Politics

Malta: AD and PD merge as one political party

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…

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Malta-24 News Briefing Sunday 26th July 2020 – Updated

Update 2136 - In the light of the recent developments related to the number of coronavirus cases on the Maltese islands, the organiser of the Creamfields Summerdaze 2020 party, announced…

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Malta-24 – News Briefing – Sunday 19th July 2020

Updated 1455 - One coronavirus case is confirmed The Health Department confirmed one new case of coronavirus throughout the previous 24 hours. Though not specified in the daily update, it…

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Malta-24 – News Briefing – Tuesday 14th July 2020

Updated 1233 - Coronavirus situation unchanged There were no changes in the coronavirus situation, the Health Department said, with no new cases identified from 931 tests. The number of active…

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Malta-24 – News Briefing – Monday 13th July 2020

Updated 1810 - President George Vella will not remove Adrian Delia as Opposition Leader The President of Malta, George Vella, concluded that PN leader Adrian Delia cannot be removed of…

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Malta-24 – News Briefing – Sunday 12th July 2020

Updated 0915 - Newspaper Review Malta Today says that self-confessed middleman in the Caruana Galizia murder plot, Melvin Theuma, was informed of a pardon request made by Vincent Muscat, one of…

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Malta-24 – News Briefing – Saturday 11th July 2020

Updated 1333 - No new coronavirus There were no new coronavirus and no recoveries in the past 24 hours. Seven cases remain active, while the number of patients who recovered…

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No EU money for countries breaching rule of law – EPP

"Every Member State that wants to receive EU money must stick to the basic principles of democracy and the rule of law. There must be conditionality. The EU is not…

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Malta-24 – News Briefing – Friday 10th July 2020

Updated 1333 - No new cases of coronavirus, two recoveries No new COVID-19 cases were identified in the past 24 hours, meaning there are now just seven persons infected with…

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Political leaders should be responsible towards Maltese population and society, not party constituents

Political leadership needs to assume its responsibility not to party constituents but to the broader Maltese population and society. Three leading academics made this statement in the wake of the…

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Malta-24 – News Briefing – Thursday 9th July 2020

Updated 1531 - Therese Comodini Cachi touted as Opposition Leader A number of media sources are reporting that Nationalist MP and former MEP Therese Comodini Cachia will be nominated by…

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Malta faces political meltdown – Employers

The Malta Employers’ Association stated that the country faces a political and institutional meltdown unless the two major parties get their respective houses in order. In a statement, the employers…

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Malta-24 – News Briefing – Wednesday 8th July 2020

Updated 1300 - No new cases of coronavirus Malta registered no new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the Department of Health said. As one person recovered during…

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Malta-24 – News Briefing – Tuesday 7th July 2020

Updated 1508 - PM meeting with EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy PM Robert Abela is this afternoon meeting with Josep Borrell, the EU’s High Representative for…

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Maltese Editors’ Perspectives

Stability of relationships seems to be the central theme in today's editorials, whether between couples or otherwise between politicians and their seat. The Times of Malta relates to a story…

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Malta-24 – News Briefing – Friday 3rd July 2020

Updated 1401 - Imported case not linked to re-opening of airport Air Malta said in a statement that the person who tested positive in the past 24 hours was a…

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Malta-24 – News Briefing – Thursday 1st July 2020

Updated 1233 - No new cases of coronavirus Malta is fast approaching Covid-free status, with three persons recovering during the past 24 hours. As there were no new cases during…

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Malta-24 – News Briefing – Tuesday 30th June 2020

Updated 1232 - Malta maintains no new cases streak For the first time since March, Malta has registered four consecutive days with no new cases of coronavirus. A person has…

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Maltese Editors’ Perspectives

The culture of impunity and recent allegations of corruption dominate Maltese newspapers' Editorials this Tuesday. The Times of Malta refers to the recent report by the Ombudsman in which he…

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Malta-24 – News Briefing – Thursday 25th June 2020

Updated 1253 - Three new cases of coronavirus After three consecutive days with no reports of new coronavirus cases in Malta, the Health Department said that three cases were identified…

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The need to inject science in politics and policy

by Rafael Yuste and Dario Gil - from El Pais There is no need to point out that this crisis could have been avoided, or at least its impact on…

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Cummings said he did not regret his decisions acted ‘reasonably’ in the circumstances

Prime Minister Boris Johnson's closest adviser Dominic Cummings said on Monday that he didn't regret his decision to drive 250 miles from London to northern England, saying he had not…

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Who loves the nation most?

by Jesmond Saliba The Covid-19 epidemic is stoking a fresh sense of nationalism around the world that has gone missing for several generations. The widespread return to identity symbolism and…

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Covid-19 may also heal

For all the devastation that the coronavirus is causing, in Malta it seems to have revitalised the Nationalist Party. In the past few weeks, the country witnessed a renewed sense…

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Dutch PM appoints opposition MP as country’s new health minister to combat Covid-19 spread

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has appointed an opposition MP as the country’s new health minister to help combat the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Martin van Rijn, the former…

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Far-right comes too close for comfort

