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Maltese Editors’ Viewpoints

A time for civic responsibility is the key message shared by editors this morning. The Times of Malta uses its Editorial space to make a plea in favour of the…

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Facebook admits bug had blocked coronavirus stories

Social media giant Facebook has admitted that a bug in its anti-spam system has blocked a number of links to news stories about the coronavirus, at times marking them as…

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Today’s Editorials remain focused on latest developments related to the spread of COVID19 with specific messages on education, health and the economy. The Times of Malta delivers quite a hard-hitting…

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EU Governments in unprecedented bold moves to help businesses

Following the European Commission’s green light to EU Member States allowing for fiscal rules to be flexed to accommodate additional spending in light of the economic disruption caused by the…

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Covid19 Malta Bulletin – Tuesday 17th March 2020

Update 14:24 PN Leader Adrian Delia has announced a set of proposals to safeguard employment in the wake of the COVID19 crisis. The Opposition has urged government to safeguard employees…

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Evening Daily Newsfeed Roundup

Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: Parliamentary business is set to forge ahead as planned despite the Opposition’s call to suspend the…

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CoVid 19 Malta Bulletin – Monday 16th March 2020

Updated 17:07 Prime Minister Robert Abela has announced that as from midnight tomorrow restaurants, bars, cinemas, gyms and local clubs (kazini) are to remain closed. Deliveries and take-aways will be…

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Maltese Editors’ Viewpoints

Today's Editorials have reflected the Authorities' efforts throughout yesterday to instil an element of tranquility, with most Editors describing the country as well-prepared to counter the ongoing COVID19 situation. The…

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Evening Daily Newsfeed Roundup

Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: There have been three new cases of persons infected with the Coronavirus. This was confirmed by…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: Ratings agency S&P has revised its outlook for Malta to 'stable' from 'positive' while confirming the…

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Evening Daily Newsfeed Roundup

Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: Three new Coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Malta with infected persons now at…

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Maltese Editors’ Viewpoints

Today’s Editorials continue on a monothematic direction following the announcement of new cases and new measures to counter the infection. Local Editors continue appealing for calm and respect to…

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Evening Daily Newsfeed Roundup

Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: COVID-19 has left an impact on various activities. After it was announced that the…

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All Schools and Child Care Centres in Malta shutdown

Prime Minister Robert Abela has announced that all schools and childcare centres will close down for a week. This Prime Minister explained that Government sought to balance the educational and…

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Maltese Editors’ Viewpoints

Thursday is business day for the English-language media in Malta and most of the Editors make a case for supporting the economy and safeguarding employment in parallel with efforts at…

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Evening Daily Newsfeed Roundup

Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: Prime Minister Robert Abela has announced the stoppage of air and sea travel from…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: Malta’s first coronavirus testing centre will soon start seeing patients with symptoms of the…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: The Supt of Public Health, Prof Charmaine Gauci, on Sunday night said that the…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: Malta will not be stopping flights from Italy’s northern region, which has been sealed off over…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: The first case of Coronavirus in Malta has been confirmed today. The infected person is a…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: Doctors have threatened industrial action if a cruise liner bound for Malta is allowed…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: In the course of a conference on the National Productivity Board, Prime Minister Robert Abela stated…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: People who breach quarantine in relation to the Coronavirus should be fined €5,000, according to…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: Prime Minister Robert Abela started the week meeting with farmers and Maghtab residents objecting to the…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: Fortina Investments on Sunday said it strongly condemns "the misinformation and smear campaign" being conducted by…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: A number of farmers this morning blocked the entrance to the WasteServ facilities in Mghatab in…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: The prime minister's personal assistant and a member of the Office of the Prime Minister's security…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: A sentence handed down against contractor Charles Polidano has been confirmed by the Court, which…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: The coronavirus has not yet spread to Malta, but misinformation about it certainly has. Facebook pages…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: BirdLife Malta said that it only recognises the Environment Minister Aaron Farrugia in relation…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: Maltese chandlers and port workers in Paola and Valletta have stopped their operations over coronavirus…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: Nobody was injured yesterday when a car overturned after crashing into another vehicle at…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: A Serbian national who resides in St Paul’s Bay has been arraigned in Court,…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: Today the public inquiry into the murder of Mrs Daphne Caruana Galizia continued. This…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: During the programme Dissett which discussed the 100 year history of the Labour Party, the Interdiction and…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: The Democratic Party has raised questions over the way the authorities accepted the resignation of police…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: 31 Police Officers who allegedly committed overtime abuses in their line of traffic duty…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: Some 800 new jobs are expected to be created this year through various expansion projects…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: The Malta Police Association appealed to the public not to generalise on all members…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: A court has confirmed the validity of a controversial concession for passenger ferry services between Malta…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: The hunger strike by Alfred Degiorgio known as il-Fulu, is now in its third day. He…

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Evening Daily News Feed Roundup

Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: A leaner parliament with 45 full-time legislators, a Cabinet having no more than eight ministers and…

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Today’s Maltese Editors’ Viewpoints

The Editors of today’s six local newspapers making their way to the newsstands have focused on completely different stories in their op-ed. The Malta Independent expresses its shock at the…

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Evening Daily News Feed Roundup

Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: The Court of Appeal this morning rejected the appeal against the Central Link project,…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: Prime Minister Robert Abela said on Tuesday he believes singer Destiny Chukunyere’s chances at this year’s…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: The Pontifical Mass in celebration of the feast of St Paul’s Shipwreck is underway…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: In a highly-charged speech on Sunday, Opposition leader Adrian Delia delivered a sound warning to his…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: Opposition and Nationalist Party leader, Adrian Delia, said that with its reforms the Nationalist Party should…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: Clyde Puli has submitted his resignation from Secretary-General of the Nationalist Party. Puli has…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: Nationalist Party MPs are being summoned by President George Vella amid a leadership crisis in…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals: The middleman in the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia said he was told by alleged mastermind…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals. 33-year old Justin Borg from Ħal Safi appears in a TVM exclusive video footage…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals. Deputy director of the FIAU Alfred Zammit is testifying at the public inquiry into the circumstances…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals. 47 migrants have been brought to Malta after finding themselves in difficulties in the…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals. Several travel agencies in Malta say their businesses are already being impacted by the fear surrounding…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals. Education Minister Owen Bonnici has no apologies for breaching activists’ human rights over the daily order…

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Good evening, These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals. The compilation of evidence continues today in the case against Yorgen Fenech, charged with…

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