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Lifeline's registration questioned, defence says most witnesses 'irrelevant'
The German captain who carried a group of migrants to Malta was once again in court on Thursday to face charges of steering an unregistered boat within Maltese territorial waters without the necessary...
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Watch: "I will break your finger" - videographer threatened by anti-migrant...
An anti-migrant protestor told a Times of Malta videographer to stop filming his antics outside court or else he would break his finger. The young protestor made the threat despite being surrounded...
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PN media chief’s wife gets slot on Net TV
Nationalist Party media chief Pierre Portelli has given a slot on Net TV to a show produced by his wife’s company, Watermelon Media. The move raised questions among some party officials, who deem that...
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Police hit-and-run driver charged with series of car thefts
The 17-year-old who stands accused of the hit-and-run incident that left a police constable badly injured was on Thursday charged with a series of car thefts. Liam Debono was charged with stealing two...
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Watch: Marsalforn rubble tipping was legal... but not in line with ERA method...
Updated at 7.20pm: adds PA statement Footage of a truckful of sand and rubble being dumped at Marsalforn Bay on Thursday has gone viral on social media. Two workers are seen casually tipping the...
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More hotels interested in Gżira seafront lido
Parliament's National Audit Office Accounts Committee on Wednesday concluded its discussion on the transfer of a parcel of land on Gżira seafront to a consortium of four hotels for the development of...
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Two injured in generator battery explosion in Mrieħel
Updated at 7.15pm Two men were injured while servicing a generator at a showroom in Mrieħel on Thursday afternoon. One of the men, a 27-year-old Maltese who lives in Tarxien, suffered grievous...
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Watch: How can you stop a plane from flying to save people? - Gonzi
Former prime minister Lawrence Gonzi questioned the government’s decision to stop a migrants’ rescue spotter plane from operating from Malta, insisting that the main priority should be to save human...
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Eight hospitalised after car mounts pavement in St Julian's
Eight people were hospitalised, one in critical condition, on Friday morning after a car mounted the pavement and rammed into them in St Julian’s. The condition of the victims is not yet known. Four...
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MEPs demand probe on Malta visa ‘racket’
MEPs are collecting signatures to force the European Commission to investigate allegations that an official at the office of Prime Minister Joseph Muscat was running a visa racket. Transcripts of...
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Opposition questions Commission's change of heart on judge's appointment
The Nationalist Party has questioned why the government decided a magistrate should still be appointed judge notwithstanding her being rebuked by the Commission for the Administration of Justice....
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Graffiti sprayed on Gozo cave
The police are investigating graffiti that was spray-painted inside L-Għar tal-Mixta, on the Nadur ridge overlooking Ramla Bay. Photographer Daniel Cilia told the Times of Malta the letters ‘сумьг’...
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Court told about lavish lifestyles of unemployed Degiorgio brothers
Exotic luxury cars, pleasure boats, questionable overseas payments and the huge sums of cash moved through casinos by two of the men charged with the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia were detailed in...
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Malta again fails to take action to fight human trafficking - US State...
Malta has still not secured any human trafficking convictions since 2012 and is, yet again, being urged to “vigorously investigate and prosecute” offences. The yearly Trafficking in Persons Report by...
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Toddler saved from swimming pool two weeks ago dies
A two-year-old girl saved from drowning almost two weeks ago did not make it, the police confirmed. The incident happened in a private residence in Triq Manar on June 27 at about 10am. The toddler, a...
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Nurses’ union apologises to patients as it says strike was a ‘total success’
Widespread industrial action by nurses on Thursday was a “total success”, their union said, apologising to patients impacted by the directives. The Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses ordered...
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Watch: Stranded in Malta, rescuer says NGO clampdown means death sentence
A German rescuer fears European values of solidarity have been washed away amid a clampdown on migrant NGOs. But Martin Kolek from the Sea-Watch humanitarian mission told Times of Malta: "I wont give...
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Young driver who rammed into 8 people was ‘way over’ drink limit
The driver of a car which injured eight people on Friday morning, one critically, was allegedly more than three times over the legal alcohol limit, the Times of Malta has learnt. Sources close to the...
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Mistake at mortuary results in baby's corpse mix-up
The body of the wrong baby was released for burial from the mortuary at Mater Dei Hospital, the Health Ministry revealed on Friday. In a short statement, the ministry said it had initiated an...
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Entrepreneur Hugo Chetcuti in critical condition after being stabbed in...
Updated 9am with attack details Entrepreneur Hugo Chetcuti is in a critical condition after being stabbed in Paceville on Friday night. The police on Saturday confirmed there was a stabbing in an...
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