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Myriam Spiteri Debono is unanimously elected by the Maltese Parliament as the next President of Malta.
2024-03-27

Maltese citizens go to the polls to elect members of the Parliament.
2022-03-26

Malta abandons a plan to close its border to unvaccinated travellers. Instead, they impose a mandatory quarantine. The new policy follows criticism from the European Commission that they are discriminatory.
2021-07-13

Malta announces that beginning on July 14, they will become the first country in Europe to close their borders to unvaccinated travellers, only allowing those with a Maltese, British or European vaccination certificate to enter following an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases.
2021-07-9

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

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

A bill allowing same-sex marriage in Malta gets approved by Parliament.
2017-07-12

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

More than 500 Ethiopian and Somalian migrants arrive in Malta from Libya.
2011-03-28

Pope Benedict XVI concludes his visit to Malta. Reports suggest he is trying to avoid discussing the recent child sex abuse scandal, on his first trip since the scandal broke.
2010-04-18