The government is announcing the appointment of a new Public Broadcasting Services (PBS) board.
This was done during the Annual General Meeting held on September 2, 2020. This board will be composed of a chairperson, along with eight other people with different skills and competencies. This is being done the day after an agreement was signed between the government...
Nicolas Sturgeon has again pressed for Scottish independence when she addressed members in the Scottish Parliament saying that Scotland should be able to decide it's own future.
Health authorities say that another 22 people tested positive for coronavirus and 37 people recovered leaving 428 active cases.
Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects Ian Borg visited the Marsa-Ħamrun Bypass project site for the opening of new slip roads and lanes joining this main artery.
These roads form part of a €2.25 million project that builds on another €5 million investment on this connection 2018. The Marsa-Ħamrun Bypass is part of the TEN-T network and this...
Prime Minister Robert Abela has announced that the wage supplement and voucher schemes will be extended until the end of October.
Abela was meeting with members of the Chamber of Commerce in Valletta when he announced the extension to the schemes.
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Air Malta saved the country from incurring €5.5 million in costs for the transportation of medical goods in the wake of the Covid-19 emergency
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Air Malta was instrumental in saving up to €5.5 million in cargo costs, as it assisted the Government of Malta for delivery of some 800 tonnes of medical supplies to Mater Dei Hospital frontline workers at the height of the Covid-19 emergency.
Air Malta was in fact crucial in engaging its commercial partners in securing substantial cost-saving on the delivery...
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Malta U/21 coach Silvio Vella selects squad for upcoming European qualifiers
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Malta Under-21 head coach Silvio Vella on Tuesday afternoon announced his 23-man squad for the home double fixture against Northern Ireland on Friday and Romania a week on Tuesday at the Centenary Stadium. Both games are UEFA European U21 Championship 2021 Group 8 Qualifiers.
There are a total of six newcomers in this significantly-changed squad with goalkeeper Duncan Formosa, defenders...
Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia are the first countries to impose sanctions on Belarus following the crackdown on opposition forces that followed the presidential election of August 9, Euronews reports.
The three Baltic nations have banned 30 Belarusian officials from entering, including president Alexander Lukashenko.
The European Union has rejected the result of the election and is also considering entry bans against...
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A €30 million investment in public broadcasting over five years to improve the content on PBS aimed at targeting a wide audience
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As a government, we look forward to the implementation of the reform needed within PBS. Both in relation to the organisation and in relation to the quality and variety of content proposed – Minister Carmelo Abela
€30 million allocated from public funds will be invested in the Public Broadcasting Services over the next five years, which means an average investment...
In a tweet Prime Minister Robert Abela wrote that Malta has the lowest unemployment rate among EU members for the first time.
@EU_Eurostat
shows that while across the #euro area since May the #unemployment rate went up by 0.4%, in the same period in #Malta it went down by 0.4%, and we now have the #lowest rate in the #monetary...