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Malta reports their first case of the 501.V2 variant first detected in South Africa.
2021-02-16

Malta's government announces that citizens who test positive for COVID-19 and disobey self-isolation rules will be fined 10,000 euros.
2020-03-23

Malta's Navy rescues 112 migrants from a sinking boat in the Mediterranean Sea.
2020-03-15

More than half of Malta's traffic police officers, including its chief, are arrested for overtime fraud and misuse of public resources.
2020-02-12

More than 100 migrants hijack a merchant vessel that rescued them off Libya's coast, ordering the crew to head towards Malta. Malta's military said the ship would not be allowed into its waters.
2019-03-27

Malta detains German migrant rescue boat MV "Sea Watch 3", which had been docked in Valletta for repairs, as it attempts to head into the Mediterranean Sea to rescue migrants off the Libyan coast.
2018-07-2

The gigantic limestone natural arch Azure Window on the Maltese island of Gozo collapses due to a storm.
2017-03-8

Several thousand people protest in Valletta, Malta, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Joseph Muscat because the leaked Panama Papers connect his Chief of Staff, Keith Schembri, and Health and Energy Minister, Konrad Mizzi, to offshore accounts.
2016-04-10

The government of Malta loses a budget vote, causing early elections to be called.
2012-12-10

French fishermen off the coast of Malta repel an attempt by Greenpeace to obstruct their operations, sinking several Greenpeace Zodiac boats and injuring a Greenpeace activist.
2010-06-6