VALLETTA, Malta--Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela on Sunday claimed victory in his nation’s parliamentary election hours ahead of official results.If the win is confirmed, that would mean the Labour Party will start its third consecutive term in office, beating out its traditional rival, the Nationalist Party.... The election was held Saturday in the Mediterranean island nation of around 500, 000 people that is a member of the European Union. The actual vote count was expected to be complete

VALLETTA( Reuters)-Malta has been put on a grey list by the world's money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog( FATF), Prime Minister Robert Abela said on Wednesday, in a move which could seriously damage the island's economy. Speaking at news conference, Abela said he thought the decision was" unjust" and promised to push ahead with planned reforms aimed at tackling financial wrongdoing. The Paris-based inter-governmental Financial Action Task Force agreed to put Malta on the grey list o

Voters in Malta will elect a new Parliament in a few weeks in balloting that will also decide the island nation’s next government.... He said he will advise the Maltese president to dissolve Parliament to clear the way for the election. The Labour Party has been in power since 2013, after winning back-to-back elections.... Last August, an indictment was issued against Fenech on charges of complicity in the journalist's murder....

The right-wing government introduced legislation that bans schools from using materials seen as promoting homosexuality.... Earlier this month, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Hungary would face the full force of EU law if it did not back down, although she did not give details. But officials close to the EU executive told Reuters the Commission will today send two letters to the Hungarian Prime Minister as the first step to issuing legal proceedings against the country.Mr Orban

Listen 7 min Share Comment on this story Comment Add to your saved stories Save VATICAN CITY — Days before the start of the most significant Catholic gathering since the 1960s, Pope Francis dropped a theological bomb.... But the caution indicated a high hurdle for liberals looking for rapid change.“ I’m a bit disillusioned, ” said Rosanna Virgili, a theologian at the Rome-based Pontifical Lateran University.... “ It looks more like a rehash of Catholic doctrine.” The synod called it “ urgent ”