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Houthi forces strike four ships in the Red Sea and damage the Malta-flagged, Greece-owned bulk carrier "Cyclades".
2024-04-29

Malta has vaccinated 70% of its adult population with at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot, thereby becoming the first country in the European Union to achieve this herd immunity-related milestone.
2021-05-24

Malta's health ministry states that of 94 migrants rescued from the sea yesterday, 65 have tested positive for COVID-19.
2020-07-28

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

A Maltese port manager is killed at a fish market in Puntland by Al-Shabaab militants disguised as fishermen.
2019-02-4

Spain, Portugal, France, Germany and Luxembourg agree to take in 141 migrants, 67 of them unaccompanied children, who were rescued on Friday by the MV "Aquarius"; Malta allows the ship to dock.
2018-08-14

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

Container ship MV "Alexander Maersk" is allowed by Italian authorities to dock in Pozzallo, Sicily, after several days. There, it discharges over 100 rescued migrants. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte says German migrant rescue ship MV "Lifeline" will be permitted to dock in Malta in a deal that will see some of the migrants on board come to Italy.
2018-06-26

Malta arrests 10 people over the investigative journalist's murder on October 16.
2017-12-4

Voters in Malta go to the polls for a snap election, with current Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and his Labour Party facing off against Forza Nazzjonali, led by Simon Busuttil. The election comes amid corruption allegations leveled against Muscat's associates.
2017-06-3