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Italian 'hackers' operating from Malta - New York Times
Two Italian 'hackers' have been quietly working in Malta on the search for flaws in computer code that governments pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to learn about and exploit, The New York Times...
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Mother and children aged 11, 12 and 14, admit theft
A mother and her three children were arraigned in court today and admitted to theft. The 36-year-old and two daughters and a son, aged 12, 14 and 11 respectively, were accused of stealing mobile...
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Update 3 - Muscat discusses migration with Italian PM - Focus on regional...
UPDATED - Prime Minister Joseph Muscat this afternoon had a meeting in Rome with Italian Prime Minister Entrico Letta, with the focus being on migration. Both prime ministers described their talks as...
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Norman Lowell has sentence reduced
An appeals court this morning confirmed a Magistrates' Court judgement finding right-wing activist Norman Lowell guilty of three charges of inciting racial hatred. However the court overturned a...
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Baby rescued from locked car
A quick-acting traffic policeman this morning forced open a car after it was locked by mistake with the keys – and an 18-month-old baby girl– inside. The incident happened just after 10 a.m. in...
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Brussels to investigate ethics of Dalli trips
The European Commission is delving deeper into the trips and ‘charitable consultancies’ made by John Dalli in the Bahamas to establish whether he breached the code of conduct for commissioners when in...
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Updated - Industrial Tribunal chairmen asked to resign
Industrial Tribunal chairmen have been asked to resign by Social Dialogue Minister Helena Dalli. Sources said that the request was made soon after the change in administration, but it was only...
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Audit office in damning report on Enemalta fuel procurement, hedging between...
The Auditor General today published a damning report on Enemalta's fuel procurement practices and hedging between 2008 and 2010, raising serious questions about lack of record keeping, lack of proper...
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Part of Marfa Road to be resurfaced
Part of Marfa Road in Cirkewwa is to be resurfaced because of defective work, the Transport Ministry said. The work will be carried out between tomorrow and Thursday and traffic flow will be...
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Startled sunbather, 58, rattled by rat on beach
A woman was sunbathing on a Pembroke beach when she felt something on her legs and looked up to get the shock of her life – a rat staring back at her. “It was black with white dots. All of Malta must...
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'Traffic policemen not just there to issue tickets'
A policeman who broke open a car after a baby was mistakenly locked inside said today that there was nothing heroic about his actions but it is important for people to see that traffic policemen are...
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Taxpayers hit by €6m Valletta entry bill
Taxpayers had to stump up almost €6 million to sustain the controlled vehicular access to Valletta as expenditure was twice the revenue, figures show. While the Government has paid €11.7 million for...
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Cardona admits intervention, says he wanted more transparency
Economy Minister Chris Cardona this morning admitted to have intervened in a call for the provision of legal services stating that he wanted to ensure that there was transparency as the criteria used...
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Magisterial inquiry into baby girl's death
A Magisterial inquiry is under way after a baby girl was found dead in Gozo yesterday. The baby was found in an Ghajnsielem house and rushed to Gozo hospital The girl, who was one-month old, did not...
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MP denies MPs enjoy free Valletta parking - GRTU warns against scrapping CVA...
Updated 7.20 p.m. Labour MP Carmelo Abela this evening denied a claim by the GRTU that MPs were able to park in Valletta free of charge, saying they paid a special licence of €46.50 annually in order...
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Settled - Court case filed in 1931
A court case filed in 1931 in Italian was concluded today by the First Hall of the Civil Court after the parties reached a compromise. Mr Justice Silvio Meli said that the case, which had been filed...
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Streaker conditionally discharged
A man who went streaking through Paceville last night was today conditionally discharged for 18 months. 36-year-old Slovak Peter Profant, who lives in Swieqi, was found completely naked by police...
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Island overcome by a ‘tsunami of racism’
A “tsunami of racism” overcame Malta last week, according to Fr Joe Borg who used his Sunday Mass homily to remind his congregation of Pope Francis’s message of tolerance and solidarity towards...
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Italian 'hackers' operating from Malta - New York Times
Two Italian 'hackers' have been quietly working in Malta on the search for flaws in computer code that governments pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to learn about and exploit, The New York Times...
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Update 3 - Muscat discusses migration with Italian PM - Focus on regional...
UPDATED - Prime Minister Joseph Muscat this afternoon had a meeting in Rome with Italian Prime Minister Entrico Letta, with the focus being on migration. Both prime ministers described their talks as...
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