• Malta

    Autonomy call for Gozo gets mixed reception

    Gozo’s first minister and former Speaker Anton Tabone agrees that the island should have an autonomous regional council to administer its own affairs. Dr Tabone was reacting to a call made by Gozo Minister Anton Refalo this week in Parliament for both sides of the political divide to agree on a ...

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    Mike Pence tells security summit US will hold Russia accountable

    US vice president Mike Pence has said the United States will "hold Russia accountable" even as Donald Trump searches for common ground with Vladimir Putin's administration. Mr Pence told the Munich Security Conference in Germany that the international community must also demand that Russia honours a 2015 peace agreement aimed at ...

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    Three of every four people who drowned in Malta last year were foreign

    Three-quarters of people who drowned in Malta last year were men, the vast majority of whom were foreign, official figures show. Data on drownings tabled in Parliament by Home Affairs Minister Carmelo Abela on Wednesday show that nine of the 12 people who tragically drowned last year were men, nine of ...

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    Don’t subscribe to opt-in ignorance

    This government has made strides in legislations pertaining to equality with the introduction of civil unions, the criminalisation of gay therapy and other legislations such as the decriminalisation of religion vilification. But it’s looking like all these changes have been first and foremost for the boosting of votes rather than the government’s ...

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    Today's newspapers in review

    The following are the top stories in national newspapers today. Times of Malta says diabetics who need regular insulin injections are being forced to get by with the needles usually used by children as the eight-millimetre ones for adults are out of stock. In another story, the newspaper says Gozo’s first ...

  • Malta

    Fitch affirms Malta's rating, gives positive outlook

    Fitch Ratings has affirmed Malta's long-term foreign and local currency issuer default ratings (IDR) at 'A' with a positive outlook. The issue ratings on Malta's senior unsecured foreign and local currency bonds have also been affirmed at 'A' and 'F1', respectively. The country ceiling has been affirmed at 'AAA' and the short-term ...

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    Autopsy on North Korean leaders half-brother inconclusive as 4th person arrested

    Malaysia performed a second autopsy on the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader because the first procedure was inconclusive, piling on the intrigue surrounding what appeared to be a well-executed assassination at an airport in Kuala Lumpur, an official said Saturday. Police arrested a fourth suspect, identified as a ...

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    PN believes bill on press law is a knee-jerk reaction by the government

    The Nationalist Party believes that the bill proposed by the government, flanked by Ministers Owen Bonnici and Evarist Bartolo, is a knee-jerk reaction to the recent events.PN Deputy Leader Mario de Marco said, in a press conference, quoted from a report published by the Malta IT law association, which said ...

  • Malta

    Watch: Satire, sugar and a carnival float

    ‘Tishetnix ghax naqa’ a sugar paste carnival float will be on display in front of the Law Courts in Valletta over the carnival weekend. Noel Borg, of Mannarinu Caterers in Valletta, along with his two sons Carlos and Ismael, used roughly 40kg of sugar to mold the float, which ...

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    Proposed media law 'serious threat to internet freedom', 'perverse affront to basic online rights'

    The Malta Information Technology Law Association (MITLA) said the Bill presented by Government entitled the Media and Defamation Act, 2017 (MADA) is a serious threat to internet freedom and a perverse affront to basic online rights.. MITLA is concerned about the newly proposed obligations for websites, as defined in MADA, ...