Robert Abela on Friday stopped short of saying whether he agreed with Ian Borg’s recommendation of Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, calling the US president a “catalyst for peace”. The prime minister however he praised the nomination as being a “message of in favour peace”. On Thursday Borg said he had nominated Trump for the prize, citing his
Robert Abela and Alex Borg held a moment’s silence in honour of the baby who died in a car yesterday afternoon. In a statement, Prime Minister Abela also appealed for people not to pass judgment following the tragedy. A one-year-old baby was found dead in a car in the Mater Dei car park on Thursday afternoon. In a statement, the police said they were
An award-winning business owner behind Mamma’s Sugar is questioning why his application for Maltese citizenship was denied after living and working in the country for nine years. Alen Osman, 31, from North Macedonia, revealed hat his second application for citizenship by naturalisation had been refused. Osman said that he was given “zero explanation”
BirdLife recorded 242 incidents of illegal hunting in Malta in less than a month as the eNGO said police enforcement has "collapsed". Birds of prey, including Marsh Harriers and Honey-buzzards, remain the most targeted species, and volunteers observed widespread use of illegal electronic bird callers, the eNGO said. They said that hunters switch off
BirdLife Malta's 2025 Raptor Camp has once again been instrumental in exposing illegal hunting in Malta with a total of 242 illegal hunting incidents recorded in less than a month between 12 September and 5 October, the NGO said Friday. Despite operating with an average of only three teams a day, made up of 12 international and 16 local staff and volunteers,
A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect in Gaza on Friday, the military said, hours after Israel's Cabinet approved a deal to pause the fighting and exchange the remaining hostages for Palestinian prisoners. Tens of thousands of people who had gathered in Wadi Gaza in central Gaza started walking north after the Israeli military's announcement
The Mayor of Għajnsielem on Friday called on the authorities to install speed cameras and traffic calming measures along Triq l-Imġarr after a four-vehicle collision left two people in hospital. One person suffered grievous injuries while another sustained light injuries in the accident, the latest in a string of “serious accidents” along that stretch
An 32-year-old car dealer was granted bail after pleading not guilty to the attempted murder of another man during an alleged drive-by shooting in Msida. Police inspector Joseph Mercieca told the court that on July 12 the police received a report that shots had been fired from a car driven by Jean Paul Azzopardi, known as is-Sufu , towards another
The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Friday, a day after a Gaza deal likely reached too late for US President Donald Trump to have any chance to win the award he desperately wants. The Norwegian Nobel Committee will announce the recipient of the Peace Prize, the most highly anticipated of the prestigious Nobels, at 11:00 am in the capital Oslo
Opposition leader Alex Borg has questioned the foreign minister’ s decision to recommend Donald Trump for the Nobel Prize pointing out whether this was “the official position of the Maltese Government, or a personal stunt.” Alex Borg did not say whether he or the Nationalist Party supported nominating the controversial US president for the world's
