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17/09/2026

Solidarity, anger and defiance as crowd marches for Daphne 🔗https://i.newsbook.com.mt/itbZNRU

17/09/2026

Maltese PN MEPs feedback was wholly positive while the reaction of Labour MEPs was somewhat more critical

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Videos: Erika Lanzafame Maltese MEPs’ assessment of European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen’s State of the Union correlate with their political affiliation, if their comments to Maltese media are any indication, though their positions are more nuanced than that may suggest. Von der Le...

16/09/2026

Megan Mallia shared a message from her grandfather, Michael Vella, who is Daphne Caruana Galizia's father.🔗https://i.newsbook.com.mt/itbZNRU

16/09/2026

Thousands march in solidarity with Daphne Caruana Galizia’s family 🔗 https://i.newsbook.com.mt/itbZNRU

16/09/2026

A large crowd has gathered in Valletta to march in solidarity with the family of Daphne Caruana Galizia this evening: and to express their anger at the prolonged denial of justice.

A sizeable crowd gathered in Valletta on Wednesday evening for a protest in solidarity with the family of Daphne Caruana Galizia on Wednesday evening, two weeks after the controversial jury acquittal of Yorgen Fenech.

16/09/2026

The vehicle fire, which occurred early this morning, was extinguished by firefighters from the Civil Protection Department.

No one was injured when a car burst into flames in Kirkop early on Wednesday morning.

16/09/2026

Though a pre-sentencing report recommended probation, this was overruled by the magistrate, who argued that the circumstances merited the imposition of an effective jail term.

A 43-year-old woman who violently assaulted the head of the Kalkara primary school last May will serve four months behind bars after a magistrate refused to accept the pre-sentencing report’s recommendation to place the mother of five under probation.

16/09/2026

The European Commission president reflected on the continued failure to secure justice for Daphne in her State of the Union speech today, insisting that there can be no impunity for her murder.

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen insisted that there can be no impunity for the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia in her State of the Union address on Wednesday, as she emphasised that the EU must remain vigilant with respect to this case.

16/09/2026

A planned merger between the two companies in 2017 – when Epic was still Vodafone Malta – had failed to secure regulatory approval.

Melita

Melita is set to fully acquire rival telecoms company Epic, as long as the authorities approve the merger this time round.

16/09/2026

BirdLife Malta decried Malta's failure to do anything to stop the shooting of protected birds - or to address the lucrative black market in taxidermied specimens that was encouraging it.

A highly-protected black stork has been killed near Buskett on Monday afternoon, in an incident which BirdLife Malta insisted was linked to a lucrative black market that the authorities were refusing to do anything about – except for possibly facilitating it.