Valletta

Pope to visit Malta on May 31 in first foreign trip of 2020

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis will visit the Mediterranean island nation of Malta on May 31, the Vatican said Monday, confirming the Pope's first foreig...
12:12 10 February 2022

Malta’s Labor Party picks new chief after reporter’s slaying

VALLETTA, Malta — Malta’s Labor Party was choosing a new leader Saturday to replace Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, who announced his resignation amid i...
10:38 11 January 2022

EU deputy: Not a bad idea to question Malta PM in slaying

VALLETTA, Malta — The head of an EU lawmaker mission to Malta on Wednesday suggested that police question the Maltese premier about the car bombing th...
19:36 4 December 2021

EU mission in Malta expresses credibility doubts

VALLETTA, Malta — The head of the European Union’s mission to Malta on Tuesday expressed doubts about the government’s credibility after meeting with ...
11:35 3 December 2021

Protesters block Malta’s leader from leaving Parliament

VALLETTA, Malta — Some 4,000 angry protesters in Malta who want the prime minister to immediately step down briefly blocked him and his party’s lawmak...
20:38 2 December 2021

Malta leader to resign amid protests over reporter’s death

VALLETTA, Malta — Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat told the nation Sunday night that he would resign in January, following pressure from angry cit...
22:13 1 December 2021

Maltese prosecutors charge businessman in reporter’s killing

VALLETTA, Malta — Maltese prosecutors on Saturday charged a prominent local businessman as being an accomplice to the murder of anti-corruption journa...
3:00 1 December 2021

Malta prosecutors charge local businessman with being accomplice in 2017 car bomb killing of anti-corruption journalist

VALLETTA, Malta — Malta prosecutors charge local businessman with being accomplice in 2017 car bomb killing of anti-corruption journalist.
19:50 30 November 2021

Family of slain journalist presses Malta’s PM to resign

VALLETTA, Malta — The family of a journalist who was killed by a car bomb in Malta is urging Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat to resign, after his...
18:18 29 November 2021

Malta arrests exec, apparently linked to journalist slaying

VALLETTA, Malta — Authorities arrested a prominent Maltese businessman Wednesday who appears to be a “person of interest” in the assassination of a le...
16:58 20 November 2021

Malta offers pardon for possible info in reporter’s slaying

VALLETTA, Malta — A man arrested in a money-laundering case in Malta claims to have information identifying the mastermind behind the car-bomb assassi...
12:35 19 November 2021