The Malta Independent 26 June 2022, Sunday

Families scared to adopt Maltese children, fear retribution

Families who have adopted Maltese children have had their car or front door burnt in a clear sign of retribution, instilling fear in many other prospective parents when they make plans to adopt a...

latest comment from John Azzopoardi, 26/06/2022 11:28: It is really sad that there are maltese and gozitan children out there who are missing out on being matched to adoptive parents that can give them a great family life. Really sad.
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Russia strikes Kyiv as troops consolidate gains in the east

Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital in the early hours of Sunday morning, striking at least two residential buildings, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said, as elsewhere Russian troops consolidated...

latest comment from baslajewgidra, 26/06/2022 12:57: Well the war in Eastern Ukraine is now virtually over with huge losses on both sides but with Russia establishing a land corridor linking Crimea to mainland Russia. One can hope that some sort of peace or ceasefire might be achieved there . But with the recent sanctions and embargoes by Lithuania of Russian goods into Kaliningrad one seriously doubts it. One suspects that the conflict will now spill over into Belarus with Russia eventually establishing a corridor through belarus into the Kalinngrad exclave. Let us trust this will not trigger a wider war.
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Lower birth rates led to necessity to resort to private pensions – social security department chief

It has become necessary for people to resort to private pensions from a young age due to the lower birth rate, Grazio Barbara, director general of the Social Security Department said.  Pensions...

latest comment from mica, 26/06/2022 11:20: Those women born before 1962 are being punished/penalised because they were brought up in a different culture. Speaking from experience, we did not know about the contribution scheme per child and it was too late when someone told us about it. My wife worked only a few years before we got married and when our first was born she decided she should dedicate her time to the family since my income was good enough to satisfy our needs. Because of this we are now being penalised with only one pension with which we have to scrape by always anxious of how to pay the next unforeseen expense both for health and home maintenance. Governments are all talk but no action when it comes to compensate all those selfless mothers who dedicated their lives to bring up upright citizens. There has to be a way how these persons can receive at least the minimum pension even if they have to make good some of the N.I. contributions and by removal of the 65 birthday limit.
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Do we really want 100,000 tourist beds?

If all the plans that we know about come to be, Malta is set to have a staggering 100,000 licensed beds for tourists by 2030. Other projects may surface in the next years, so that number could grow...

latest comment from Need for greed, 26/06/2022 09:55: So basically catering for the student tourists who hardly spend anything apart from on drugs and tickets to concerts raves etc rather than go for the older tourists who do spend in our restaurants bars and shops while the student ones buy alcohol from the supermarkets and go to the beach to party there to all hours then leave there litter and get a slice of pizza on the way home. But we want to attract the net worth tourists? Dream on,we get the tourist we deserve and the ones we cater to just look at comino?
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Pope hails families, blasts 'culture of waste'

Pope Francis celebrated families Saturday and urged them to shun “selfish” decisions that are indifferent to life as he closed out a big Vatican rally a day after the U.S. Supreme...

latest comment from John Azzopoardi, 26/06/2022 11:31: Right on. He is progressive but he is conservative on family life as it should be. Let's hope or leaders here in Malta take note. And that goes for the EU leadership as well.
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Covid-19 - 456 new patients; number of active cases doubles to 4,666 in a week

The number of active Covid-19 cases has doubled in a week – from 2,316 on 17 June to 4,666 on Saturday, figures released today by the health authorities show. The number of new cases...

latest comment from Sparky, 25/06/2022 12:04: Our "leaders" are doing FA to curb the spread. No hope there. But it also seems the vast majority couldn't be bothered. I'll say this in Maltese - tiehu gost timrad gahan? Imrad, mela!
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Health and safety project supervisor ‘attacked’ on construction site

A health and safety project supervisor has been attacked on a construction site, the Malta Occupational Safety and Health Practitioners Association said. The incident happened on Saturday, but...

latest comment from John Azzopoardi, 26/06/2022 11:35: Were the people who committed this act of violence been arrested. This is why here in Malta there is no law and order when it comes to inspectors carrying out their duties.
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