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European Parliament President Metsola casts vote in Malta

STORY: European Parliament President Metsola casts vote in Malta SHOOTING TIME: June 8, 2024 DATELINE: June 9, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: SLIEMA, Malta CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Metsola arriving at a polling station 2. various of Metsola casting at a polling station STORYLINE: President of the European Parliament (EP), Maltese national Roberta Metsola cast her vote on Saturday at a polling station in Sliema, eastern Malta, for the elections of the European Parliament and Malta's local councils. Malta joined many other European countries on Saturday to elect the politicians who will represent the country in the European Parliament and those who will lead the local councils for the next five years. Being the smallest member state, Malta only has six seats in the EP. The EP elections are set to be a pivotal moment for the European Union (EU) since they will shape the bloc's future policies amid escalating geopolitical tensions and internal economic struggles. In the first post-Bre

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MALTA-SLIEMA-INT'L FIREWORKS FESTIVAL

(240504) -- SLIEMA, May 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 3, 2024 from Sliema, Malta shows fireworks during the grand finale of the Malta International Fireworks Festival. The annual fireworks festival kicked off here on April 20. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-SLIEMA-INT'L FIREWORKS FESTIVAL

(240504) -- SLIEMA, May 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 3, 2024 from Sliema, Malta shows fireworks during the grand finale of the Malta International Fireworks Festival. The annual fireworks festival kicked off here on April 20. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-SLIEMA-INT'L FIREWORKS FESTIVAL

(240504) -- SLIEMA, May 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 3, 2024 from Sliema, Malta shows fireworks during the grand finale of the Malta International Fireworks Festival. The annual fireworks festival kicked off here on April 20. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-SLIEMA-INT'L FIREWORKS FESTIVAL

(240504) -- SLIEMA, May 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 3, 2024 from Sliema, Malta shows fireworks during the grand finale of the Malta International Fireworks Festival. The annual fireworks festival kicked off here on April 20. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-SLIEMA-BLACK FRIDAY

(231125) -- SLIEMA, Nov. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People walk past a shop with an advert of Black Friday offers on the window in Sliema, Malta, Nov. 24, 2023. Retailers are bracing themselves for a mediocre Black Friday this year, with inflation and families' reduced spending power likely to affect sales in Malta. TO GO WITH "Feature: Retailers brace for impact of inflation on Black Friday sales" (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-SLIEMA-BLACK FRIDAY

(231125) -- SLIEMA, Nov. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A man walks past a shop with an advert of Black Friday offers on the window in Sliema, Malta, Nov. 24, 2023. Retailers are bracing themselves for a mediocre Black Friday this year, with inflation and families' reduced spending power likely to affect sales in Malta. TO GO WITH "Feature: Retailers brace for impact of inflation on Black Friday sales" (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-SLIEMA-BLACK FRIDAY

(231125) -- SLIEMA, Nov. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An advert of Black Friday offers is seen in Sliema, Malta, Nov. 24, 2023. Retailers are bracing themselves for a mediocre Black Friday this year, with inflation and families' reduced spending power likely to affect sales in Malta. TO GO WITH "Feature: Retailers brace for impact of inflation on Black Friday sales" (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-VALLETTA-FIREWORKS FESTIVAL

(230424) -- VALLETTA, April 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken in Sliema on April 24, 2023 shows fireworks exploding during the Malta International Fireworks Festival in Valletta, Malta. The annual fireworks festival kicked off on Monday and will last until April 30. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-VALLETTA-FIREWORKS FESTIVAL

(230424) -- VALLETTA, April 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken in Sliema on April 24, 2023 shows fireworks exploding during the Malta International Fireworks Festival in Valletta, Malta. The annual fireworks festival kicked off on Monday and will last until April 30. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-VALLETTA-FIREWORKS FESTIVAL

(230424) -- VALLETTA, April 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken in Sliema on April 24, 2023 shows fireworks exploding during the Malta International Fireworks Festival in Valletta, Malta. The annual fireworks festival kicked off on Monday and will last until April 30. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-VALLETTA-FIREWORKS FESTIVAL

(230424) -- VALLETTA, April 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken in Sliema on April 24, 2023 shows fireworks exploding during the Malta International Fireworks Festival in Valletta, Malta. The annual fireworks festival kicked off on Monday and will last until April 30. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-STORM

(230210) -- SLIEMA (MALTA), Feb. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- High waves pound the coast in Sliema, Malta, on Feb. 10, 2023. High winds and waves caused damage across Malta, including several historic sites, as storm Helios battered the island on Thursday and Friday. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-STORM

(230210) -- SLIEMA (MALTA), Feb. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- High waves pound the coast in Sliema, Malta, on Feb. 10, 2023. High winds and waves caused damage across Malta, including several historic sites, as storm Helios battered the island on Thursday and Friday. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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People in Malta celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year

