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Malta News Briefing – Tuesday 6 October 2026
Morning Briefing MUT calls for quality-focused tertiary education The Malta Union of Teachers has called for a shift in tertiary education away…
Warning that Germany at risk of violent conflict with Russia
Germany is at risk of entering a violent conflict as Moscow steps up an increasingly aggressive "shadow war" against European democracies, its…
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez calls snap election
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called an early general election on Monday, bringing forward a vote that had been scheduled for 2027.…
US removes B-1 bombers from UK base amid security concerns
The United States removed its B-1 bombers from a UK air base one week after several men were arrested there on suspicion…
Bolsonaro will face Lula in runoff in Brazil’s presidential vote
Right-wing Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro will face leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a runoff of the presidential election later…
Malta News Briefing – Monday 5 October 2026
Morning Briefing Labour ‘cannot pretend it heard nothing’ from Fenech trial - PL President Labour Party president Alex Sciberras has said the…
Pete Hegseth creates Pentagon Office of Religious Affairs
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is launching an Office of Religious Affairs at the Pentagon, the latest in a series of faith-related…
Students and police clash as France struggles to quell school protests
Riot police clashed with high school students in cities across France on Friday, as President Emmanuel Macron's government battled to contain increasingly…
Updated – Malta News Briefing – Friday 2 October 2026
Updated 1020 Finance Minister: Employers must invest to curb population growth Finance Minister Clyde Caruana said employers must invest more in capital…
Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia and Iran’s war planning raise fears of wider Middle East conflict
Iran is preparing a broader and more forceful response in case the United States resumes large-scale military attacks, sources said, as its…
Eurozone inflation heats up faster than expected
A faster-than-expected inflation jump across the eurozone’s biggest economies raises the odds that the European Central Bank will hike interest rates again…
Russia sends nuclear warning to NATO as tensions rise in the Baltic
Russia has warned NATO it would be ready to resort to nuclear weapons if the Western alliance attempted to cut off Kaliningrad,…