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MHRA backs calls for random roadside testing for drugs and alcohol
Times of Malta
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August 20, 2025
The Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MHRA) has come out in favour of revising laws to allow police to conduct random roadside drug and alcohol checks. Calls for a change in legislation have been amplified in recent weeks following a spate...
Authorities ignored warnings since 2016 as illegal bar expanded at St Peter’s Pool
The Shift
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August 20, 2025
Visitors expecting sun and sea at one of Malta’s best-loved swimming spots instead found themselves ducking stones hurled by the man running an illegal bar – a contravention the authorities have ignored since 2016. Videos circulating on social...
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WATCH | Brothers reunite after 50 years: A tale of migration between Malta and Australia
Malta Today
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Two Maltese brothers spent 50 years apart but last April, they finally reunited in Malta in what was an emotional rollercoaster. Richie and Sonny Borg were forced to emigrate in the 1960s by their mother. They left for Australia at a time of mass...
Premier League: No goals in opening match between Valletta and Birkirkara
The Malta Independent
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Valletta and Birkirkara figured in a scorless draw in the open‐ ing match of the Premier League which promises to be a very intense one. For Valletta this was a welcome return to the top flight after a season in the Challenge League, their first...
Sigma Euro-Med 2025 Launches With Exclusive Affiliate Retreat In Gozo.
MENAFN
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August 20, 2025
(MENAFN- Zex PR Wire) Malta, 20th August 2025, ZEX PR WIRE , In the lead-up to SiGMA Euro-Med 2025, SiGMA Group is extending an exclusive invitation to 50 VIP affiliates for an unforgettable networking retreat in Gozo, Malta's sister island....
MHRA backs call for random roadside testing
The Malta Independent
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The Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MHRA) said Wednesday itfully supports the urgent appeal made by Dr Jonathan Joslin, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, for the introduction of random roadside testing for alcohol and drugs. His...
Malta sends 40 CPD officers to help Portugal manage wildfires
Malta Today
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A group of officers from the Civil Protection Department (CPD) has been sent to Portugal to assist in managing widespread wildfires currently affecting the country. The fires have been made worse by an ongoing heatwave, drought conditions, and...
Farmland reform seeks to protect Malta’s food production potential
Malta Today
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Landowners of agricultural land are still able to use their field for hunting and weekend barbecues but new rules oblige them to plough the land once a year. The new regulations introduced recently are intended to protect agricultural land from...
Arthur Miller’s ‘A View from the Bridge’ to be staged at the Manoel in October
Times of Malta
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August 20, 2025
Masquerade Malta, in collaboration with the Manoel Theatre, is presenting a new production of Arthur Miller’s timeless classic A View from the Bridge, opening this October at Malta’s national theatre. The modern classic tells the powerful story of...
Watch: Opposition MP gets hands dirty and joins garbage collectors
Times of Malta
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August 20, 2025
The Nationalist Party’s youngest MP, who has been critical about Malta’s garbage crisis, went out to collect rubbish and hear the issues collectors face while out on the job. In a social media video posted on Tuesday, Eve Borg Bonello said to...
Man caught stealing €273 worth of items from Tigne Point supermarket
Times of Malta
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August 20, 2025
A 26-year-old man has pleaded guilty to shoplifting a total of €273 in food and beverage from a supermarket at Tigne Point. Razvan Constantin Dutcovici, a Romanian national without fixed address in Malta, was wheeled into the courtroom on...
Dismantling Malta’s environment and democracy: Full steam ahead
Malta Today
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Conveniently, in the midst of the summer lull, Planning Minister Clint Camilleri deemed it timely and appropriate to present Bill Number 143 to amend the Development Planning Act, while Minister Jonathan Attard presented Bill 144 to overhaul the...
Cardinal Grech warns Malta needs 'collective awakening' from apathy
Times of Malta
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August 16, 2025
Malta needs a “collective awakening” from apathy that has rendered us “ like the three monkeys of history – seeing nothing, hearing nothing, and saying nothing”, Cardinal Mario Grech said on Friday. Delivering his sermon during the celebration of...
Momentum calls for urgent environmental enforcement reforms in Malta and Gozo
Gozo News
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August 16, 2025
Momentum has warned that Malta’s natural heritage is “under increasing threat from illegal activities, weak enforcement, and legislative loopholes that continue to undermine environmental protection.” In a statement on Saturday, the Party...
TMID Editorial: Malta’s paradox with age and responsibility
The Malta Independent
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August 16, 2025
Age is but a number. Or so it is said. As it happens, age is a lot more than just a number, particularly when considering whether one is classed as an adult or as a minor. That may seem cut and dry on paper - but in Malta, it is anything but. This...
Report: 77% of the 202 students at Malta Elementary School not on "college track" in 2023-24 school year
Upper East Texas News
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August 16, 2025
Of the 202 students at Malta Elementary School in New Boston, 155 (77%) weren’t on track for college in the 2023-24 school year, according to Upper East Texas News' analysis of STAAR scores from the Texas Education Agency (TEA). The TEA considers...
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Parts of Malta drenched in rain after freak hailstorm
Malta Today
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Parts of Malta became drenched in rain and hail on Saturday afternoon as the yearly għarajjex made its way to the island. Despite days of hot and sunny weather, a bout heavy rainfall on Saturday swept over the island. Earlier this week, a...
Watch: Freak hail storm hits parts of Malta
Times of Malta
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August 16, 2025
After months of hot, dry weather, Malta got a much longed for soaking with hail reported in certain localities on Saturday afternoon. Videos and photos shared by readers show hail coating Iklin and Għargħur while others living in Sliema reported a...
Greece’s Attica Bank Emerges as Preferred Buyer for HSBC Malta
Greek Reporter
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August 16, 2025
HSBC Bank in Malta. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Continental Europe CC BY SA 4.0 HSBC Malta is set to change hands after its parent company confirmed on Friday that CrediaBank, formerly known as Attica Bank, has been selected as the preferred bidder....
Momentum wants urgent reforms to protect Malta and Gozo’s natural heritage
Malta Today
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Malta’s natural habitats are increasingly at risk due to illegal activities, weak enforcement, and legislative gaps, Momentum has warned. Despite over 30% of the Maltese Islands being designated as Natura 2000 sites under EU obligations, many...