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Malta News ROUNDUP Parliament voted in favour of Constitutional amendments to widen the participation of women in the Chamber. The reform introduces a requirement of 40 per cent minimum representation of either gender in parliament in the next legislatures. Investigations revealed that a secretive company called Macbridge is owned by Chen Cheng, a Chinese negotiator involved in multimillion projects by Enemalta. Macbridge was listed as a target client by offshore companies owned by Minister Konrad Mizzi and chief of staff Keith Schembri. Malta presented a five-year state aid financing plan for Air Malta to the European Commission. Meanwhile the government has transferred the national carrier’s brand name to IP Holding, a public company, for €21 million. The Nationalist Party suffered an attack on its IT systems, with hackers threatening to publish stolen data unless their demands for payment are met. Party sources said that stolen information posted on the dark web seems genuine. The government is planning to allow restaurants to re-open by midMay, but not dates have been set for bars and band clubs. Health authorities prefer to open restaurants first and see whether this will have any impact on coronavirus cases before reopening bars. The Cabinet rejected a pardon request by the alleged hitmen in the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder, who requested immunity in exchange for information on major crimes. In a statement, the 35
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