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![Almost 3,000 vessels de-flagged from Malta Ship Registry over five years](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/jpb_5975.jpeg)
![COVID restrictions caused spike in calls for assistance because of homelessness](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/main_pic_homeless_person.png)
National
Karl Azzopardi
![Illegal zoo for Gaffarena’s zebra and llamas, now earmarked for sheep](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/screenshot_2024-04-02_at_15.31.39.png)
![Y-plate cars popping up in Lidl supermarket parking lots](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/11_4.png)
![Are fathers punished by the courts?](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/4_matthew-osborn-l-cj65ygugm-unsplash.jpg)
National
![Another kind of Easter egg: Scientists help kids get a digital detox](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/11_mv_digital_detox.png)
![George Vella’s epilogue: A political life forged in turbulence](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/president_george_vella_on_phone.jpeg)
![High rents major reason why half of foreign workers leave after a year](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/2_foreign_workers.jpg)
![Damned lies and stats: Maltese among EU’s most trustful of data](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/3_jd_eurobarometer_data.jpg)
![‘More studies should take place on fireworks perchlorate effects’](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/11_fireworks.png)
![House opposes EU rules to aggregate tax bases of multinationals](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/14.1_maltese_parliament.jpeg)
![Maltese spend on private healthcare is more than double that of other Europeans](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/doctor_elderly_care_euthananisa.png)
National
James Debono
![Arabic makes small comeback in schools](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/12-13_op_classroom.png)
![Government entities that refuse cash payments falling foul of the law](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/euro-cash_money.jpg)
![Fisheries data to be grouped under single €4.5 million system](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/_dsc2145.jpg)
![More than 89,000 dogs microchipped over past decade](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/dante_the_dog.jpeg)
![Maltese researchers developing compressed air ‘battery’ to store excess wind energy](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/2_3_floating_wind_farms.png)
National
Kurt Sansone
![National Lottery plc successfully achieves European Lotteries Responsible Gaming Certification](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/el_certificatoin_stamp_rgb.jpg)
![Over €13 billion paid in tax refunds to foreign shareholders since 2008](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/eurosfalling.jpg)
![Enemalta in race against darkness to avert repeat summer outages](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/screenshot_2024-02-12_at_09.08.26.png)
![Rationalised KM Malta routes better suited for post-COVID connectivity](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/9_km_malta_airlines.jpeg)
![Malta’s north-south divide on education revealed in Census](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/dsc03927.jpg)
![One year of Project Green: A new hope for open spaces or a greenwashing exercise?](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/vjal_rihan_san_gwann.png)
National
Matthew Farrugia
![Bernard calling Planet Franco](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/10_11_franco_debono_and_alex_borg.jpeg)
![Gżira is Malta’s gayest town](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/14_15_pride_in_gozo.png)
![One out of five Maltese families led by a single parent](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/2_single_mother.jpeg)
![€1 million to outsource over 3,500 surgeries from Mater Dei](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/15.2_surgery_outsourcing.png)
![Degrees of a lesser god: Social class a factor in MCAST prestige](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/12_13_mcast_degrees.jpeg)
![Fossil water discovered deep beneath Sicily could quench today’s thirst](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/screenshot_2024-01-08_at_09.12.44.png)
![Looking forward 2024: Six extra leave days for 2024 holidays on weekends](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/jpb_7721.jpg)
![Looking forward 2024: Bernard Grech’s do-or-die appointment in June’s MEP elections](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/bernard_grech_photo_james_bianchi_maltatoday.jpg)
National
Karl Azzopardi
![On no-consent rape, Malta shies away from zealous EU definition](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/screenshot_2023-12-11_at_09.07.14.png)
![Gozo family appeals to Archbishop to remove Abbazia rector](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/3_archbishop_charles_scicluna.jpg)
![Second interconnector set to be approved in January](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/7_malta-sicily-interconnector-active-by-q1-2014-fenech-20130213_img-1.png)
![Private school parents denied refund of €2,800 deposit](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/14_san_andrea_school.png)
![From panic buttons to electronic tagging, national strategy on domestic violence launched](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/pexels-photo-271418.jpeg)
National
Matthew Farrugia
![Patron saints and football stadia: Malta’s predilection for house names](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/jd_house_4.jpeg)
![PN seeks wider mandate for environment committee](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/8_robert_cutajar.jpeg)
![€86,000 success fee for Delia was lawful, court declares](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/4_adrian_delia.jpeg)
![1,026 promise of sale agreements on residential properties signed in September](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/2_9.2_property.jpg)
National
Staff Reporter