4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (441+ words) The dangerous suggestion that journalists in Malta should be required to hold a warrant has resurfaced, this time floated by Nationalist Party leader Alex Borg. During a recent press briefing, when asked directly whether he agreed with the introduction of…...

6+ day, 15+ min ago   (380+ words) Malta ‘can no longer afford cosmetic half-measures’ after Yorgen Fenech trial As Malta commemorates Victory Day in the shadow of the controversial acquittal of Yorgen Fenech over his role in the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, Momentum urged the country…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (933+ words) Bishop Galea-Curmi reflects on choices country needs to make in Victory Day homily As he celebrated mass on the occasion of Victory Day, Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi emphasised that there were various victories that Malta needed to strive for, pointedly including…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (376+ words) In a verdict that has sent shockwaves across Europe, businessman Yorgen Fenech walked out of court a free man last week, after a jury cleared him of all charges related to the 2017 assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. The…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (150+ words) At least 11 people were killed, including two infants, in Israeli air strikes on southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese state media. 9 people were killed in an attack that destroyed a 3-storey residential building in Kfar Rumman shortly after midnight. In a…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (458+ words) The Nationalist Party has called on prime minister Robert Abela to say whether he will discipline Jason Micallef, chairman of the Valletta Cultural Agency and Abela’s special delegate for the Labour manifesto, after Micallef described a banner calling for justice…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (582+ words) The acquittal of businessman Yorgen Fenech, following a gruelling and highly-publicised 55-day trial, has delivered a profound blow to the pursuit of justice in Malta. An 8-1 jury verdict cleared Fenech of all charges of complicity and criminal association in the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (354+ words) Abela withdraws from event as backlash grows over Fenech acquittal Opposition leader Alex Borg has called a “silent demonstration” outside the prime minister’s office in Valletta this evening, framing Yorgen Fenech’s acquittal over journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder as a…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago   (208+ words) Icelandic voters have voted against a government proposal to reopen accession talks with the EU, with prime minister Kristrún Frostadóttir confirming that her centre-left coalition government will respect the outcome of the result. Iceland is already heavily integrated into the…...

2+ week, 17+ hour ago   (341+ words) The Salesians in Malta have launched “Colombia is Calling”, a fundraising campaign to support Salesian communities responding to the devastation caused by a powerful earthquake that struck western Colombia on 10 August. The magnitude 7.4 quake, centred near San José del Palmar…...