Melita has upgraded StellarWiFi, its high-speed home internet wifi service, as changes in the use of home internet brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic become more permanent.
As part of this upgrade, which is being implemented without any price increases, Melita is now using eero, an Amazon wifi system, to deliver whole-home wifi mesh coverage in customers’ homes.
In addition...
From tomorrow, Tuesday, 22 December, flights to and from the United Kingdom will be suspended, in view of the new variant of COVID-19 found in patients in the UK.
Despite the suspension of flights, Maltese, and persons resident in Malta, who are currently in the United Kingdom, will be given the opportunity to return to Malta, however, they will be...
Police from the Arsons Unit within the Major Crimes Squad, together with the Żejtun District are have launched an investigation after a number of cars were burnt out in Gudja.
A total of 18 cars were destroyed by fire, while others suffered some damage.
The incident happened at around 5.45pm on Sunday afternoon.
At around 5.45pm, the police were asked to assist...
A Dutchman was seriously injured after he allegedly fell 4 storeys in an abandoned building in Triq Salini, Marsaskala.
The accident happened on Sunday at around 11pm.
The 18-year-old was assisted by a medical team and rescuers of the Civil Protection Department and taken to hospital by an ambulance.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to hold a emergency talks today after France banned travel from the UK in the wake of a new strain of the coronavirus.
Apart from disruption to passenger travel, a major concern is that food supplies could suffer.
Closure of the UK's main shipping ports means that lorries and trucks have formed queues stretching for miles.
Germany...
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Mandatory quarantine requirement for flights from the United Kingdom from Tuesday
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As of Tuesday, 22 December 2020, there will be a mandatory 14-day quarantine requirement for flights arriving in Malta from the United Kingdom. This is in light of the new variant of COVID-19 that has been found in patients in the UK.
This decision is a temporary one because Maltese Health Authorities are closely following developments in the United Kingdom...
The Ministry of Health has confirmed that three elderly people died after testing positive for Covid-19.
In the first case, an 86-year-old woman, who was confirmed positive for Covid-19 on December 8, died yesterday at Mater Dei Hospital.
In the second case, a 69-year-old man, who tested positive for Covid-19 on December 1, died yesterday at the Good Samaritan Long-Term Care...
The 46th anniversary of Malta becoming a Republic was celebrated in Gozo on Saturday evening with a concert which was concluded with a speech by President of Malta George Vella.
The concert, by three soloists of the La Stella Philharmonic Society of Victoria, Gozo, was held in Independence Square and was organised by the National and Regional Celebrations Committee together...
Another 93 people tested positive for Covid-19 in the past 24 hours while nearly 4,000 tests were carried out.
President-elect Joe Biden announced that he will tackle climate change head-on.
On his first day in office he said his administration would rejoin the Paris Agreement and put America back to leading the world on climate change.
"When it comes to the existential threat of climate change, we have no time to lose. This team will be ready on day one...