by Staff Writer | Jul 31, 2021 | Briefing
A PUBLIC INQUIRY has found that the Maltese state must “shoulder responsibility” for the October 2017 assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, having created an atmosphere of impunity, and having failed to recognise the real and immediate risks to Caruana...
by Staff Writer | Jul 28, 2021 | Briefing
MPs HAVE BEEN URGED to change the law so that sexual abuse and rape cases in the armed forces are tried in civilian courts. This follows the publication by the Defence Sub-Committee on Women in the Armed Forces of its report, Protecting Those Who Protect Us: Women in...
by Staff Writer | Jul 16, 2021 | Briefing
THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (IFAD), a specialised agency of the United Nations, has launched an ambitious new financing programme as part of its broader efforts to address rising hunger and poverty levels in the world’s poorest countries. The...
by Staff Writer | Jul 13, 2021 | Briefing
THE SECOND READING of the Health and Care Bill will take place on Wednesday 14 July 2021. Following the first reading on 6 July, the Nuffield Trust Chief Executive, Nigel Edwards, made the following statement: “There is a clear logic to the parts of this Bill that...
by Staff Writer | Jul 12, 2021 | Briefing
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS (RSF) has condemned a series of police raids on media outlets and searches and arrests of journalists in a coordinated operation by the Belarusian authorities with the clear aim of silencing the country’s independent press. The authorities...