This article by Tonio Galea appeared on Diplomatique.Expert Islamist terrorism today absorbs most of the attention of counter-terrorist activities, and with good reason. However, a problem has been allowed to fester…

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ArcelorMittal – a reminder of the woes of Italy’s politics and economy

Italy’s government and the factory’s foreign operator, the steel giant ArcelorMittal, are engaged in a high-stakes fight over the plant’s future. The plant’s closing could have ramifications for the stability…

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A decade which was far too long in British politics

As the decade began, Gordon Brown was ensconced in Downing Street and preparing to fight his first general election. Having succeeded Tony Blair following years of tensions between them, the former…

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Ukraine – Businessman and politician’s three-year-old son shot dead when assassins opened fire on Kiev city councillor’s car

Unknown gunmen opened fire at the car of a local lawmaker in the centre of Ukrainian capital of Kiev on Sunday, killing his three-year old son, a police source said.…

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John Bercow to step down today as speaker of the House of Commons

A grab from a handout video made available by the UK Parliamentary Recording Unit shows John Bercow, Speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, during a debate…

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Twitter to ban all political ads

Twitter will ban all political advertising on its platform beginning next month, Chief Executive Jack Dorsey announced on Wednesday. In a series of posts, Dorsey said politicians should earn their…

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Trump promises 2020 election ‘backlash’ against impeachment

An angry, energised United States President Donald Trump whipped his supporters into a frenzy on Thursday at a rally in Minneapolis as he sought to use the Democrats two-week-old impeachment…

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On this day…

1534 Jacques Cartier lands in Canada, claims it for France 1783 Georgia becomes a protectorate of tsarist Russia 1793 France passes 1st copyright law 1935 1st greetings telegram sent in…

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On this day…

1848 The two-day Women's Rights Convention, the first women's rights and feminist convention held in the United States, opened in Seneca Falls, New York. 1870 Franco-Prussian War starts 1903 1st…

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Twitter announces that politician’s tweets will be labelled as such

Preidents and other world leaders and political figures who use Twitter to threaten or abuse others could find their tweets slapped with warning labels. The new policy , announced by…

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Britain’s Brexit crisis is political and not constitutional – FP

The deadline for the UK to present the European Union with a new proposal for its exit from the bloc or crash out without a deal is fast approaching. A…

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Gdańsk votes to replace murdered mayor

Radio Poland reported that the northern Polish city of Gdańsk is holding an early election Sunday for the post of mayor. The ballot had to be organised after former city…

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Crisis deepens for Australian Prime Minister Morrison

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison lost two more Ministers as the Australian general elections loom. Reuters reported that Defence Minister Christopher Pyne and Defence Industry Minister Steven Ciobo both announced…

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Microsoft warns about Russian hacking attempts in Europe

A group of hackers linked to Russia carried out cyberattacks on European political research groups, Microsoft has revealed. Microsoft warned in a blog post on Wednesday that hackers attempted to…

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Three Tory MPs deflect to The Independent group

British MPs Heidi Allen, Anna Soubry and Sarah Wollaston have resigned from the Conservative Party and joined the Independent Group. This is a developing story.

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Diplomatique.Expert recommends “In U.S. and Europe, Conflict Over Migration Points to Political Problems” – NYT

A version of this article appears in print on June 30, 2018, on Page A6 of the New York edition with the headline: In U.S. and Europe, Conflict Over Migration Points to Political Problems Although dated,…

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Diplomatique.Expert recommends : The World in 2019 – Matthew Bugeja

The last few years have been nothing if not eventful on the global stage. Fortunately, there have been, no new major conflicts in the vein of those such as Syria and Ukraine,…

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The rise and dangers of Identity Politics

In recent years, the number of democracies has fallen, and democracy has retreated in virtually all regions of the world. Many authoritarian countries, led by China and Russia, have become much more…

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Sunday Malta News Evening Roundup

Good evening, The political leaders maintain their Sunday appointment to give their views and set agendas as reflected in the reports on their speeches on the various portals. We also…

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Sunday Malta Evening News Roundup

Good evening, School transport, migration, possible changes at the helm of the police corps are amongst the main items which one finds occupying the news agenda for today. The following…

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UK: Labour frontbencher used taxpayers’ money to silence former lover aide who took him to tribunal

The Telegraph reports that Labour frontbencher used taxpayers' money to silence his Jewish Parliamentary assistant after she accused him of religious discrimination. Khalid Mahmood, the shadow foreign minister for Europe, was taken…

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Insight: Politics of fear and hate

Long read. Article prepared and researched by Nathanael Muscat for Corporate Dispatch. Boris Johnson invited a deluge of complaints this week when he compared women wearing the burqa to letter boxes.…

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Insight: “A will to become politically effective can save the EU from dissolution” – Jurgen Habermas

Simply retreating behind national borders is not an adequate response to the challenges of our time. Why the people of Europe have long since left the political elite behind. …

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Pablo Casado, 37, succeeds ousted former Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy as leader os the Spanish conservative Popular Party

AFP: Spain's conservative Popular Party (PP) on Saturday picked Pablo Casado, 37, to replace Mariano Rajoy after the former prime minister was ousted in a no-confidence vote in June. Casado's rival…

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