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Angelo Gafa says all those who masterminded killing of Maltese journalist now apprehended or chargedEvery person involved in the 2017 murder of the anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has been apprehended, Malta’s national police chief has declared.Commissioner Angelo Gafa was speaking before a court hearing on Wednesday evening at which two new suspects were arraigned. Continue reading...

Vincent Muscat, one of three men awaiting trial over Maltese journalist’s killing, registers admission in pre-trial hearingOne of three men accused of the 2017 assassination of the Maltese anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has pleaded guilty, a major development in a case that has rocked the Mediterranean island nation.Vincent Muscat was arrested in December 2017, two months after the car bomb attack that set...

Keith Schembri is under investigation for money laundering linked to sales of passports to rich foreignersPolice in Malta have arrested Keith Schembri, the former prime minister Joseph Muscat’s chief of staff, as part of an investigation into alleged kickbacks connected to the sale of Maltese passports.Schembri was arrested shortly after midnight on Tuesday, hours after a court issued a wide-ranging order for all his...

Detective tells court Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder was motivated by desire to suppress informationPolice believe that the anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed for what she was about to reveal about a government-sponsored power station deal, a court in Malta has heard.At the start of 2017, Caruana Galizia received a cache of 600,000 emails leaked from an energy company partly owned by Yorgen...

Joseph Muscat formally interviewed for first time in connection with investigationMalta’s former prime minister Joseph Muscat has been questioned by police in connection with the investigation into the murder of the anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.Muscat resigned as leader of the EU member state in January after the widening political scandal surrounding the journalist’s death threatened to bring down his government. Continue reading...

The go-between in the car bombing of the Maltese journalist was found in a pool of blood despite 24-hour police guardThe self-confessed middleman in the murder of Maltese anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has suffered serious knife injuries to his throat and torso, authorities and local media said, hours before he was due to give evidence in the case.Melvin Theuma, a former taxi driver,...

Lawrence Cutajar allegedly interfered with investigation into death of journalist in 2017Malta’s police force has been ordered to open an inquiry into the country’s former police chief Lawrence Cutajar, following allegations that he interfered with the investigation into the 2017 murder of the prominent journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.The order to “formally” investigate him was made on Monday by a magistrate who is presiding over...

Son of murdered journalist says Robert Abela is ‘continuity candidate’ and must break with ‘corrupt legacy’ Malta’s new prime minister, Robert Abela, has a few days to prove whether he will break with “the corrupt legacy” of the past, a son of the murdered journalist Daphne Caruana Galiziahas said.Abela, an outsider who beat the favourite to become leader of Malta’s ruling Labour party on...

Robert Abela elected as Labour leader after PM Joseph Muscat resigned amid controversy surrounding investigation of journalist’s deathOutsider Robert Abela is set to become Malta’s new prime minister after the downfall of previous leader Joseph Muscat over the investigation into the murder of an investigative journalist.Abela, who is seen as representing continuity, was elected leader of the Labour party on Sunday, meaning he automatically...

Media coalition wants guarantee of impartial investigation into murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia Malta’s prime minister, Joseph Muscat, is facing renewed pressure to quit immediately as EU leaders are urged to take a stand on the “desperate” situation in the country at a summit this week.Muscat, who is under fire over his role in the investigation into the murder of the journalist Daphne Caruana...

Malta is facing a political and constitutional crisis over its government's handling of the investigation into the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, a pioneering investigative journalist who was killed in a car bomb attack in 2017. A European parliament delegation says the integrity of the murder inquiry is at risk while Joseph Muscat remains as prime minister. Here is a look back at the main developments in...

Malta's justice minister, Owen Bonnici, had an egg thrown at him by a protester and was met with chants of 'shame on you' as he arrived for a meeting held to discuss the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia. The investigative journalist, who had exposed high-level corruption in Malta, was killed in a car bomb attack in October 2017. Amid the ensuing constitutional and political...

Joseph Muscat has made serious errors over investigation into journalist’s murder, says Dutch MEPThe head of an EU mission to Malta has called on the country’s embattled prime minister to quit immediately amid anger over his handling of the investigation into the murder of the journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.The Dutch liberal MEP Sophie in ‘t Veld, who is leading the European parliament’s emergency fact-finding...

Embattled leader has promised to resign, but provoked anger by refusing to go immediatelyThe family of Daphne Caruana Galizia is calling for Malta’s prime minister Joseph Muscat to be investigated as part of ongoing inquiries into the journalist’s murder.Muscat has announced he will quit as prime minister in January, after investigators alleged links between his administration and those who ordered the killing. Continue reading...

Joseph Muscat says he will stay on until January but journalist’s family calls for his immediate departureMalta’s embattled prime minister Joseph Muscat has resigned, driven from office by the constitutional and political crisis triggered by the murder of the investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.In a televised address broadcast on Sunday evening, Muscat announced that he would stay on until a new leader of his...

Future of Joseph Muscat in doubt amid crisis sparked by Daphne Caruana Galizia caseLawmakers from Malta’s ruling Labour party met on Sunday to decide the future of the prime minister, Joseph Muscat, amid a crisis sparked by the investigation into murdered journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.Pressure grew both within and outside the party for him to quit after the probe into the 2017 car-bomb killing...

Yorgen Fenech entered not guilty plea to charges relating to killing of Daphne Caruana Galizia A businessman has been charged with the murder of Malta’s best known investigative journalist, Daphne Caruana Galizia.Local tycoon Yorgen Fenech, the 38-year-old head of a gambling and property empire, was arraigned on Saturday evening, and charged with participating in a criminal organisation, complicity in causing an explosion, and complicity...

Joseph Muscat has come under increasing pressure over handling of case of Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was killed in 2017Malta’s prime minister, Joseph Muscat, has told associates he plans to resign imminently, the Times of Malta has reported.His decision was brought on by the political and legal crisis arising from the investigation into the 2017 murder of the prominent anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia,...