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Lead Story: Ursula Von Der Leyen elected as President of European Commission – Her nomination as a compromise candidate by EU leaders as part of horse-trading has angered some politicians who had put forward their own candidates. She needed 374 to votes to win Tuesday’s confirmation, and in the end won 383 — well short of the 420 achieved by her predecessor.
Malta: AG files formal indictment against persons suspected of Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder
Lagarde resigns IMF post
Poland tops list of countries giving first residency permits to nonEU nationals – Ukraine tops the receiving end list – Malta’s main recipients are Serbians
Malta: Sudanese worker hospitalised after falling one storey in construction site
Genoa Bridge had safety problems before collapse – Report
Pete Buttigieg raised US$ 24.9m beating Biden and 23 other rivals
Ryanair announces scaling-down of some its services and stop flying to certain airports due to Boeing 737 MAX crisis
CNN: Security reports reveal how Assange turned an embassy into a command post for election manipulation
French environment minister resigns after being accused of spending tax payers money on lavish dinners
Trump says he will ‘take a look’ at investigating Google for treason
Marriott Hotels joins the movement against straws
One person held after 25-year-old man graciously injured following argument in St. Julian’s
On this day, 50 years ago, Apollo 11, the first U.S. lunar landing mission, was launched into space
Relay protection system failure caused New York City blackout
27 year old man confessed murder of American scientist in Crete
Scottish government declares emergency after 27% increase in drug related deaths
50 persons trapped after building collapse in Mumbai, India
Cyprus marks 45th anniversary of 1974 coup
Chernobyl ‘hero’ liquidator takes his own life after HBO drama
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Sales of Chinese-made hybrid cars have risen dramatically across the European Union, raising concerns about the competitiveness of Europe's automotive industry. Only 659 Chinese full hyb...
Royal Caribbean has agreed to acquire a 50% stake in Sandals Resorts International for $3 billion, valuing the resort business at $6 billion. The transaction is the cruise operator's lar...
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Victoria Chosen as European Capital of Culture 2031: The European Commission has recommended Victoria (Rabat), Gozo as Malta’s European Capital of Culture for 2031, follo...
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Malta Leads EU in SME Labour Shortages as Firms Turn to Non-EU Workers: Malta has the EU’s highest share of SMEs struggling to recruit skilled workers, with 66% reporting...
The European Commission has unveiled an ambitious package of tax reforms aimed at simplifying tax rules across the European Union, reducing compliance burdens for businesses and strength...
The European Union's new Migration and Asylum Pact enters into force on 12 June, ushering in the most significant reform of the bloc's migration framework in years and placing renewed em...
Sales of Chinese-made hybrid cars have risen dramatically across the European Union, raising concerns about the competitiveness of Europe's automotive industry. Only 659 Chinese full hyb...
Royal Caribbean has agreed to acquire a 50% stake in Sandals Resorts International for $3 billion, valuing the resort business at $6 billion. The transaction is the cruise operator's lar...
Artificial intelligence has already transformed industries such as finance and education, but one of its most important tests may come in medicine: discovering new drugs.
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Malta’s new pay transparency regulations, which came into effect on the 5th of June, aim to strengthen fairness and equality in the workplace, but employers are warning that the rushed i...
Malta Public Transport will operate a special bus service during the Science in the City festival, taking place this Friday 25 and Saturday 26 September 2026 at Triton Square. The additi...
Malta Public Transport is encouraging passengers attending Una Notte Con Le Stelle at The Granaries, Floriana, on Saturday 5 September to make use of the regular night bus services opera...
Fears of renewed escalation gripped the Middle East on Wednesday after the United States and Iran exchanged their biggest barrage since July, with Washington striking Iran's southern co...
President Donald Trump announced late Saturday that he had called off planned U.S. strikes on Iran, saying renewed negotiations had raised hopes of easing the conflict and reopening ship...
At least 32 people have been killed and more than 700 injured after two powerful earthquakes — measuring 7.2 and 7.5 — struck central Venezuela seconds apart, causing widespread destruct...
Thousands of Cuban security personnel have begun leaving Caracas after nearly two decades in Venezuela, as Washington ramps up efforts to dismantle the long standing alliance between the...
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he expected Moscow to escalate the war in "in the coming weeks", following Russian strikes that hit a Warsaw-bound train in Ukraine, just two kil...
The departure from Moldova of a plane carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to Norway was delayed when authorities closed the country's airspace over a drone alert, a Moldov...
