Malta Independent - 2024-06-27

• Ukraine and Moldova launch EU membership talks, but joining is likely to take years Mark Mallia appointed head of secretaria­t at OPM after Glenn Micallef’s resignatio­n
• Joseph Muscat challenges €30 million freezing order in court
• European Commission lauds Malta’s efforts to stop discrimina­tion, racism; but says more must be done
• PN seeks answers on prison official put on forced leave; Ministry confirms police report filed
• Justice Minister says Repubblika’s letter to EU Court was ‘misguided and convoluted’
• Alex Agius Saliba reinstated as S&D Vicepresid­ent
• ‘Local councillor­s are agents of change leading to improvemen­ts in people’s lives’ – PM Abela
• Dual carriagewa­y to Ċirkewwa terminal completed
• Ukraine and Moldova launch EU membership talks, but joining is likely to take years
• Biden and Trump are set to debate: here’s what their past performanc­es looked like
• The Zammit Lewis nomination
• Midwest flooding devastatio­n comes into focus as flood warnings are extended in other areas
• As Iran’s presidenti­al vote looms, tensions boil over renewed headscarf crackdown
• What to know about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the guilty plea that freed him
• Who is Julian Assange, the founder of the secret-spilling website WikiLeaks?
• Some visitors to Israel have a new stop on their tours: Hamas’ destructio­n in the south
• Argentina advances to Copa America quarterfin­als
• Second victory in a row for Maltese girls
• Romania and Slovakia draw 1-1 to send both into the round of 16
• Belgium advance to last 16 after 0-0 draw as Ukraine are eliminated
• Turkey reaches knockout round and eliminates Czech Republic in 2-1 win
• Georgia upsets Portugal 2-0 to reach the last 16
• US journalist goes on trial for espionage in Russia, with a conviction all but certain

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