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: < 1 minute Coronavirus Emergency Commissioner Domenico Arcuri is drafting a list of around 300 facilities in Italy that will get the first 3.4 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, ANSA sources said Tuesday . This should make it possible to vaccinate 1.7 million people in Italy by the end of January. The list includes hospitals
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Times of Malta says that Roberta Abela’s cabinet is like a potpourri- a mix of dry leaves with some spices that can add flavour to the cabinet. It is evident from the cabinet’s size that he tried to appease everyone. The Independent says that this Christmas does not have to be all doom and gloom due to the pandemic, but
Reading Time: < 1 minute European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned on Wednesday against relaxing coronavirus lockdown measures too quickly, telling the European Parliament there was a risk of a third wave of infections. “I know that shop owners, bartenders and waiters in restaurants want an end to restrictions. But we must learn from
Reading Time: < 1 minute In-Nazzjon reports that five Covid-19 patients died on Tuesday aged between 75 and 88. The paper says that the number of victims rose to 122 since the start of the pandemic, including 14 in the last five days. The paper says that the funeral cortege for Oliver Friggieri this afternoon will pass through the University of Malta,
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Times quotes a report showing that over a quarter of children enrolled in schools in the inner harbour area have played truant between October and November. Another 17 percent were excused for medical or other reasons. Another story reports on a police raid on former footballers Darren Debono and Jeffrey Chetcuti, suspected
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Independent leads with a government announcement declaring Wednesday a day of mourning in remembrance of Professor Oliver Friggieri who died on Saturday. The state funeral for the intellectual will take place this afternoon. The paper quotes Opposition MP Clyde Puli who suggested changes to the electoral system to allow
Reading Time: < 1 minute Malta Today reports that criminal lawyer Arthur Azzopardi and accountant Chris Baldacchino were among ten people arrested in an anti-smuggling sting on Monday. Investigators believe the illegal ring had ties with the Mafia and Libyan armed groups. Another story says that health authorities are still investigating the Covid-19
Reading Time: < 1 minute L-Orizzont quotes Transport Minister Ian Borg who said that Malta now has the biggest superyacht register in the world. There are 850 yachts of a length of more than 24 metres, an increase of seven percent from last year. The paper speaks to academic Raymond Mangion, a close friend of Oliver Figgieri. The professor said that
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Spanish government is to propose a “different” Christmas and New Year under coronavirus restrictions with just six people at parties, although it hopes the “soul and spirit” of the season will shine, El Mundo newspaper reported on Tuesday. Governments across Europe, which accounts for a quarter of reported global infections