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Only 2% of Maltese
believe Chinese
is important for
their children
PAGE 11
New university
course offers a
different way of
doing politics
PAGES 12 - 13
Be sure to get
the MaltaToday
MEP election
special
Out tomorrow
Languages Change Election 2024
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NICOLE MEILAK
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Who will triumph
at Euro 2024?
PAGES 14 - 15
Malta waits for European
Parliament election result
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INTERVIEW
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The unseen
enemy: organised
crime networks
exploiting Malta's
geography
MALTA has always been a strategic hub at the
crossroads of Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
This has attracted businesses, tourists, and... crim-
inals.
In an interview with MaltaToday, Assistant Po-
lice Commissioner Malcolm Bondin said Malta's
strategic position makes it an ideal transit hub for
significant drug trafficking operations.
PAGES 8 - 9
MALTA voted to elect six MEPs in a
calm election on Saturday with a half-
day turnout that according to Malta-
Today calculations was comparable to
that of five years ago.
Focus shifts to the counting hall in
Naxxar this morning where vote scan-
ning for the EP election is expected to
start at 9am.
Polls closed at 10pm and although
final turnout figures were not available
by the time we went to print, the 2pm
turnout for the EP election published
by the Electoral Commission stood at
a whopping 42.6%.
PAGES 2 - 3
Electoral Commission
botches 2pm turnout
figures by giving out
higher percentages
based on those who
collected their voting
document rather than
on all eligible voters
Clockwise from top left: Robert Abela, Bernard Grech, Arnold Cassola and Roberta Metsola
