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The fall in new cases of Covid-19 continued with 101 reported in the past 24 hours with 302 people recovering from the virus. The number of active cases has also fallen dramatically and is now 2,276. Health authorities carried out 2,789 tests in the same period. Sadly, two elderly people died after contracting the virus.
“It is a nation’s pride to see a local company with an international base like Toly, which has been supplying luxury packaging to the beauty industry for more than 50 years, still at the forefront in this sector through innovation,” said the Minister for Research, Innovation and Co-ordination of Post Covid-19 Strategy Owen Bonnici during a visit to the...
Anthony Debono, the husband of former Gozo minister Giovanna Debono, has been cleared of having used government workers to carry out private work for constituents. A whistle-blower, Joseph Cauchi, had claimed Debono told him to do certain jobs but then did not pay him for the work. Magistrate Neville Camilleri said the evidence was not sufficient to find Debono guilty. File photo
Public intervention, at both national and European level, has been crucial in cushioning the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and should clearly continue, ideally focusing on future-oriented investment, Alfred Sant told the European Parliament. In a statement to the parliament’s plenary session, the Head of Malta’s Labour Delegation stated that when discussing the COVID pandemic, the first thoughts always...
With an investment of more than € 120,000, the work was completed by the Malta Tourism Authority together with the non-governmental organization Din l-Art Ħelwa on the restoration of the battery of the White Tower in Agħax tal-Mellieħa . This was announced at a press conference by the Minister for Tourism and Consumer Protection Clayton Bartolo alongside the Chairman of...
The activist group Movimenti Graffiti have blocked workmen from carrying out work in a street in Dingli claiming that the contractor is run by the family of Keith Schembri. Activists have stopped a small mechanical digger from moving through the street. Infrastructure Malta said that plans for the change to the narrow street, Sqaq il-Museum,  had been approved by Dingli Council...
A 19-year-old man died after losing consciousness due to a suspected gas leak from a heater. He was given first aid by a doctor but died shortly after arriving at Mater Dei Hospital. The incident happened in St Catherine street in Qormi at around half past four this afternoon. Source Malta Police
The Informal General Affairs Meeting was convened today virtually to make the final preparations for the Informal European Council Meeting scheduled for the end of this week. The informal European Council is expected to discuss COVID-19-related issues and coordination, the Single Market, including the Digital Single Market, and the recent political developments in the Eastern Mediterranean. Parliamentary Secretary for European...
National team coach Devis Mangia and defender Steve Borg spoke to journalists ahead of Malta's European qualifier against Russia on Wednesday at Ta'Qali. <a href="http://">http://<iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php? Photos: Domenic Aquilina: Squad in training for European qualifier against Russia
Russian national football team is facing an uneasy encounter against the team of Malta as part of their 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying match on Wednesday, Head Coach of the Russian national squad Stanislav Cherchesov said on Tuesday. "All teams, including us, are on the start line and we are all in equal conditions," Cherchesov said speaking at a news...