about a temperature probe used in the consignment of the AstraZeneca…

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Latest Updates – Malta News Briefing – Monday 8 February

Latest Update- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that Former minister Konrad Mizzi refused to answer questions about a deal to privatise three state hospitals for fear of self-incrimination…

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100 new Covid-19 cases reported – Updated Malta News Briefing – Sunday 7 February

Covid19 Update - 100 new COVID cases were detected between Saturday and Sunday. A further three patients died, meaning the virus death toll now stands at 282. The latest victims…

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Latest Updates – Malta News Briefing – Saturday 6 February

Updated 1300 - Covid-19 Update Coronavirus cases were above the three-digit mark again after a hiatus of a couple of days, with 134 new positive cases identified between Friday and…

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Four new Covid-19 deaths – Malta News Briefing – Friday 5 February

Updated 1245- Covid-19 update Malta registered 57 new cases and 134 recoveries on Friday. 3,327 swab tests were carried out. During the last 24 hours, four patients died while Covid-19…

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Latest Updates – Malta News Briefing – Thursday 4 February

Updated 1330: Covid-19 updateThe Health Department reported 79 new cases of coronavirus in the previous 24 hours, with 144 recovering. The number of active cases has reached 2,545. 2,944 swab…

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Latest Update- Malta News Briefing – Wednesday 3 February

Latest Update 1745 Times of Malta says that former minister Konrad Mizzi faced another round of police interrogation on Wednesday, with his former colleague Keith Schembri expected to be called…

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Latest Updates – Malta News Briefing – Tuesday 2 February

Updated 1745- News Portal Briefing Latest Update- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that the police arrested four men after they found a fridge and a chest freezer stuffed…

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Latest Updates – Malta News Briefing – Monday 1 February

Latest update- 1745 Times of Malta reports that a former altar boy who claims he was sexually abused by two priests in Xagħra first mentioned his childhood trauma in September…

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Malta News Briefing – Sunday 31 January 2021 UPDATE

Good Sunday, Your newsbriefing from Malta. Update 1245 - Covid19 Update - A total of 182 new COVID-19 cases were recorded between Saturday and Sunday, as another two virus patients…

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Malta News Briefing – Friday 29 January 2021

Updated 1745 News Portal Briefing Latest Update- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that access to a secluded bay at Fomm ir-Riħ has been restored after pictures of a…

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208 new Covid-19 cases reported – Malta News Briefing – Thursday 28 January 2021

Updated 1250 - Covid-19 updateThe Health Department reported 208 new cases of coronavirus in the previous 24 hours, with 200 recovering. The number of active cases has reached 2,687. 3,565…

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Restaurants to close off at 11pm – Malta News Briefing – Wednesday 27 January 2021 – UPDATE

Latest Update- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that oil rigs towering over Grand harbour will be removed by end of April MaltaToday reports that Increased job flexibility is…

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New restrictive measures expected in Feb – Malta News Briefing – Tuesday 26 January 2021

Updated 1745 Times of Malta reports that Malta ordered 80,000 more Moderna vaccines as 14,000 Pfizer doses arrive MaltaToday reports that Moviment Graffitti says the gender corrective mechanism to enhance…

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Covid-19 cases back over 200 – Malta News Briefing – Monday 25 January 2021

Updated 1235 - Covid-19 Update Coronavirus cases returned above the two hundred mark, with 203 new infections reported on Monday. Recoveries amounted to 175, taking the tally of active cases…

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Malta News Briefing – Sunday 24 January 2021 – UPDATED

Good Evening Update 1900h A total 116 new COVID-19 cases were announced on Sunday, the lowest daily case count since January 3 and three fewer than on Saturday. The new cases were…

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Covid death mark reaches 250 – Malta News Briefing – Saturday 23 January 2021

Updated 1235 - 119 new cases of coronavirus Health authorities reported 119 new COVID-19 cases today. The new cases were detected from just 2,571 swab tests. Both the number of…

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Three women die of Covid-19 – Malta News Briefing – Friday 22 January 2021

Updated 1745- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that A peak in COVID cases registered at the beginning of January is decreasing, Superintendent of Public Health Charmaine Gauci said on…

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Malta Development Bank supports EUR29.3m investment in 96 local SME projects

SMEs across a number of different economic sectors have undertaken new investment in 96 projects worth more than €29 million, with the support of the Malta Development Bank’s Loan Guarantee…

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PM pushes for EU vaccine certificate – Malta News Briefing – Thursday 21 January 2021

Latest Update- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that commotion broke out in court on Thursday as two of the men charged with detonating the explosive device which killed…

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PN Shadow Cabinet announced – Malta News Briefing – Wednesday 20 January 2021

Updated 1240 - Covid-19 Update Health authorities reported 187 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday following 3,879 swab tests in the past 24 hours.The virus claimed the lives of two persons,…

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Latest update: Malta News Briefing – Tuesday 19 January 2021

Latest Update- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that The police stopped and checked 7,000 vehicles in the last quarter of 2020 as part of their efforts to enforce…

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Latest Updates – Malta News Briefing – Monday 18 January 2021

Updated 1745: Newsportal Coverage The Times of Malta reports that Nationalist Party MPs started being called in for a meeting with leader Bernard Grech on Monday as a reshuffle of…

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Malta News Briefing – Sunday 17 January 2021 – UPDATE

Update 1900 h - News Headlines - Political Sunday Statement - Prime Minister Robert Abela tried to shut down all criticisms of the Labour Party's co-option of Oliver Scicluna during…

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175 new cases of coronavirus – Malta News Briefing – Saturday 16 January 2021

Updated 1245 - Covid-19 Update Malta registered 175 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, authorities said. The new cases were detected following 3,293 swab tests. With 67 patients…

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193 new Covid-19 cases – Malta News Briefing – Friday 15 January 2021

Updated 1745- News Portal Updated Times of Malta reports that queues and disorganisation at healthcare centres have complicated rollout MaltaToday reports that Robert Abela says disability commission chair Oliver Scicluna’s…

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Latest Updates – Malta News Briefing – Thursday 14 January 2021

Updated 1745- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that Malta is pushing for EU-wide cooperation on the issuing of a vaccination certificate for those who get the COVID-19 jab,…

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Malta News Briefing – Wednesday 13 January 2021

Updated 1745- News Briefing updated Times of Malta reports Gavin Gulia resigned from parliament, minutes after being sworn in as MP MaltaToday reports that Internet provider Melita suffers cyberattack leading…

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240 new cases of coronavirus / Malta News Briefing – Tuesday 12 January 2021

Updated 1745- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that Hermann Schiavone proposed amendments to gender balancing proposal MaltaToday reports that Nadur's famous carnival has been cancelled and the council…

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Latest Updates – Malta News Briefing – Monday 11 January 2021

Updated 1745- News Portal Times of Malta reports that there was Public health fury after COVID-19 coordinator Kenneth Grech is removed MaltaToday reports that speaker Anġlu Farrugia says law setting…

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Malta News Briefing – Sunday 10 January 2021

Update 1500 - Health Students Vaccination - Health students are in contact with COVID-19 patients and should be given the COVID-19 vaccine with frontliners and other health care professionals, the…

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News UPDATE – Record 245 Covid-19 new cases reported – Malta News Briefing – Saturday 9 January 2021

Update 1230 A record 245 new coronavirus cases were reported in Malta on Saturday. The total of new cases is 2221. There were 69 recoveries. Earlier today, two more deaths…

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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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