Update 1830 - A police constable was seriously injured in Ħal Far on Sunday after losing control of his motorcycle. Police said the incident took place at around 1.40pm while…
Update 1245 - News Update Covid-19 Update: 75th death reported Another person died from Covid-19 today, Health authorities said, as they announced the passing away of a 92-year old this…
Updated 1745 News Portal Briefing The Times of Malta reports that almost 90 new COVID-19 cases detected this week are of elderly residents at three care homes, Superintendent of Public Health…
Updated 1745 - News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that Lombard Bank to contest 'each and every' FIAU finding which led to fine. MaltaToday reports that Government broke the…
Update 2120 - Two more persons die with Covid-19 - The Department of Health announced that two persons died of Covid-19. The two victims bring the death toll for the…
Updated News Portal Briefing The Times of Malta reports that Yorgen Fenech’s lawyers have filed a legal application calling for the murder case to resume and for middleman Melvin Theuma…
Updated 1745- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that ex-deputy police chief Silvio Valletta has defended going on football holidays with Yorgen Fenech in 2018, arguing that to do…
Update 1800 h News Headline Review = Perjury charges have been filed against former FIAU manager Jonathan Ferris over claims he made during the Egrant inquiry. Ferris, who is also…
Update 1845 Employees within the public sector should be urged to work from home as part of efforts to slow down the spread of COVID-19, the Nationalist Party said on…
Updated 1745 - News Portal Briefing The Times of Malta reports that the health authorities have set up a special unit to treat elderly with COVID-19, Charmaine Gauci announced on…
Updated 1745- News Portal briefing The Times of Malta reports that Fr Lino Cardona, 76, is Malta's 60th Covid-19 victim. MaltaToday reports that Casual elections will be held to fill…
A casual election will be held next week to fill the seat vacated by Frederick Azzopardi on the 13th District, the Electoral Commission said today. Azzopardi died last week but…
Updated 1745- News Portal Briefing The Times of Malta says MFSA chief Joe Cuschieri went on Las Vegas trip with Yorgen Fenech. MaltaToday reports that the update to Malta's sexual…
Updated 1745- News Portal Briefing The Times of Malta reports that a third attempt to award a tender for a €115 million ferry service between Malta and Gozo was killed…
Upadte 1930 As of next Thursday 29th October, all bars and local band clubs will remain closed. Furthermore, as of the same date, only 6 people can convene in public…
Update 1700h A 75-year-old man was confirmed as the 52nd person to die of Covid-19 on Sunday. The Ministry of Health said that the man had tested positive for Covid-19…
Update 1244 - Malta added another 115 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, detected from one of the highest number of swabs taken so far - 3144. Some…
Updated 1745 - News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that a Eurobarometer survey that says Maltese people feel migration is still the main problem facing the EU, despite the…
Updated 1705- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that EU citizenship cannot be traded as a commodity, according to the majority of MEPs looking to end golden passport schemes.…
The centre-right European Popular Party has formally announced the nomination of PN MEP Roberta Metsola to serve as Vice President of the European Parliament. She will replace the Irish Mairead McGuinness…
Update 2000 - Malta updates travel restrictions The Minister responsible for Public Health notifies that it revised the list which fall under the Mandatory Tests for Certain Travelers Regulations, 2020.…
Update 1745- News Portal Briefing Illum reports that Health Minister Chris Fearne said a Covid-19 vaccine should be administered to the entire country six months after it is issued. Times…
Updated 1941 - Government announces budget for 2021 Minister of Finance Edward Scicluna is announcing the budget for 2021. Among the widely-anticipated measures, Government said that a new round of…
Update 1235 Malta registered 142 new Coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours. This brings the total of active cases to 1347. Over the past 124 hours there were 2404…
Update 1418 - Two co-options for Labour Party Parliamentary Group MEP Miriam Dalli and OPM chief of staff Clyde Caruana will be joining the government’s parliamentary group filling two recently-vacated…
European leaders from London to Berlin face an alarming reality: lockdowns are creeping back on the agenda as the pandemic threatens the continent again. It’s a scenario many ruled out…
Update -1922 - : Live Press Conference by Prime Minister New restrictive measures and further announcement were the main novelties announced by Malta's government during a Press Conference on Friday.…
Updated 1745- News Portal Briefing Times of Malta reports that Yorgen Fenech’s lawyers are requesting the court, presiding over journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder compilation, to ensure that electronic data…
Updated 1745- News Portal Update Times of Malta reports that a man has admitted to the brutal murder of Shannon Mak. MaltaToday reports that the Chamber of Commerce is calling…
