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Woman charged €100, minutes after agreeing to free trial, despite unsubscribing
Times of Malta
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August 3, 2025
A consumer recently contacted the Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs (MCCAA)’s Office for Consumer Affairs concerning a website that advertised a three-day free trial for an AI text-editing service. Believing she could test the service at no...
Pharmacies open today – August 3, 2025
Times of Malta
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August 3, 2025
Collis Williams Pharmacy, 15, Republic Street, Valletta (2123 4567) Darwin Pharmacy, 152, St Joseph High Street, Ħamrun (2122 1512) De Rohan Pharmacy, 24, St Anthony Street, Żebbuġ (2146 4128) The Local Dispensary, Can Karm Pirotta Street,...
Valletta crash: Soldier granted bail after being charged with involuntary homicide of Mildred Azzopardi
Malta Today
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A man was granted bail after pleading not guilty to a multiplicity of charges, including the involuntary homicide of Mildred Azzopardi, who died after being caught in between two cars in a collision on Sunday. Benjamin Chetcuti, a 23-year-old...
Valletta tragedy: Man to face involuntary homicide, drink-driving charges
Times of Malta
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July 29, 2025
A 23-year-old man is due to be arraigned on Tuesday to face involuntary homicide charges after a woman was killed in a car crash in Valletta late on Sunday. Mildred Farrugia, 62, from Ħamrun, died on the scene after a Subaru Impreza car driven by...
Malta’s moral crossroads
Times of Malta
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July 29, 2025
As debates rage over euthanasia, animal welfare and abortion, Malta faces urgent questions about the kind of society it wants to be. Recent developments in Malta’s political and social landscape paint a complex and often contradictory picture of a...
Malta chamber urges government to halt planning reform, expresses 'deep concern'
Times of Malta
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July 28, 2025
The Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry has urged the government to halt two bills proposing sweeping changes to the planning system, describing one as “piecemeal” and the other as “undermining judicial review”. In a statement...
Bank of Georgia revealed as new bidder for HSBC Malta
Times of Malta
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July 30, 2025
Bank of Georgia has emerged as the latest bidder for HSBC’s Malta operations, Times of Malta has confirmed. The Tbilisi-based bank is the banking arm of Lion Finance Group, a UK-incorporated holding company. The bid was first reported by bne...
Ex-Malta Philharmonic Orchestra CEO denies silencing staff in harassment case
Times of Malta
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July 30, 2025
Former Malta Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) CEO Sigmund Mifsud has denied instructing employees to stay quiet about a sexual harassment allegation involving two colleagues. Testifying in court on Tuesday, he insisted he never discouraged reporting...
‘I will not back down one inch’, says Clyde Caruana about KM Malta Airlines dispute
Malta Today
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Finance Minister Clyde Caruana was firm on his stance in the Airline Pilots Association Malta (ALPA) dispute, stating he will not budge. The ALPA enacted industrial actions after disagreements between the union and the airline over their members’...
KM Malta Airlines website now available in Maltese language
Gozo News
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July 30, 2025
KM Malta Airlines has launched the Maltese-language version of its website, kmmaltairlines.com. The airline said it is committed to “honouring Malta’s national identity, its cultural heritage and elevating the travel experience for...
British tourist, 25, who fell from hotel balcony in Malta died from multiple injuries, coroner says
Daily Mail
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July 30, 2025
By TOM LAWRENCE Published: 09:53 EDT, 30 July 2025 | Updated: 09:53 EDT, 30 July 2025 A British holidaymaker died from multiple injuries when he plunged from a hotel balcony in Malta, an inquest heard. Software engineer Kieran Hughes, 25, was on...
Caspar Lee returns to Malta for the fifth edition of the Start-Up Festival
The Malta Independent
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Malta Enterprise is proud to announce the return of entrepreneur and global media figure Caspar Lee for the fifth edition of the Start-Up Festival Malta, taking place this October. Best known for his rise as a YouTube pioneer and his transition...
Malta’s ‘Sausage Ambassador’ tells us to mark our calendar for national sausage day
The Shift
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July 28, 2025
Malta has a ‘Sausage Ambassador’. Who knew? In a stunning demonstration of national priorities. Malta — a country facing real issues like rising living costs, traffic that turns a trip to the office into a spiritual crisis, and planning laws that...
Malta Chamber sounds alarm on ‘pick-and-choose’ approach to planning reform
Malta Today
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The Malta Chamber of Commerce denounced proposed legislative changes to Malta’s planning framework as fragmented, opaque, and harmful to public participation and rule of law. In a strongly worded press statement, the chamber criticised the...
Bus driver who died in Floriana on Tuesday represented Malta at Olympic Games
The Malta Independent
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The bus driver who died on Tuesday after he was trapped between a bus and a wall had represented Malta at the Olympic Games in 1980. In a post on Facebook, the Maltese Olympic Committee expressed its sorrow. "Karmenu proudly represented Malta in...
Dyn o Wynedd wedi cwympo o uchder ar wyliau ym Malta - cwest
BBC
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July 30, 2025
Mae cwest wedi ei agor i farwolaeth dyn 25 oed o Wynedd, a ddisgynnodd o falconi tra'r oedd ar ei wyliau ym Malta. Bu farw Kieran Thomas Hughes, peiriannydd meddalwedd o Nant Gwynant, ar ôl disgyn mewn gwesty yn Triq Spinola, St Julian's....
Malta miracle: WWII bomb lands in church, doesn’t explode
Aleteia
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July 28, 2025
The archipelago was vital to the Allied forces, disrupting Axis supply lines to North Africa. This position made it a target of relentless bombing and near starvation Malta’s role in World War II was both strategic and heroic. At the very heart of...
KM Malta website now available in Maltese
Malta Today
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A Maltese-language version of the KM Malta website is now available, with more language options being looked into by the airline. Travellers who would prefer to use the Maltese version of the website can visit kmmaltairlines.com and select Maltese...
GRANTS: Arts Council Malta Announces Production Grants in Screen Support Scheme
The Film New Europe
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VALLETTA: The Arts Council Malta has distributed 900,000 EUR for the production of three long films within the new Screen Support Scheme. The projects receiving support are the feature films Nativity directed by Joshua Cassar Gaspar, which...
Man in Malta balcony fall died from multiple injuries
BBC
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A 25-year-old who fell from a hotel balcony in Malta died from multiple blunt force injuries due to a fall from height, an inquest has heard. Kieran Hughes, a software engineer from Nant Gwynant, near Caernarfon, Gwynedd, was on holiday with...