A bill establishing a national human rights and equality commission failed to clear parliament on Wednesday after Opposition MPs walked out before the final vote. The legislation required the support of two-thirds of MPs because it proposed amendments to the Constitution. With the Opposition benches empty, the bill secured 38 votes from government
The heatwave that has engulfed Malta for the past seven days appears to be over, according to the Meteorological Office, although temperatures are expected to remain high. Giving a round-up of the past week's extreme weather, the Met Office said that during the heatwave, it recorded the highest temperature measured in July in more than a century: 43
Enemalta was taken by surprise by the “alarming” demand on the grid and record high temperatures, Enemalta chair Ryan Fava said on Wednesday afternoon. Fava was speaking to journalists on the third day of widespread power outages across the Maltese islands. Valletta bore the brunt of the blackouts on Wednesday, with court proceedings, including the
The Nationalist Party has tabled a motion of censure and no confidence in Energy Minister Miriam Dalli over the power cuts that have affected thousands of households and businesses in recent days, as the minister avoided questions on her political responsibility. Opposition leader Alex Borg and energy and environment spokesperson Mark Anthony Sammut