Updated 1722- Covid-19 Update Times of Malta reports that Malta has no plans to make changes to its two-week quarantine rules unless advised otherwise by the World Health Organisation and the…
Lithuania's main centre-right opposition party led the first round of a parliamentary vote, election commission data showed on Monday, as high unemployment and rising debt hurt the ruling coalition. The…
Slovakia's far-right leader Marian Kotleba, whose party holds 14 seats in parliament, was sentenced to four years and four months jail on Monday for spreading hatred by holding a charity…
Updated 1745 - News Portal Briefing The Times of Malta reports that enforcement of COVID-19 containment measures must increase, Prime Minister Robert Abela has told restaurants and hotel lobbyists. Newsbook…
Update 1630h Another CoVid-19 victim A 67-year-year-old man has become the 42nd victim of COVID-19 in Malta, and one of the youngest. He passed away on Sunday at Mater Dei…
Update 1900 - The Office of the President said that a member of The Palace’s staff has tested positive for COVID-19 during a routine swab test. In this light, the…
Update 1745 - News Portal Briefing update TVM reports that the General Workers’ Union has presented its pre-budget proposals to Prime Minister Robert Abela. Times of Malta reports the government…
Updated 1732- News Portal updated Times of Malta says that panic parents are rushing from work to take their children out of school after hearing speculation about COVID-19 outbreaks, a…
Update 2030 - One dies at the workplace A worker was killed and another was seriously injured in separate accidents when sheets of metal fell on them on Wednesday. The…
Dr Bernard Grech was sworn in this afternoon as Leader of the Opposition, following his swearing-in yesterday as a Member of Parliament. Today’s swearing-in took place at San Anton Palace,…
Updated 1745 - News Portal Briefing The Times reports that former prime minister Joseph Muscat plans to work as an “economic consultant" now that he has formally left politics, according…
New Nationalist Party leader Bernard Grech was today sworn in as a member of parliament. Grech was voted in as the ninth PN leader with 69.3% of party members’ votes.…
Update 1915 Former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has announced his resignation as member of parliament. Muscat announced his resignation on Monday, as parliament convened after the summer recess. The former…
Updated 0951 - Bartolo to make way for Bernard Grech Nationalist MP Ivan J Bartolo has confirmed that he will vacate his seat to enable Bernard Grech to become a…
Updated 1254 - Covid Update Health authorities reported 65 positive cases for COVID-19 between Friday and Saturday, while another 43 recovered. After a week of decreases, this means that active…
Updated 1745- News Portal Briefings The Times of Malta says that the former prime minister's chief of staff, Keith Schembri, and directors of his various companies have taken legal action…
Updated 1745- News Portal Briefing The Times reports Chief Justice Mark Chetcuti called on the government to appoint more judges to the bench as the effort being put in by…
Updated 1745 - News Portal Review TVM says 42 new Covid-19 cases were registered in Malta during the past 24 hours following 2,303 swab tests. 680 cases are presently active.…
Updated 1745 - News Portal Reviews TVM says 65 new cases of Covid-19 have been identified in Malta over the past 24 hours after 2,922 swab tests were carried out.…
Updated 1720 - News Portal Review TVM says 35 new cases of Covid-19 have been identified in Malta over the past 24 hours after 2,536 swab tests were carried out.…
Update 1745 - News Portal Review TVM says 49 new Covid-19 cases were registered in Malta during the past 24 hours following 1,666 swab tests. 507 cases remain active. MaltaToday…
Updated 1610 - Newspaper Review Times of Malta says that at least 21 COVID-19 patients are part of a cluster of construction workers involved in the Marsa Junction project. Malta…
Updated 1700pm - Newspaper Review Times of Malta says that neighbours of an elderly woman who died after a pit bull attack on Monday had made multiple complaints to authorities about the…
Times of Malta reports that a migrant died on Wednesday after he fell while trying to escape from the Ħal Far closed centre, the government said. Malta Today says that…
Updated 1600pm - Newspaper Review Times of Malta reports that the first of three suspects who police believe was behind a double murder in Sliema made a brief appearance in…
Updated 1730 - Newspaper ReviewTimes of Malta reports that Steward Health Care Malta had said that it has no objection in principle to government employees working at Gozo General Hospital,…
Updated 1745 - News Portal Review TVM says that in the last 24 hours, 55 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in Malta after 2,194 swab tests were carried out.…
Update 12:35 The Ministry of Health announced that there were 15 new Coronavirus cases reported in Malta. The total number of active cases is 185. Two of the cases were…
Partit Demokratiku and Alternattiva Demokratika have formally merged the two parties into one. The politicial party is to be named AD/PD Amidst a national climate of division and fragmentation, both…