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The alleged third suspect in the Sliema double murder has been arrested in Spain following a joint operation between the Malta Police Force and the Spanish Police Force respective Interpol sections, Malta Police report. The suspect, a man of foreign nationality, was arrested in a hotel in Cadiz on the basis of a European Arrest Warrant issued by the Maltese...
15  new cases of coronavirus were detected in the past 24 hours health authorities report.    
Pharmacies open on Sunday 30th August 2020
FA Cup winners Arsenal take on Premier League champions in the FA Community Shield at Wembley today.
With the production and software testing of the new identity card coming to an end, the identification document is soon expected to come into circulation. The Parliamentary Secretary for Citizenship and Communities Alex Muscat held that apart from the aesthetic changes, the new identification document will be even more secure. “The advancement in technology that Identity Malta has made in...
The Ministry of Health has just been informed that an 86-year-old woman died while  positive for Covid-19. She tested positive for Covid-19 on August 18 and had been receiving treatment in the Intensive Care Unit at Mater Dei Hospital ever since. The Ministry of Health, while offering its condolences to the relatives of the elderly, appeals for the people to continue...
Minister for Tourism and Consumer Protection Julia Farrugia Portelli paid a visit to the set of the docudrama film God’s Soldier, currently filming in Ċirkewwa. Both met the producers and artists of this production which is based on a story from the Great Siege of 1565. With an investment of more than €500,000, Maltese producers and other producers from the UK...
Another 27 people tested positive for coronavirus in the past 24 hours, health authorities report. With 58 patients recovered there are now 593 active cases.
Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne has tweeted that Malta has been allocated 330,000 doses of a potential vaccine for COVID-19.

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A rescue ship with more than 200 migrants aboard is struggling to find a port that will allow it to dock, Euronews reports. The vessel of German NGO Sea-Watch has so far been denied access to Malta. Last week, all migrant centres in Sicily were closed for safety reasons.