Watch: Here's what artists are demanding

Malta’s entertainment industry is currently engaged in ongoing discussions with authorities in an attempt to find the best possible solutions to make events safe and sustainable.  The talks have dragged on for days, with one meeting on Tuesday lasting over four hours. A planned protest set to take place on Thursday was later called off, with the association saying a new date would be announced if the talks fail. But what are the artists calling for exactly?  MEIA vice-president Toni Attard spoke to Times of Malta on Monday, before the protest was cancelled on Tuesday. According to Attard, the association and artists are mainly calling for a ‘level-playing field’.  “We are an industry, an economic operator and therefore we need to make sure that this sector can operate, responsibly in a controlled environment and sustainably. Unfortunately the new measures do not allow any of these three to happen,” he said.  The government announced that as of July 5, seated mass events will resume for those who are fully vaccinated, with entry only allowed to those with a Maltese vaccine certificate in hand.  The events will have capacity capped at 100 people at first, going up gradually to...