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Reading Time: < 1 minute The Government total expenditure rose to €2.7 billion in the first half of 2020, an increase of 16.9 percent compared with the same period last year. Figures by the National Statistics Office show a deficit of €895.6 million in the Consolidated Fund between January and June, up from €156.1 million last year. While expenditure

Reading Time: 2 minutes The global tally of confirmed coronavirus cases hit 60 million on Wednesday, with the pace of new infections accelerating and the United States reporting record numbers of hospitalizations, according to a Reuters tally. Officials in the United States, the worst-affected country in the world, urged Americans to stay home for

Football legend Diego Maradona, one of the greatest players of all time, has died at the age of 60. The former Argentina attacking midfielder and manager suffered a heart attack at his Buenos Aires home. He had successful surgery on a brain blood clot earlier in November and was to be treated for alcohol dependency. Maradona was captain when Argentina

Tista' taqra bil- Malti . Prime Minister Robert Abela defended his government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic on Wednesday, stating that Malta was faring very well when compared to other countries. At a press conference, the PM insisted that the pandemic should not be politicised before reiterating his belief that the situation was stable and under

Over the past months the ‘Instagram vs Reality’ trend has taken over our feeds, with copious numbers of influencers and normal people alike have posted photos of themselves, to demonstrate that what we see on our screens isn’t always as it appears to be. We decided to outline instances or situations where local influencers have given us the perfect

Photo by Sungrow EMEA on Unsplash The Gozo Business Chamber will be representing Gozo on the MAESHA H2020 project which will last 48 months and has a budget of €11.8 million. The project is aimed at demonstrating the solutions for a decarbonized energy future in the island of Mayotte, France, while other European islands – Wallis and Futuna Islands,

Dozens of candles and posters were set on the stairs of a church in Vittoriosa as part of a vigil held for a seven-year-old girl whose foster parents say was abducted by her birth mother more than a month ago, “We feel lost,” the foster parents said during the vigil. “I just wish her birth mother thought things through before deciding to do this,”

Malta National Team and US Sassuolo Calcio Femminile player Haley Bugeja has been named as the winner of the October 2020 Atlas Youth Athlete of the month award. During the month of October Bugeja distinguished herself with her Club US Sassuolo in the Italian Serie A Femminile where she secured the starting lineup jersey in all of US Sassuolo’s games

Photo by Anastasiia Chepinska on Unsplash Spain recorded 537 new coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, while Italy reported a further 853 deaths. For Spain, this is the highest daily toll seen so far in the country’s second wave after 435 deaths were recorded last week. In the case of Italy, this is the highest daily toll since the end of March. 12,228 new

President Donald Trump has finally agreed that the transition process should start, after weeks of legal wrangling. His office instructed the General Services Administration (GSA), the federal agency overseeing the handover to begin the transition of power, however he still refuses to concede the election, repeating unsubstantiated claims of a “rigged

Welcoming awaits passengers as first flights since July land in Sydney from Melbourne Australia’s two biggest states reunited in emotional scenes on Monday as the border — shut for only the second time in 101 years due to the coronavirus pandemic — reopened and the first flights since July landed in Sydney from Melbourne. Friends, family and a musical

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy trial started today in France. He’s on trial facing accusations of corruption and influence-peddling, for allegedly trying to bribe a magistrate in return for information about an investigation into his party finances. French magistrates have spent years investigating allegations of corruption dating back to

Pizza Hut has introduced a new sourdough San Francisco style pizza making its debut in restaurants all over Malta. This launch is one of the most significant modifications of Pizza Hut’s offer in recent years and Malta is one of the pioneering markets to launch this dough. Pizza Hut came up with an idea for the completely new style of pizza over two

Bank of Valletta has continued to strengthen its ties with the French Business Community by renewing its collaboration agreement with the Maltese-French Chamber. The formal agreement was signed by Kenneth Farrugia, Chief Business Development Officer on behalf of Bank of Valletta and Joseph Bugeja, President of the Chamber. The Maltese-French Chamber

29 BOV employees volunteered to donate blood during another BOV Blood Donation Drive organised by Bank of Valletta in collaboration with the National Blood Transfusion Services. Every year, a good number of patients are thankful for the kind and generous act from blood donors. Donated blood is integral to the support of treatment of young children,

Understanding and developing emotional intelligence skills is the topic that will be covered by performance coach and leadership trainer Karl Grech during the next Malta BNI Business Briefing (BBB). Entitled “Understanding Emotional Intelligence and why we need it in the workplace”, this interactive webinar will be delivered on Wednesday 2 December

A family lives in the remote wilderness surviving as fur trappers. Joseph Mersault (Devon Sawa), his wife Anne (Camille Sullivan), and their daughter Renée (Summer H. Howell) struggle to make ends meet and think their traps are being hunted by the return of a rogue wolf.

Luke Cieca has released his debut single ‘A Place We Were Good’ which sets the tone for what kind of sound and material we can expect from Luke. Luke was born into a theatrical family and music has always been a major part of his life from a very young age. His dad Edward Mercieca introduced him to his 70’s rock music collection which included a mixture

This edition of the ŻiguŻajg Festival is going online with events for all ages ranging from musical theatre, opera, DIY and non-verbal theatre. On this edition of Take a Bow, Newsbook.com.mt speaks to Bettina Paris (Follow Fruit With Fig) and Stjanu Debono (Ninni Ninni) who are both premiering events meant for the younger ages. Follow Fruit With Fig

Reading Time: 3 minutes Drugmakers and research centres around the world are working on COVID-19 vaccines, with large global trials of several of the candidates involving tens of thousands of participants well underway. The following is what we know about the race to deliver vaccines to help end the coronavirus pandemic that has claimed more than 1

Reading Time: 2 minutes Covid-19 Update Health authorities on Monday afternoon announced the death of four more persons from COVID-19. The four fatalities are all men, aged 71, 75, 80 and 94 respectively. These deaths mean that Malta has now lost 117 persons from coronavirus infection. 80 new cases of coronavirus were reported in the previous 24 hours,

For a while now, one food truck in Ġnien l-Għarusa tal-Mosta – right near MCAST- was whipping up incredible, smokey dishes, perfect for lunch after a hard morning’s work. EAT could only be found in that one location – until now, that is. The talented chef team behind the iconic light blue van has just announced the opening of their second van, and

Reading Time: 2 minutes Philippine health care worker Vince Umali received a blow when the coronavirus pandemic derailed his plan to work in Canada this year, but he hopes to revive his dream of an overseas job after breakthroughs in the race to develop COVID-19 vaccines. Thousands of health care workers usually leave the country each year in search

There’s nothing less dignified than a recently dismissed government minister moping about his fate. Silvio Parnis’s opinion of himself is not grounded in any form of reality. His opinion about his job is also completely misguided. But it has been encouraged for many years by a Labour Party that saw in him the one thing political parties see of having

Robert Abela’s reshuffle last weekend was a bit like the end of a football season. There’s drama at the top as Miriam Dalli and Clyde Caruana were brought in to jump over the heads of all the Joseph Muscat veterans. But the real fun is in the relegation space at the bottom of the league table. The first one out was Edward Scicluna. There was no way

Dawra durella Qabża żigarella Ċoff tal-bellus Ċaqċaqielu lill-għarus. Axxa, axxa, Missieru mastrudaxxa Ma’ rasu għandu faxxa. Issa kulħadd jitbaxxa. Dawra Durella is a Maltese rhyme which children used to sing whilst dancing in a revolving circle. When the rhyme came to an end they all sat down. It was very popular years ago when cars on the road were