Thousands of people in Malta have come out to demand justice on the fifth anniversary of the car bomb slaying of an investigative journalist.

A judge in Malta has sentenced two brothers to 40 years in prison each after they pleaded guilty to the car-bomb murder of an anti-corruption journalist.

Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela is claiming victory in his nation's election for Parliament as the vote count continued on Sunday.

Voters in Malta will elect a new Parliament in a few weeks in balloting that will also decide the island nation's next government.

An independent inquiry into the murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has found that the Maltese state “has to bear responsibility” for the assassination because of the culture of impunity emanating from the highest levels of government.

(AP Photo/File)ROME – A former top government aide in Malta who was investigated by a journalist later killed by a car bomb has been arraigned in a Maltese court on charges of money-laundering, fraud and corruption. Maltese government officials on Sunday confirmed the development in the case, widely reported by Maltese media. Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia implicated Schembri in cases of alleged corruption before she was killed in Malta in 2017. In her blog, the journalist wrote boldly about corruption and investigated the financial affairs of Maltese politicians and business figures. Caruana Galizia had written that corruption was rife in Malta’s business and political circles.