animal welfare

Caged animal farming must end in EU, European Commission says

Caged animal farming must end in EU, European Commission says

The European Commission said on Wednesday it would propose legislation to phase out caged farming of animals, after a citizens' petition calling for the ban gathered more than one million…

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EU lawmakers seek ban on caged farming, foie gras force-feeding

EU lawmakers seek ban on caged farming, foie gras force-feeding

The European Parliament on Thursday called for the European Union to end caged farming of animals and ban force-feeding of ducks and geese to produce foie gras. The EU assembly…

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Malta: FKNK asks Government to remove Pauline Miceli and Alison Bezzina

Malta: FKNK asks Government to remove Pauline Miceli and Alison Bezzina

The Federation of Hunters, Trappers and Conservationists (FKNK) has officially requested the Government to immediately remove the Commissioner for Children Pauline Miceli and Animal Welfare Commissioner, Alison Bezzina. The organisation…

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Nine stranded pilot whales died on a beach in Spain

Nine stranded pilot whales died on a beach in Spain

Nine stranded pilot whales have died on a beach on Spain’s northern coast but local authorities and residents managed to help others back at sea, the regional government said on…

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Istanbul bans carriage rides to protect the horses

Istanbul bans carriage rides to protect the horses

Istanbul authorities announced a three-month ban on the carriage rides following mounting alarm over the welfare of the horses. Up to 400 are dying on the islands a year from…

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Malta News Briefing – Saturday 14 March 2026

Morning Briefing Tender for €300m Evans Building Hotel Scrapped by Review Board The award of a...

Italy weighs options as damaged Russian LNG tanker drifts in the Mediterranean

Italian authorities are weighing how to deal with a Russian liquefied natural gas tanker left adrif...

ICC opens probe into alleged crimes against humanity by Belarus

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court said on Thursday they had opened an ‌investigation ...

Talk of US Anti-Missile System Relocation Fuels Anxiety in South Korea

The US is relocating parts of a missile defence system installed in South Korea to the Middle East, ...

Romania Scrambles Jets After Suspicious Drone Activity

Romania scrambled fighter jets on Friday to monitor ‌drones possibly breaching its national airspac...

US opens unfair trade practices probe of 60 countries over forced labor

The U.S. Trade Representative's office said late on Thursday it had begun Section 301 unfair trade p...

Malta News Briefing – Friday 13 March 2026

Morning Briefing Abela Signals Openness to Review Abortion Sentence Prime Minister Robert Abel...

FBI warns Iran aspired to attack California with drones in retaliation for war

The has FBI alerted California police departments that Iran might retaliate against U.S. strikes by ...

Updated – Malta News Briefing – Thursday 12 March 2026

Updated 1030 Malta-Flagged Tanker Damaged in Gulf Attack as Regional Tensions Hit Shipping: A Mal...

Turkey’s Erdogan says Iran war must stop before whole region dragged in

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has warned that the war involving Iran risks setting the enti...