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FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers - Group G - Finland vs. Malta

Players of Malta celebrate the 0-1 goal by Jake Grech (nr 9) during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group G European qualification football match between Finland and Malta in Helsinki, Finland, on November 14, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Palm Sunday Celebration in Vatican

cardinal Mario Grech (R) and Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu (L) arrive for the mass on Palm Sunday in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican. Italy, Rome, Vatican on April 13, 2025. Photo by Alessia Giuliani/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Malta's Labour Party wins general election, PM says

STORY: Malta's Labour Party wins general election, PM says DATELINE: March 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:01 LOCATION: Valletta CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of vote counting hall in Naxxar, Malta 2. various of Labour Party supporters celebrating 3. various of PM Robert Abela waving to supporters STORYLINE: Malta's Labour Party has won the general election with a comfortable majority, Prime Minister Robert Abela announced on Sunday. Speaking during a telephone call with the national broadcaster, Abela said that according to calculations by party agents as vote counting got underway, his party had a significant majority over the Nationalist Party (PN). The election held on Saturday was characterised by a record low turnout since independence, at 85.5 percent, just over 303,500 votes. As the counting hall erupted into cheers, with party delegates celebrating the victory, PN Secretary-General Michael Piccinino conceded the defeat, saying party leader Bernard Grech had called Abela and congratula

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Malta holds general elections

STORY: Malta holds general elections DATELINE: March 27, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:44 LOCATION: Valletta CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Prime Minister Robert Abela, leader of Labour Party, and his wife casting ballots in a polling station in Marsaskala 2. various of Maltese Nationalist Party leader Bernard Grech and his wife casting their votes in a polling station in Mosta 3. various of voters entering a polling station 4. various of vehicles of voters queuing at a special drive-through COVID-19 polling station STORYLINE: Voters in Malta went to the polls on Saturday for the country's general elections. There are just over 340,400 registered voters to elect 65 members of parliament for the next five years. The election results are expected on Sunday. The ruling Labour Party, led by Prime Minister Robert Abela, is expected to win with a comfortable majority, according to surveys. Opposition leader Bernard Grech, who has been leading the Nationalist Party since October 2020, is calling for a

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MALTA-VALLETTA-GENERAL ELECTIONS

(220327) -- VALLETTA, March 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Maltese Nationalist Party leader Bernard Grech casts his vote in Mosta, Malta, on March 26, 2022. Voters in Malta went to the polls on Saturday for the country's general elections. There are just over 340,400 registered voters to elect 65 members of parliament for the next five years. Citizens of the European Union (EU)'s smallest member state voted until 10 p.m. on Saturday. The election results are expected on Sunday. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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Maltese candidate parties hold final mass rally before election

STORY: Maltese candidate parties hold final mass rally before election DATELINE: March 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:28 LOCATION: Valletta CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of mass rally of the Labour Party led by Prime Minister Robert Abela 2. various of mass rally of the Nationalist Party led by Bernard Grech STORYLINE: Malta's two candidate parties, the Labour Party and the Nationalist Party, on Thursday evening held their final mass rally respectively in Attard and Valletta, before the general election which is scheduled on Saturday. This will be the first time that Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela leads the Labour Party into an election after replacing Joseph Muscat following the political crisis that unfolded at the end of 2019 and which finally led to Muscat's resignation. The Labour Party is leading in the political surveys by a significant margin with the opposition Nationalist Party failing to make any remarkable inroads, according to some media reports. Malta uses the single transferable vo

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MALTA-PIETA-GENERAL ELECTION-DEBATE

(220325) -- PIETA, March 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Malta's Prime Minister Robert Abela (L) and Malta's Nationalist Party leader Bernard Grech (R) attend a debate in Pieta, Malta, on March 23, 2022. Robert Abela and Bernard Grech held a televised debate, also the final debate on Wednesday night before the country goes to the polls for the general election on March 26. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-VALLETTA-GENERAL ELECTION-RALLY

(220324) -- VALLETTA, March 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Maltese Nationalist Party leader Bernard Grech (Front) addresses a rally in Valletta, Malta, on March 24, 2022. Malta will go to the polls on March 26 after Prime Minister Robert Abela announced a general election on Sunday morning. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-VALLETTA-GENERAL ELECTION-RALLY

(220324) -- VALLETTA, March 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Maltese Nationalist Party leader Bernard Grech addresses a rally in Valletta, Malta, on March 24, 2022. Malta will go to the polls on March 26 after Prime Minister Robert Abela announced a general election on Sunday morning. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)