A new national airline will make its first flight on 31 March next year, replacing the current national airline, which will make its last flight on 30 March; the government plans a partial privatisation of the new airline

Times of Malta received a court injunction preventing it from publishing an article about an e-money firm just one day after sending questions to the company; union of journalists and Institute for Maltese Journalists are concerned about press freedom

The opposition Nationalist Party claimed government unilaterally decided to suspend two parliamentary sessions with 17 opposition motions still pending; the PN said that the fact shows disrespect for the highest institution in Malta

A €5.000 bounty is offered to anyone with useful information on a cat killer who has butchered cats in Sliema, Gżira, and Valletta, after a string of sadistic episodes connected to the same individual or group have been brought to light

St John’s Co-cathedral celebrated the arrival of a new bronze bell that will join Grandmaster Pinto bell in the belfry tower to restore harmonic balance to the unique bell ensemble; Carola Francisca was cast by the Royal Eijsbouts Bellfoundry, Netherlands