A "major" fire broke out at two factories in Birżebbuġa on Friday evening with a thick black plume seen billowing across the sky from a certain distance over the South of Malta. A source close to the Civil Protection Department said there were "a lot of plastic materials" and gas cylinders on site making it a "dangerous" situation. Emergency services
NGO Moviment Graffitti has slammed two government Bills tabled on Friday as a sweeping assault on Malta’s planning system, accusing the authorities of bypassing public consultation, dismantling legal safeguards, and handing unprecedented power to developers. In a statement, Graffitti said the two Bills represent “a developer’s wish list” and “dismantling
The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe on Friday rapped the Nationalist Party for blocking rival media access to the leadership contenders, and vice versa, calling on political leaders to “demonstrate commitment to public information and media access”. In a letter addressed to ONE News editor Joseph Caruana, the OSCE representative
The Airline Pilots’ Association (ALPA) has denied telling its members not to use KM Malta Airlines’ new fuel efficiency software, after the airline accused the union of breaching employment conditions and threatened legal action. According to the Times of Malta, in an internal email sent Friday morning, KM Malta executive chairman David Curmi informed
Despite repeated promises by the Government and Minister Miriam Dalli year after year, this summer has once again brought widespread power cuts across various localities in Malta and Gozo, the Nationalist Party said Friday. Now, even shop and establishment owners are warning of the serious repercussions these outages are having on their businesses
Former Joseph Muscat advisor Neville Gafa has returned to "customer care" work after saying he was approached by the Labour Party to start meeting voters in Gozo again. “The party has called on me to give my contribution as I used to do. I have not had any role in the party or the government for five years, but when the party calls on you it’s hard
“Nationalism is not something restricted to the upper classes; it is the upheaval of a nation, the assertion of a people. The Nationalist Party must represent the whole people. Those who are in want must have first preference in our programme. If this were to be done out of political expediency, it would be a vile act, better not done at all. We must
The food courier refused access to a restaurant’s toilets admitted he had no idea his case would spark such a reaction. But the reality is actually the opposite: the reaction should have been even stronger. The episode demonstrated the extent to which Maltese hospitality has fallen and the degree to which xenophobia has taken root. Asim Jatt , a 33-year-old,
Residents living near the sandy St George’s Bay once enjoyed swimming at one of the cleanest beaches in Malta. But, in just over a decade, the water quality has deteriorated so dramatically that it has dropped from one of the best in 2013 to one of the worst in 2024, according to a study that measured bacteria levels. And the study’s author, Victor
France will recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September, President Emmanuel Macron announced on Thursday. "True to its historic commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, I have decided that France will recognise the State of Palestine. I will make a formal announcement at the United Nations General Assembly
