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Bernard Grech, in his first statement after being elected as the new leader of the Nationalist Party, said he want to a appoint a coordinator to start drawing up an electoral programme.  He also wants to overhaul the party's media group in order to get out the PN's message on all media platforms. It has also been reported that Ivan Bartolo...
The Housing Estate in Rabat has been revitalised through an investment of €740,000, which has resulted in the improvement of the facades, roof maintenance and works in the common parts of 16 blocks. This project will improve the quality of life of more than 130 families living in these blocks. A project that, in Minister for Social Accommodation Roderick...
The CRPD PEKTUR Programme, which gives funding assistance to people to enable them to undertake continuous education, training, and research in areas related to disability, and the Department of Disability Studies within the Faculty of Well-being at the University of Malta, are allocating the sum of €25,000 grant provided by the National Good Causes Fund. This grant is aimed at...
Alfred Sant has voted against a European Parliament report on the system of Own Resources of the European Union because it includes proposals for new EU-level taxes such as the Financial Transaction Tax and the Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base. The revision of the system of own resources of the EU represents the reform of the revenue side of the...
On the 29th September 2020, the Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs officially declared Malta’s participation to the Montreux Document, becoming the 57th supporting state. The due process was undertaken through Malta’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Chris Grima. “The Montreux Document on Private Military and Security Companies” is in itself, the result of an initiative launched by...
A 70-year-old man died after testing positive for Covid-19. The man who had other health conditions was confirmed positive for Covid19 on September 29 and was admitted to Mater Dei Hospital on the same day, where he died earlier today. The Ministry of Health, while offering condolences to the relatives of the elderly, calls on the people to continue to follow...
Prime Minister Robert Abela, together with the Minister for Education and Employment Owen Bonnici, inaugurated the new Qawra Primary School with an investment of around € 13 million. The school is built on four floors and will have 39 classrooms with interactive whiteboards and an air conditioning facility, vocational teaching laboratories, a childcare center and a kindergarten. The new school,...
Another 66 people tested positive for coronavirus in the past 24 hours  according to health authorities.
While visiting the Saint Joseph Band Club in Ħal Kirkop, Parliamentary Secretary for European Funds Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi said that half a million in European funds were allocated to incentivise more voluntary organisations to apply for projects which will continue to strengthen Malta’s cultural identity. The Saint Joseph Band Club was one of the beneficiaries, along with about 25 voluntary...
Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister, responsible for Sustainable Development, Carmelo Abela maintained that in the so-called post-COVID-19 era, implementing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has become even more important. “There should be no excuses as to what we need to do to save our planet, the environment and humanity as we know it. COVID should increase our resolve...