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Malta News ROUNDUP PUPILS MUST WEAR MASKS IN CLASS BUT OTHER SCHOOL MEASURES EASED Schools will re-open in September but student must still wear masks in class. P.E., lab work, fieldwork and classroom birthday parties will still go on. Education Minister Justyne Caruana said students in Year 8 and under will have to sit 1.5 metres apart whereas those in Year 9 and over have to keep their desks one metre apart. AIR MALTA ADOPTS GENDER-NEUTRAL PHRASES Air Malta announced they will be using gender neutral terms like “guests” and “passengers” instead of phrases like “ladies and gentlemen”. The airline said diversity and equality were core values at Air Malta. MALTESE STILL RELUCTANT TO GO ON HOLIDAY A survey commissioned by Times of Malta found that many people are still unlikely to take a holiday in the coming months despite fear of travelling lifting. The survey found that 54 per cent of respondents were generally concerned about travelling. This is split between 44 per cent who say they are “not at all comfortable”, and a further 10 per cent who say they are “rather uncomfortable”. 24 COMPANIES RENOUNCED MALTA LICENCE AFTER GREYLISTING- PN Some 24 companies have moved from Malta since the country was greylisted by the Financial Action Task Force. This has compounded uncertainty in the financial services industry, the Nationalist Party said. JOHN DALLI TO FACE CHARGES OVER €60 MILLION BRIBERY SCANDAL John Dalli is set to face criminal charges over an attempt by his aide to solicit a €60 million bribe to help overturn an EU-wide ban on snus, a form of smokeless tobacco. At the time the alleged bribe was solicited, Dalli was the European commissioner for health leading reforms to the EU’s tobacco directive. 35
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