Malta Independent - 2024-02-15

• Maltese activists call for El Hiblu 3 to be released in Brussels protest
• Farmers to hold second protest today
• €120,000 payment to David Walliams for Film Awards was part of marketing strategy, minister says
• Man sent to drug rehab, placed on probation after pleading guilty to threatenin­g his mother
• Community policing project now spread over 85% of the country
• PA to adopt a more ‘Gozo-specific approach’ to apply existing policy
• Seven people die on the road in fourth quarter, taking overall 2023 tally to 16 – NSO
• Assistance given to Maltese farmers is far greater than that granted in Italy, government says
• HSBC Malta Foundation supports three-year UM research project through RIDT
• What’s at stake in Trump’s hushmoney criminal case? Judge to rule on key issues as trial date nears
• Tourism and sustainabi­lity
• Airstrike from Israeli hostage rescue wipes out entire Palestinia­n family in Gaza border town
• Israel and Hamas are making progress in cease-fire and hostage-release talks, officials say
• Detecting Russian ‘carrots’ and ‘tea bags’: Ukraine decodes enemy chatter to save lives
• Russia puts leader of NATO member Estonia on a wanted list over removal of Soviet-era monuments
• US inflation slows but remains elevated in sign that price pressures are easing only gradually
• Amid artificial intelligen­ce boom, AI girlfriend­s – and boyfriends – are making their mark
• Swieqi women cut gap to five points as Birkirkara are held by Mgarr United
• University of Malta ACJ Group finish first round with maximum points
• Ice dancers Torvill and Dean return to Sarajevo on 40th anniversar­y of their Winter Olympic gold
• With Bellingham still out, Real Madrid now waits on extent of injury to Díaz
• CVC the only prospectiv­e investor for Bundesliga after Blackstone’s interest ends
• Swiss bobsled athlete has surgery after being thrown to ice and hit by sled in training crash
• Lewis Hamilton says it feels ‘surreal’ to enter his last season at Mercedes with car launch
• Kylian Mbappé scores again as PSG beats Sociedad 2‑0 in 1st leg of Champions League round of 16
• NATO chief hails record defence spending while warning that Trump's remarks undermine security

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