Couple hospitalised after argument turns violent in Marsascala
Updated 4.30pm An argument between a man and a woman in Marsascala descended into violence on Sunday afternoon, with police dispatched to the scene following reports of a stabbing. The incident at a...
View ArticleAbandoned baby under formal care of Aġenzija Appoġġ
Aġenzija Appoġġ will be assuming responsibility of a baby found abandoned in Buġibba on Friday, shortly after it was delivered, the government said. The duty magistrate informed the chief executive of...
View ArticleTeenage girl found alive and well
A 14-year-old girl reported missing has been found alive and well, police said on Sunday. Police had made a public appeal for information about the whereabouts of teenager Nathea Xuereb on Saturday...
View Article2,000 Maltese were sent to Italian concentration camps during WWII
The 43 Maltese nationals deported to Uganda in 1942 were not the only World War II internees, new research has revealed. It turns out that a group of 2,000 Maltese people were sent to concentration...
View ArticleMalta must settle national day question 'once and for all' - President
President Marie-Louise Coleiro-Preca believes the time is ripe for Malta to decide “once and for all” on a national day following a period of reflection and a national debate. She said although there...
View ArticleSeven monuments get Daphne posters as activists hit back at 'cowardly'...
Updated 2.57pm Activists incensed by a government decision to hoard up the Great Siege monument in Valletta marked seven different national monuments with tributes to Daphne Caruana Galizia overnight...
View ArticlePM's personal lawyer is redacting Egrant report
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat’s personal lawyer is redacting the 1,500-page Egrant inquiry report himself, despite the Attorney General, the magistrate who wrote it, police investigators and several...
View Article'They just turned up and bulldozed our property’
Owners of the land adjacent to Tal-Balal Road are fuming over the failure of any State entity to inform them that part of their private property would be taken up to widen the thoroughfare. Aggrieved...
View ArticleBaby Cristiano's mother found and taken to newborn child
Updated 7.55pm with details The 22-year-old mother of a baby found abandoned in Buġibba on Friday just hours after he was born has been identified and reunited with her son at Mater Dei...
View ArticleFrom 50 storeys to ground level: Delimara chimney reaches rock bottom
The Delimara power station chimney - Malta's highest structure - is no more. Enemalta had started the process of demolishing the 150m chimney a year ago, with over 5,400 cubic metres of concrete and...
View ArticleDrivers being warned of police camera ahead
At the crack of dawn on Sunday, a team of police traffic officers were setting up one of their new high-tech laser ‘gun’ cameras on its tripod at the side of the road, waiting for cars to start...
View ArticleLive: Hugo Chetcuti's hospital battle chronicled in court
The compilation of evidence against Bojan Cmelik over the alleged murder of Hugo Chetcuti is continuing today. Doctors who saw to Mr Chetcuti at Mater Dei Hospital are currently giving their...
View ArticleWatch: Speed guns catching 26 drivers an hour
Traffic police are issuing 26 fines an hour on average to drivers when using laser guns that can detect a speeding vehicle from more than two kilometres away. Inspector Sergio Pisani of the Police...
View ArticleOver 10,000 square metres of virgin land to be lost
Over 10,000 square metres of agricultural land will be lost to widen Triq Buqana, in the limits of Rabat, but the government is insisting that some of it is required to save a line of trees near the...
View ArticleFlamingo and heron found shot in two separate incidents
Two more protected birds were found wounded after having been shot by hunters on Sunday, BirdLife Malta said. A young flamingo was found wounded in the Dwejra area of Gozo by a tourist, who alerted...
View ArticlePolice ask Caruana Galizia supporters to leave monument area
Updated at 2.30pm Three supporters of Daphne Caruana Galizia placing candles, photos and flowers, at the Great Siege monument were asked to leave the area as they were within a zone protected by...
View ArticleFrom Libya to Safi, waiting for a lifeline
The NGO vessel MV Lifeline docked in Malta at the end of June after the government finally reached a deal with seven other European countries to jointly relocate the 234 rescued migrants aboard. It...
View ArticleBudget on October 22
The government will be presenting its 2019 budget on October 22, Finance Minister Edward Scicluna announced on Monday. Speaking during a pre-budget consultation meeting, Prof. Scicluna said Malta was...
View ArticleWatch: Żebbuġ shared cycle lanes, roundabouts "dangerous" - lobby group
The new ‘shared lane’ intended to be used by both motorists and cyclists on Mdina Road in Żebbuġ was “dangerous” according to a cyclists’ lobby group, which is also urging cyclists to beware of using...
View ArticlePN explains as NGOs describe Delia's anti-migrant remarks as disgusting
Updated at 8.40pm with PN's explanation below - A group of NGOs has slammed comments about foreign workers made by Adrian Delia on Sunday as “abhorrent”, saying they were intended to generate hatred,...
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