Parliament unanimously approved the €43 million deal for the government to reclaim Manoel Island and Fort Tigné from MIDI on Tuesday afternoon. The deal had also been unanimously backed in a parliamentary committee meeting just minutes earlier. On Tuesday afternoon, Culture Minister Owen Bonnici and Lands Authority CEO Robert Vella told parliament’s
Gozo Diocese considering 'further steps' over priest's role in rape case The Gozo Diocese has said that it is looking into the possibility of "further steps" regarding a case allegedly involving a priest who helped broker a payment to the victim's family. The case centres on testimony showing that Fr Michael Said, a relative of some of the accused,
BirdLife Malta has strongly condemned the killing of a protected Kestrel (Spanjulett) in Gozo, describing the act as “cruel and revolting” and calling it a serious animal welfare and conservation concern. The NGO said the incident, captured on video, went far beyond the cruelty inherent in bird trapping and hunting. The kestrel was reportedly crushed
US President Donald Trump has executed another spectacular about-turn, from threatening to escalate the Iran war to announcing "very good" talks to end it, which were denied by the Islamic republic. AFP looks at the facts, the speculation and what might happen now: Yes, according to Trump, no according to Tehran, but it might depend on how "talks"
