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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

The European Commission sues Malta in the European Court of Justice, seeking to end the country's "golden passport" scheme, which is the only such scheme still active in the EU. This scheme allows large investors to be granted Maltese citizenship, and by extension, citizenship of the European Union.
2022-09-29

Malta legalizes the personal use and limited cultivation of cannabis, becoming the first country in the European Union to do so.
2021-12-15

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 reports its first three cases of the Lineage P.1 variant first detected in Brazil.
2021-04-21

Malta reports its first three cases of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 from the United Kingdom. Two of the cases are reported in people who travelled from the UK, while the third is still being investigated.
2020-12-30

Twenty-three European Union countries sign a defence integration pact known as the Permanent Structured Cooperation. NATO members Denmark, Portugal and the United Kingdom (withdrawal from EU underway), and non-NATO members Malta and Ireland, opt out.
2017-11-13

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

The Standard & Poor's credit rating agency lowers its long-term credit ratings on the eurozone countries of Cyprus, Italy, Portugal, and Spain by two notches each and Austria, France, Malta, Slovakia, and Slovenia by one notch each.
2012-01-13

Another nationwide blackout affects Malta due to a technical fault. [https:--web.archive.org-web-20120314025731-http:--www.maltamediaonline.com-?p=23027 "(MaltaMediaOnline)"] [http:--www.timesofmalta.com.mt-articles-view-20100402-local-malta-gozo-suffer-widespread-power-cut("(Times of Malta)"]date=May 2020
2010-04-2