MICHAEL AVERY: The Malta Job part II — the wild horses of Malta

A forensic audit should be launched into MAS Real Estate’s transactions with Prime Kapital After last week’s column on MAS Real Estate’s aborted €291m transaction with Prime Kapital, I expected some blowback (“The Malta job: how to hollow out a company’s …

Gaza-bound aid flotilla still stranded in international waters off Malta

Max Civili  Press TV, Valletta  The NGO Freedom Flotilla Coalition's Gaza-bound ship carrying humanitarian aid and activists remains stranded in international waters off the coast of Malta following a drone attack by Israel. Meanwhile talks between the …

Malta's Blue Lagoon Rolls Out New Protective Measures

The Malta Tourism Authority, in collaboration with the country's tourism ministry and other entities and authorities, rolled out a new visitor booking system aimed at preserving and protecting the delicate ecosystem of popular tourist spot Blue Lagoon …

Malta brings six crew members off ship in drone strike row

Pro-Palestinian activists aboard a boat damaged in an alleged Israeli drone strike have allowed a Maltese surveyor to inspect the vessel and six crew members have agreed to disembark, Malta's premier told parliament Monday. Prime Minister Robert Abela …

Troopers find over 120 pounds of cannabis during traffic stop in Malta

<p>State Police said a Franklin County man had 120 pounds of cannabis during a traffic stop on the Northway.</p> <p>William M. Buckshot, 58, of Hogansburg, was stopped on May 2 at around 1:50 p.m. in Malta for a traffic violation. …

Abela: Freedom Flotilla Coalition acceded to Malta conditions and surveyor has been allowed aboard

Prime Minister Robert Abela told parliament on Monday a Maltese surveyor has been allowed aboard the humanitarian vessel Conscience following a suspected drone attack. Briefing the House ahead of Monday afternoon’s plenary session, the Prime Minister said …

TMID Editorial: Malta and press freedom

As always happens on World Press Freedom Day, which was last week, World Press Freedom Index rankings for 2025 were published by Reporters Without Borders. Malta ranked 67th, an improvement over the 2024 index, by six positions to be precise, but also …

Four major arts festivals to kick off Malta's summer

Summer will kick off with four music, dance and arts festivals that will “strengthen our cultural identity and offer a platform to local and international artists,” Arts Minister Owen Bonnici said on Monday. Festivals Malta will be staging four festivals …

Malta ‘still gathering information’ on impact of US film tariffs - Owen Bonnici

There are currently more questions than answers about how new US tariffs on foreign-made films will affect Malta, Culture Minister Owen Bonnici said on Monday. Speaking to journalists outside Parliament, Bonnici stressed that it was too early to determine …

Libya and Malta discuss organising a Libyan Maltese economic forum to enhance investment partnerships