STORY: People in Malta celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year DATELINE: Jan. 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:02 LOCATION: Valletta CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Spring Festival celebration event STORYLINE: Celebrations of the Chinese Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival, were held in Malta's largest shopping mall in Sliema, a commercial centre in eastern Malta on Saturday. With the lion and dragon dance performance, brought by the Malta School of Wushu-Longgui, kicking off the celebrations, hundreds of local residents and tourists were attracted by the dance performance, the martial arts performance, and experienced activities such as Chinese calligraphy and painting, lantern folding and traditional Chinese medicine services. The event was co-organized by the China Cultural Centre in Malta and The Point shopping mall, where giant electronic screens in the shopping mall also displayed posters and videos showing the Year of the Rabbit. The "Chinese Lantern Workshop" set up by the China Cultural Center was

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MALTA-SLIEMA-SPRING FESTIVAL-EVENT

(230129) -- SLIEMA, Jan. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Children paint rabbits with Chinese brushes in Sliema, Malta, Jan. 28, 2023. An event to celebrate the Chinese New Year or Spring Festival was held in a shopping mall in Sliema on Saturday. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-SLIEMA-SPRING FESTIVAL-EVENT

(230129) -- SLIEMA, Jan. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People watch lion dance in Sliema, Malta, Jan. 28, 2023. An event to celebrate the Chinese New Year or Spring Festival was held in a shopping mall in Sliema on Saturday. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-SLIEMA-SPRING FESTIVAL-EVENT

(230129) -- SLIEMA, Jan. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Children learn to fold lanterns with the Chinese character "fu," which means good fortune, in Sliema, Malta, Jan. 28, 2023. An event to celebrate the Chinese New Year or Spring Festival was held in a shopping mall in Sliema on Saturday. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-SLIEMA-WARM DECEMBER DAY

(221216) -- SLIEMA, Dec. 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People spend time at the seaside of the Mediterranean Sea in Sliema, Malta, on Dec. 16, 2022. The maximum temperature reached 24 degrees Celsius in Malta on Friday, the warmest December day in almost 60 years, according to the country's meteorological office. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-SLIEMA-WARM DECEMBER DAY

(221216) -- SLIEMA, Dec. 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People spend time at the seaside of the Mediterranean Sea in Sliema, Malta, on Dec. 16, 2022. The maximum temperature reached 24 degrees Celsius in Malta on Friday, the warmest December day in almost 60 years, according to the country's meteorological office. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-SLIEMA-WARM DECEMBER DAY

(221216) -- SLIEMA, Dec. 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People spend time at the seaside of the Mediterranean Sea in Sliema, Malta, on Dec. 16, 2022. The maximum temperature reached 24 degrees Celsius in Malta on Friday, the warmest December day in almost 60 years, according to the country's meteorological office. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-SLIEMA-SCHEME-BEVERAGE CONTAINERS-RECYCLING

(221118) -- SLIEMA (MALTA), Nov. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A worker maintains a beverage container recycling machine in Sliema, Malta, on Nov. 18, 2022. An environmental initiative was launched in Malta this week, aiming specifically to boost the collection of single-use plastic, glass and aluminum beverage containers. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-SLIEMA-SCHEME-BEVERAGE CONTAINERS-RECYCLING

(221118) -- SLIEMA (MALTA), Nov. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man puts a beverage container into a recycling machine in Sliema, Malta, on Nov. 18, 2022. An environmental initiative was launched in Malta this week, aiming specifically to boost the collection of single-use plastic, glass and aluminum beverage containers. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-BREAD SUBSIDY-FOOD PRICE

(220508) -- VALLETTA, May 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Bakers make traditional Maltese bread at a bakery in Sliema, Malta, on April 20, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Bread subsidy provides lifeline amid surging food prices in Malta" (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-BREAD SUBSIDY-FOOD PRICE

(220508) -- VALLETTA, May 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A baker makes traditional Maltese bread at a bakery in Sliema, Malta, on April 20, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Bread subsidy provides lifeline amid surging food prices in Malta" (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-SLIEMA-BAKERY

(220421) -- SLIEMA, April 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Bakers make traditional Maltese bread at a bakery in Sliema, Malta, on April 20, 2022. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-SLIEMA-BAKERY

(220421) -- SLIEMA, April 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 20, 2022 shows traditional Maltese bread at a bakery in Sliema, Malta. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-SLIEMA-BAKERY

(220421) -- SLIEMA, April 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A customer stands outside of a bakery to buy bread in Sliema, Malta, on April 20, 2022. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-VALLETTA-GENERAL ELECTIONS

(220327) -- VALLETTA, March 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People enter a polling station to cast their votes in Sliema, 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)