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900 apply for Malta Tourism Authority’s contact tracing scheme

Launched last week, the scheme allows idle tourism sector employees to provide contact-tracing services to Malta's COVID-19 task force

54-year-old man is Malta's 71st COVID-19 victim

Health ministry announces Malta’s 71st COVID-19 related death • Latest victim is the sixth death in 24 hours

63 new cases of COVID-19 registered overnight

63 new cases of COVID-19 have been registered overnight • 31 patients...

63 new cases of COVID-19 have been registered...

[WATCH] ‘Everyone responsible for own actions’ – Scicluna on Electrogas tax exemption

Finance Minister Edward Scicluna says everyone will be responsible for their own actions, referring to €40m excise tax exemption for...

Finance Minister Edward Scicluna says everyone...

Yorgen Fenech’s family demands investigation into mobile phone contents leaks

The Fenech family is insisting the police commissioner investigate reports about the content of Yorgen Fenech's mobile phone, which is currently in police...

The Fenech family is insisting the police commissioner...

Not only weekend-breaks: OPM says Abela ‘working relentlessly’ in COVID-19

Prime Minister Robert Abela made Chris Fearne acting PM at least six times, always on a weekend, since May

Prime Minister Robert Abela made Chris Fearne acting PM at...

Doctors want to refuse legal health services ‘if it goes against their conscience’

A group of 14 Maltese medical associations says it wants the right to conscientious objection even if an intervention is deemed legal by the state

A group of 14 Maltese medical associations says it wants...

State Advocate Victoria Buttigieg appointed Attorney General

Former AG lawyer who became first State Advocate, appointed Malta’s...

Former AG lawyer who became first State Advocate, appointed...

[WATCH] ‘Please tell my family I am alive’ – Maersk Etienne migrant’s message in a bottle

Desperate migrants want to get off tanker after 30 days at sea: ‘We don’t even need to come to Malta if the Maltese don’t want us. We...

Desperate migrants want to get off tanker after 30 days at...

PN: Abela must take steps on Cabinet members who chatted with 17 Black owner

Nationalist MP Jason Azzopardi: Prime Minister cannot normalise extended communication between Labour ministers and 17 Black owner Yorgen Fenech

Nationalist MP Jason Azzopardi: Prime Minister cannot...

COVID-19: 23 new cases, active cases down to 356

Active coronavirus cases in Malta stood at 356 as of 12:30pm on Tuesday

Active coronavirus cases in Malta stood at 356 as of...

Domestic violence czar’s position on sex work riles anti-trafficking coalition

NGOs opposed to legalisation of prostitution want clear position from Domestic Violence Commissioner

NGOs opposed to legalisation of prostitution want clear...

Marsa flyover opening postponed due to COVID-19

Final works to open more lanes on three new may have to be postponed by a few...

Final works to open more lanes on three new may have to be...

Prison ‘a place where fear reigns’, PN says on 10th death inside Corradino

Streak of prison deaths inside Corradino over last two years demands minister’s resignation, PN says

Streak of prison deaths inside Corradino over last two...

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Malta’s fight against human trafficking and forced labour still sluggish

Malta’s law enforcement efforts on trafficking, forced labour and massage parlours remain uneven

Malta’s law enforcement efforts on trafficking,...

Amnesty accuses Malta of using illegal tactics when dealing with migrants at sea

Amnesty International accuses the Maltese government of using illegal tactics to thwart migrant arrivals, including unlawful pushing of refugees back...

Amnesty International accuses the Maltese government...

Bernard Grech fails to explain how he settled tax dues, admits he could have been more careful

PN leadership contender Bernard Grech makes a half-hearted attempt to allay concerns over his tax situation by admitting he could have been more...

PN leadership contender Bernard Grech makes a half-hearted...

UPE directs LSEs not to take over classrooms as it lambasts Education Minister

The teachers' union, UPE, has taken issue with Education Minister Owen Bonnici for suggesting that LSEs should supervise classrooms when a teacher is sick,...

The teachers' union, UPE, has taken issue with...

Malta pressured to disembark migrants stranded on oil tanker for more than a month

International organisations, including the UNHCR, say the government is in breach of international law by denying disembarkation to 27 migrants who were...

International organisations, including the UNHCR, say the...

Unbelievable but true: dead animals being dumped in grey recycling bags

WasteServ says dead animals are being dumped in grey recycling bags on a 'daily basis' • If your pet dies you can incinerate it for free...

WasteServ says dead animals are being dumped in...