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Former Mepa official cleared of receiving money he was not entitled to
A former Mepa official has been cleared of receiving money which as a public official he was not entitled to and defrauding Joseph Micallef of Mosta in October 1998. Magistrate Antonio Mizzi said the...
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Time for science in primary schools to be tripled as study shows weaknesses
The government is committed to triple the allocated time for science in primary schools as from next scholastic year, Education Minister Evarist Bartolo said today. He said this would be done through...
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Air Malta losses reached €25m last year
Tourism Minister Karmenu Vella said at the opening of the Amitex travel fair this evening that Air Malta's losses in the year which ended in March were €25m - €10m more than the operational losses...
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Man charged with stealing handbag belonging to Parliamentary Secretary's...
A 26-year-old man from Birkirkara pleaded not guilty to stealing the handbag of Parliamentary Secretary Jose Herrera’s daughter from Ryan’s Pub in St Julian’s, where he worked as a security guard, on...
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JPM Brothers cleared of bribing former Finance Minister's private secretary
Contractors JPM Brothers were this morning acquitted of bribing the former private secretary of Tonio Fenech, then Finance Minister. Noel Borg Hedley, of Gzira, had in May 2011 admitted to receiving...
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MEP calls for suspension of OLAF director-general
The rapporteur for OLAF Regulation, Inge Gräßle, from the EPP, has called on the European Commission responsible for anti-fraud Algirdas Semeta to pull the emergency brake and suspend OLAF...
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Updated - Two hurt in Xemxija crash
Two men were injured in a head-on crash involving a Toyota Yaris car and a Kia van at Xemxija Hill at 7 am. One of the men was trapped in the wreckage of his car and was rescued by rescuers of the...
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SDM win University Students' Council elections
SDM have retained control of the KSU University Students' Council, winning 1,948 votes in the election held yesterday. All 11 of the SDM candidates were elected. The results were announced at 3am to...
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Commission tells Malta to change bus fares system - government: no intention...
The Government has insisted it has no intention of raising bus fares, despite accepting that the two-tier pricing structure will have to change. It confirmed that the European Commission has...
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Updated: Boston bomb hunt: man shot dead
One of two suspects in the shooting of a campus police officer is dead and a massive manhunt is under way for another, who is tied to the Boston Marathon bombing, police said today. Shortly after the...
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Middlesea Group registers €17.98 million profit after tax
Middlesea Group profit after tax rose from €3.11 million in 2011 to €17.98 million last year. Addressing the annual general meeting today, chairman Martin Galea referred to Middlesea’s membership in...
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Parliamentary motion for setting up of committee on economic and financial...
A parliamentary motion has been presented for the creation of a standing committee on economic and financial affairs, Speaker Anglu Farrugia said this afternoon. There is cross-party agreement on the...
View ArticleRadio stations off air
Nearly all radio stations in Malta are off the air this morning because of maintenance work on the Gharghur transmission tower being carried out by the Broadcasting Authority.
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BirdLife volunteer compares local bird shooting to 'scene from a warzone'
BirdLife Malta today questioned the ability of the government and the police to properly control and limit the spring hunting season in accordance with its derogation of the EU Birds Directive that...
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Migrant's body kept in hospital morgue for two years
A Nigerian who died in suspicious circumstances on April 16, 2011 has remained frozen in the morgue as the authorities consider what action to take following the magisterial inquiry. Ifeanyi Nwokoye,...
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Hooded hunters to be taken to court
Two hooded men found hunting illegally are to be taken to court, the Government has said. The two were observed at the Foresta 2000 nature reserve and arrested by the police administrative law...
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Mario de Marco: 'I am different from my father'
PN leadership contender Mario de Marco has said he is “radically different” from his father, the late President Guido de Marco, who served as party deputy leader for many years. “If there are...
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Government's first co-ed secondary school from next year
Boys attending Sta Klara College will as from next year be gradually integrated into Pembroke Secondary School to create Malta's first state co-education school, Education Minister Evarist Bartolo...
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Gonzi speaks about his health, future... and SMSs
Opposition leader Lawrence Gonzi in an interview tomorrow speaks about the troubles he faced in the last legislature before his party's heavy electoral defeat. In a candid interview in The Sunday...
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‘Point of reference’ is giving orders at Mepa
A planning authority officer, described by Parliamentary Secretary Michael Farrugia as his “point of reference”, has been making decisions and issuing orders to staff, according to insiders. The...
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