British Prime Minister Keir Starmer sought to move on Tuesday from speculation about his future after fending off serious calls to resign over the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. Following a day of drama on Monday, the Labour leader told a meeting of government ministers that they were "strong and united" after he vowed not to walk away from office just 19
Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, declined to answer questions from House lawmakers in a deposition Monday, but indicated that if President Donald Trump ended her prison sentence, she was willing to testify that neither he nor former President Bill Clinton had done anything wrong in their connections with Epstein. The House
Swiss skier Franjo von Allmen won the first gold medal of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics over the weekend, and he added another on Day 3. It's turning into quite the Olympic debut for von Allmen, who partnered with Tanguy Nef to win the team combined Monday in the event's Olympic debut. Unlike Saturday when he captured downhill gold, von Allmen
Environmental NGOs are right to describe the proposed Dwejra bill not as protection, but as a carefully packaged act of environmental vandalism. When legislation claims to safeguard a site while simultaneously dismantling the very conditions that define its value, it ceases to be conservation policy and becomes an exercise in deception. Dwejra's significance
A man and a woman were taken to Mater Dei Hospital after being injured in two separate traffic accidents on Monday. The first accident occurred at around 10:30am in Triq tal-Providenza, Siġġiewi. Initial investigations found that a 50-year-old woman from Żabbar lost control of a vehicle, a Toyota Auris, and crashed into a wall. Also in the vehicle
Environment Minister Miriam Dalli told Parliament on Monday that across last year, more than 85% of all eligible containers were retrieved by BCRS machines, with an equivalent number of vouchers issued. Minister Dalli stated that in 2025, there were approximately 283 million containers placed on the market that could be accepted by the Beverage Container
The country’s deficit has fallen below the 3% EU threshold earlier than originally forecast, Prime Minister Robert Abela told Parliament on Monday, arguing that stronger-than-expected revenue had allowed the government to outperform its own conservative projections. Addressing Parliament during the debate on the Budget Implementation Measures Bill,
Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna (FWA) said that it welcomes the government's plan to cull pigeons to control the feral bird population "that litters some of the most popular public spaces in Malta and Gozo, causing untold nuisance to many." From a cultural heritage point of view, this culling has been long overdue, FWA said, adding that it has for years lobbied
As immigration enforcement faces increasing public scrutiny, Assistant Commissioner Neville Xuereb said that Malta's immigration police are carrying out checks they are legally required to perform, arguing that criticism of the inspections and street controls ignores binding obligations under Maltese and EU law. Videos circulating on social media have
Concerns about the impact a Bill making its way through the House of Lords in the United Kingdom could have on the training and specialisation of Maltese doctors in the UK have been raised in the House of Lords. The Bill relates to the prioritisation of graduates from medical schools in the United Kingdom and certain other persons for places on medical
