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On 6 August 1960, the 25th anniversary of The Times of Malta, Strickland wrote that The Times of Malta, whilst originally the Constitutionalist political party's paper, had become a national newspaper. The paper gained a reputation for objective reporting whilst upholding its own strongly held editorial opinion.
In 2018 Bonello published Misunderstanding the Constitution, a collection of essays first published on the Times of Malta and dedicated to "How the Maltese judiciary undermines human rights". Robert Thake described it as an "indictment of the Maltese judicial system and the often-frightening condition of Malta’s human rights record".
Local council elections were held in Malta and Gozo on 8 June 2024, in tandem with the European Parliament elections. [1] This is the second time that all local councils of Malta shall be elected simultaneously in a single election, following the 2015 reform abolishing the previous system of half-council elections.
Malta has two official languages: Maltese and English. Maltese is the national language. Until 1934, Italian was also an official language in Malta, and in the 19th and 20th centuries there was a linguistic and political debate known as the Language Question about the roles of these three languages.
If Malta used list PR, it seems the same number of votes would determine a seat as well. In list PR in Netherlands, about 70,000 votes (1/150th of the overall votes cast) is the threshold to take one seat - the Netherlands has 150 members. [32] [33] In 2018 the government of Malta lowered the national voting age to 16. [34]
With the election of Robert Abela as Prime Minister of Malta, Farrugia was appointed Minister for Tourism and Consumer Protection on 15 January 2020. [7] Farrugia is a former journalist and anchor of a number of current affairs and investigative journalism programmes.
Standards Commissioner George Hyzler had evaluated a complaint about Cutajar's conduct after Times of Malta alleged she was being chased by the seller to repay a €46,500 brokerage fee. [17] On 21 February 2021, the Times of Malta further alleged that Cutajar had solicited Yorgen Fenech's help for a political survey in her district in 2019. [18]
His Kasco Holding bought paper, sold it to the printers in Malta and expanded into the trade of printing machines. [21] His many clients included the Times of Malta, the oldest newspaper of Malta. [21] Control of newsprint supplies allowed Schembri to often put pressure on newspapers to suppress or promote stories. [22]