State Advocate Chris Soler informed the Criminal Court on Thursday that he was unable to take the witness stand in the ongoing proceedings concerning the hospitals concession, stating that the government had not released him from his obligation of professional secrecy. The hearing formed part of the challenges to the freezing orders imposed on several
The Opposition members on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) together with the Shadow Minister for this sector on Thursday formally submitted a request to the Auditor General to investigate allegations related to Malita Investments plc and the company's operations. The request was made in view of the serious allegations levelled against Malita Investments
The death toll from a massive fire that broke out at a residential apartment complex in Hong Kong has risen to 55, authorities said Thursday. They said 51 people had been found dead on the scene, bringing the death toll to 55 including four others who had been brought to the hospital. More than 70 people were injured, according to the city's Hospital
An Afghan national has been accused of shooting two West Virginia National Guard members just blocks from the White House in a brazen act of violence at a time when the presence of troops in the nation's capital and other cities around the country has become a political flashpoint. FBI Director Kash Patel and Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser said the
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Anġlu Farrugia, departed Malta this morning for Cairo, Egypt, where he will participate in the Forum and Speaker's Summit on "Promotion of Economic Cooperation between the Two Shores of the Mediterranean: Revitalising the Barcelona Process on its 30th Anniversary". The high-level gathering, organised under
The government has introduced a comprehensive set of measures intended to reform the admission and management of non-EU workers, forming the next stage in the implementation of the Malta Labour Migration Policy. This reform programme follows a public consultation launched in early 2025 and reflects the authorities' intention to regulate labour migration
As anyone with a functioning brain cell knows, Nigel Farage’s campaign to extract Britain from the EU flourished on a steady diet of misinformation. His pound‑shop patriotism and relentless soundbites, aided by propaganda‑filled buses promising billions for the NHS and dire warnings about immigrants, set the tone. Armed with phoney statistics and the
Retired Judge Toni Abela is expected to become the inaugural Commissioner for Standards in the Judiciary, a position established earlier this year, MaltaToday reports. The appointment, understood to have been accepted by Abela, is being made by the Commission for the Administration of Justice, the constitutional authority responsible for judicial oversight
On a wild Champions League night with stellar teenage scorers, Kylian Mbappé also struck four including the second-fastest Champions League hat trick ever to show the old guys have still got it. Arsenal took Bayern Munich's top spot in the standings with a 3-1 win, title holder Paris Saint-Germain romped to a 5-3 win over Tottenham with Vitinha scoring
The Court of Criminal Appeal has upheld the 20-year prison sentences imposed on Kurt Grech, 31, known as in-'Nemes', and his father Joseph Grech, 61, after a jury found them guilty of the 2017 murder of 21-year-old Brandon Pace in Ħamrun. The appellate court dismissed their arguments that contradictory testimony, jury misdirection and an allegedly
