• Malta

    Valletta developers are worse threat than Luftwaffe, residents say

    Updated 2.13pm - Added PA statement Valletta was once again under siege, not from the Ottoman empire or the Nazi Luftwaffe, but from unruly developers, residents warned this morning. "Valletta has withstood many a siege, let it not fall under the pressure of a handful of business interests and a lack of ...

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    Mexicans unite against Trump's border wall, trade plans

    Top Mexican political figures are debating how to fight back against US president Donald Trump's aggressive stance on trade and immigration. They have suggested the country could expel US law enforcement agents, stop detaining Central American migrants or no longer inspect north-bound lorries for drug shipments. Some activist groups are also calling ...

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    Today's newspapers in review

    These are the main stories featured in today's Maltese newspapers: Times of Malta reports that a “stand-alone plan” has been drawn up in case no strategic partner is found for Air Malta. It also reports that a crackdown on unlicensed holiday flats and bed and breakfast operations, which mushroomed in recent years, ...

  • Malta

    ‘Stand-alone’ plan drawn up for Air Malta, says minister

    A “stand-alone plan” has been drawn up in case no strategic partner is found for Air Malta, Tourism Minister Edward Zammit Lewis has confirmed. Following the collapse of talks with Alitalia a fortnight ago, there has been “renewed interest” from a number of foreign airlines to acquire a stake in the ...

  • Malta

    Updated: Valletta local council sends open letter to PM to safeguard capital from another 'siege'

    The Valletta local council, supported by three major environmental NGOs, today sent an open letter to the Office of the Prime Minister appealing for urgent action to safeguard the capital city's outstanding universal value.The letter was signed by mayor Alexiei Dingli, Friends of the Earth President Martin Galea de Giovanni, ...

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    Air Malta registers eight-fold increase in interline revenue with Alitalia in one month

    The code-share signed recently between Air Malta and Alitalia has resulted in an eightfold increase in interline revenue between the two airlines last December, Air Malta said in a statement.Other interline partnerships registering growth were KLM, British Airways and Brussels Airlines that showed on average of 35% growth over the ...

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    Air Malta: Decisions aimed at saving jobs, not Robert Arrigo’s hotels - minister, PN MP replies

    Tourism Minister Edward Zammit Lewis yesterday slammed Opposition MP Robert Arrigo, saying that decisions at Air Malta were being taken to save jobs, not the PN parliamentarian’s business interests.Mr Arrigo, who is the PN’s spokesperson on small businesses and the self-employed, is a hotelier and also owns a travel agency. ...

  • USA

    White House confuses Theresa May's name with porn star in embarrassing gaffe

    The White House has confused the spelling of British PM Theresa May's name with that of porn actress Teresa May in media guidance notes ahead of her audience with Donald Trump.The British PM met Donald Trump on Friday - the new US president's first meeting with a foreign head of ...

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    Trump orders strict new refugee screening, citing terrorists

    President Donald Trump on Friday barred all refugees from entering the United States for four months — and those from war-ravaged Syria indefinitely — declaring the ban necessary to prevent "radical Islamic terrorists" from entering the nation.The order immediately suspended a program that last year resettled to the U.S. roughly ...

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    KNPD asks police to confiscate Luciano Busuttil's wife’s Blue Badge and to investigate, MP replies

    The National Commission for People with Disabilities (KNPD) has asked the police to confiscate the Blue Badge belonging to the wife of Labour MP Luciano Busuttil and to investigate the matter.The action comes in the wake of an inquiry the KNPD undertook after allegations were raised by journalist Daphne Caruana ...