Updated | BirdLife concerned about massive firework to be let off at sea near Filfla
The giant firework known as the ‘shell of shells’ will be let off from a distance of 3.5km from the small island and could impact up to three protected areas • An...
[WATCH] Symbolic funeral in Valletta accompanies Lifeline captain to court
Crew members of MV Lifeline and Seawatch 3 carried a coffin draped in the EU flag from Castille Square down to the law courts 
[WATCH] Muscat shrugs off Greek court’s decision not to extradite whistleblower Maria Efimova

“I do not see [the decision] as a sign of no confidence” - Muscat said at news of the Efimova decision, saying the ruling was an autonomous...

“I do not see [the decision] as a sign of no...

Church census reveals around 40% attend Sunday mass regularly

Census to be analysed by a pastoral committee together with the parish priests...

Census to be analysed by a pastoral committee together with...

Rapid economic growth requires a suitable cohesion policy, junior minister says

Parliamentary Secretary for EU Funds Aaron Farrugia calls for the cutting of bureaucratic red tape in talks on the future of EU investment policy

Parliamentary Secretary for EU Funds Aaron Farrugia calls...

Updated | Maria Efimova will not be extradited to Malta, Greek court rules

Maria Efimova's lawyer says the decision was based on concerns about whether Efimova would have been granted a fair trial in Malta

Maria Efimova's lawyer says the decision was based on...

Update 2 | Laptop retrieved from Daphne Caruana Galizia's home was last used in 2015

Almost six months after Daphne Caruana Galizia's murder by a powerful car bomb, the compilation of evidence against three men charged with the crime...

Almost six months after Daphne Caruana Galizia's murder...

Pilatus chairman was granted asylum in United States, green card in 2012

Ali Sadr Hasheminejad, who is accused of bank fraud and skirting Iran sanctions in the United States, is pleading not guilty to the charges

Ali Sadr Hasheminejad, who is accused of bank fraud and...

Valletta restaurant blacklisted by Americans over fuel smuggling charges, to change name

The business was blacklisted in a fresh round of sanctions by the US Treasury Department, aimed at blocking the trafficking of oil from Libya

The business was blacklisted in a fresh round of sanctions...

Pro-life group wants teens to ‘save sex for marriage’

Life Network had received invitations from a number of public, private, and...

Life Network had received invitations from a number of...

Nationalist MPs to appeal Speaker's ruling on blocked PQs about Keith Schembri

Speaker Anglu Farrugia said that the prime minister's chief of staff attending an individual's wedding is a private matter and not to be debated in...

Speaker Anglu Farrugia said that the prime minister's...

New anti-money laundering and terrorism financing strategy launched

A new National Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism...

A new National Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the...

[WATCH] Sweeping changes to IVF law will give Malta's lesbians, single and infertile women new hope

IVF law will lift restrictions on embryo freezing and gamete donation • Definition of prospective parent will be widened to end discrimination against...

IVF law will lift restrictions on embryo freezing and...

[WATCH] Anti-SLAPP law must be an EU decision, Muscat insists

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat says Malta will have no problem adopting...

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat says Malta will have no...

Government to consider PPPs for care services for disabled persons

Muscat said that private public private partnerships in elderly care had...

Muscat said that private public private partnerships...

[ANALYSIS] When Pope Francis was called ‘leader of the Opposition’

Long read 2,073 • The contrast in style between the Argentine Pontiff and Malta’s Archbishop is striking. JAMES DEBONO evaluates the...

Long read 2,073 • The contrast in style between...

MEP David Casa will testify in Athens in hearing on Efimova arrest warrants

Nationalist MEP David Casa will be witness brought by Efimova defence counsel in EAW hearing in Athens

Nationalist MEP David Casa will be witness brought by...

MP takes aim at ‘mortal sin inside the House’ in sports corruption debate

Godfrey Farrugia rues lack of appointment of commissioner for standards in public life

Godfrey Farrugia rues lack of appointment of commissioner...

Judge Joseph Azzopardi will be the new Chief Justice

The government has announced the appointment of Judge Joseph Azzopardi to...

The government has announced the appointment of Judge...

‘Caruana Galizia not universally admired’, Bedingfield tells Guardian newspaper

Labour MP replies to questions from UK newspaper Guardian accusing Daphne Caruana Galizia of using poison pen to hound Labour officials and their families

Labour MP replies to questions from UK newspaper Guardian...