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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 reports a record for the second consecutive day of 1,337 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 49,625.
2021-12-29

Malta reports its first two cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, prompting the health ministry to ban all standing events except for weddings and funerals beginning on December 17 and restrict entry to the hospitality sector and sporting events to only those with a valid vaccine certificate. A 1 a.m. curfew will also be imposed for all businesses beginning on January 17.
2021-12-23

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

Malta reports a record of 224 new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours.
2021-01-6

Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat says that migrant rescue ship MV "Lifeline", stranded in international waters with over 200 rescued people on board for five days, has been granted permission to dock on the island and will do so later today. Muscat says that those on board will be split among Malta and seven other European Union nations.
2018-06-27

Malta refuses to accept 234 African immigrants from the Dutch ship "Lifeline".
2018-06-22

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announces that he will allow a migrant vessel carrying 629 rescued migrants, including children and pregnant women, to dock in Valencia after Malta and Italy both refused the vessel.
2018-06-11

Malta legalises divorce, becoming the last European Union country to do so.
2011-05-29