Good morning
Brexit‘s extension, Haftar‘s march on Tripoli, Elections in Israel and Australia are among the main headlines.
The latest:
Election Watch: Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced Australians will vote in a general election on 18 May.
Malta’s newspapers’ front pages have the following stories:
The Malta Business Weekly leads with a European Commission report showing that Malta has the highest employment rate among new graduates in the EU. More than 94 percent of new graduates find work within three years, well above the EU target of 82 percent by 2020.
The Malta Independent quotes Ombudsman Anthony Mifsud who writes in a report that recommendations to the House of Representatives have completely been ignored. The Case Notes 2018 flags cases that demanded parliamentary intervention to seek redress.
The Times refers to one of the cases in the Ombudsman’s Case Notes which contests a interpretation of personhood for an unborn baby. The paper says that the policy direction by the Health Department could signal intentions to legalise abortion.
The Malta Business Weekly reports that betting software provider Altenar has obtained a Type 2 B2B licence by the Malta Gaming Authority. A spokesperson for the company said the five-month process was relatively quick, considering the stringent rules set by the MGA.
The Malta Independent says that EU Justice Commissioner Vera Jourova said that the Commission was monitoring the situation in Malta regarding rule of law. Jourova was replying to questions by members of the European Parliament.
The Times says Nationalist Party MP Hermann Schiavone has suspended himself from the party’s parliamentary group and asked for an investigation to be opened after he admitted to having met businessman Yorgen Fenech for sponsorship.
In-Nazzjon says Nationalist Party Leader Adrian Delia accepted the voluntary suspension of MP Hermann Schiavone. In his letter, the MP said that the meeting was held in ‘broad daylight’ and he did not harbour any wrong intentions.
L-Orizzont says that there are 270 patients on the Parkinson’s Disease register and reveals government plans to appoint a specialist nurse practitioner to manage focused care.
In-Nazzjon says that nurses are objecting to the reported arrival of Libyan patients, injured from the war conflict. The President of the Union of Midwives and Nurses, Paul Pace, said that there already is a very high volume of patients at Mater Dei.
L-Orizzont quotes European Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc who described the Marsa Junction project ‘incredible’. The Commissioner recently visited the site with Transport Minister Ian Borg.
In other headlines:
Champions League : Barcelona hold a narrow advantage at the halfway point of the tie after victory at Old Trafford (1-0) While Ajax and Juventus head to Italy all-square after an entertaining quarter-final first leg at the Johan Cruijff Arena which ended 1-1.
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