Malta won two tourism awards at the ITB fair in Berlin, reports The Times. The country won the ‘Best LGBT Trend Destination’ category while Valletta was voted ‘Best City Break-Destination’. The paper says ITB is the largest trade fair in the tourism sector.
Almost 70 percent of people agree with gender quotas to balance the share of women and men in parliament, a MaltaToday survey finds. 54 percent said they would agree with laws obliging parties to present election candidate lists with equal number of men and women.
Fire broke out at the Qawra Palace Hotel with as many as 25 tourists were evacuated and given medical assistance on site. Newsbook reports that officials from the police and Civil Protection Department were soon on the spot.
Another fire incident, this time at the Carnival warehouses in Marsa. TVM says that no one was injured but two dogs and two hamsters were trapped inside, until Civil Protection officers successfully rescued them.
One News reports on the funeral of long-time Labour Party activist Ronnie Pellegrini, who passed away on Sunday. After the service in St Cajetan Church in Ħamrun, the body of Pellegrini was brought outside the Labour Party headquarters where party officials paid respects.
Dar Papa Franġisku in Fleur de Lys hands out between 40 and 50 meals every day to people in need. Home Administrator Ian Galea told Net News that the home is also offering a night shelter service, hosting around 18 people each night.
The Nationalist mayor of Valletta, Chris Micallef, surprised Minister Chris Fearne with a birthday cake at a local council event. The Malta Independent quotes the mayor who said that politics should not bring division.
The Electoral Commission admitted to giving the wrong information to expats who intend to vote in the upcoming MEP elections, after an investigation by The Shift News. The portal is requesting the Commissions to announce the correct procedure.
Malta’s Eurovision entry is predicted by bookmakers to place 11th at the festival in Tel Aviv in May. LovinMalta says that EurovisionWorld gives Michela Pace’s Chameleon a 3 percent chance of winning Eurovision 2019.
