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317,000 counterfeit euro banknotes withdrawn from circulation
A total of 317,000 counterfeit euro banknotes were withdrawn from circulation in the first half of the year, 26.3 per cent more than in the same period last year. The European Central Bank said in a...
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Informal gardens of Villa Mekrech scheduled
The informal gardens of Villa Mekrech in Ghaxaq have been scheduled by the Malta Environment and Planning Authority last week, Flimkien Ghal Ambjient Ahjar announced this morning. Speaking during a...
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Journalists tour detention centres
Members of the press were today given a tour of the Safi and Hal Far detention which house almost 1,000 migrants together. Many of the irregular immigrants came via Libya from Somalia and Eritrea....
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Temporary closure of family park raises questions - PN spokesmen
The government’s decision to temporarily close the Family Park in Marsascala because of a fault in the hydrolyser at the adjacent recycling plant raised a number of questions, PN spokesmen George...
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Minister asks police to investigate oil procurement process
The police have been requested to investigate whether Enemalta's oil procurement process between 2008 and May 2011 involved criminal conduct. Energy Minister Konrad Mizzi requested the Police...
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PM asked about declarations of assets
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said this morning he always believed the declarations of assets submitted by ministers, including this time. Asked if he believed the declarations submitted by his...
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Man injured in traffic accident
A 26-year-old man from St Julian's was grievously injured after the car he was driving overturned in Regional Road, Sta Venera He is not in a critical condition. The accident happened at 2.40pm when...
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Standard and Poor's affirms Malta's BBB+/A-2 rating
The credit agency Standard and Poor's has affirmed the long- and short-term sovereign credit ratings on Malta's rating at 'BBB+/A-2' - outlook stable. The government welcomed the decision and...
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Seventeen officers return to the Police Force
Seventeen officers were reinstated in the police force today, 13 as constables, four as sergeants. Commissioner Peter Paul Zammit said that although the officers already knew police work, learning has...
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Minister says he cannot publish document
Economy Minister Chris Cardona will not publish a report defending his controversial decision to change the results of a public call for legal services, claiming commercial sensitivity. Last Monday Dr...
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‘It’s good here – there is no one trying to kill me’
A chunky padlock clicks open, followed by the creaking sound of a sliding metal gate, and a pack of journalists and photographers stream into the Safi detention centre. Some of the residents are still...
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Updated: 19-hour power cut in Mosta area
Power is expected to be restored to the parts of Mosta still in blackout at around 7pm, according to an Enemalta spokeswoman. Parts of Mosta and Targa Gap have been without power since midnight after...
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Caution urged over omega-3 diet claim
Doctors should wait for “clearer evidence” about recent research linking high levels of omega-3 to prostate cancer before recommending changes to patients’ fish-eating habits, according to Health...
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Woman refuses to give taxi driver an address then injures policewoman
A Swedish woman who wanted a taxi driver to take her home but refused to give him an address was this morning given a six-month jail term suspended for 18 months after she admitted to slightly...
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Updated: Migrants injured in fight at Safi detention centre
A number of irregular migrants held at the Safi Detention Centre were injured in a fight at around 3.30pm. Eight were taken to Mater Dei hospital, one of them suffering from grievous injuries and 10...
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Police investigate shooting incident in Qormi
No one was injured in a shooting incident in St Edward Street, Qormi, this morning. The police said people who heard the shots reported the incident to the police who went on site at around 4.30 am....
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Updated: Family park to close down temporarily
The Marsascala family park is being temporarily closed at the advice of experts who recommended it should be declared "out of bounds". Their recommendation was made because of a fault in the adjacent...
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Dalli’s daughter working for him at hospital
Health Minister Godfrey Farrugia said he was aware John Dalli’s own daughter was working as his personal assistant in his new role as Mater Dei Hospital reform chief. Dr Farrugia said Mr Dalli had...
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Update 3: Close relative charged with double murder
Jason Galea, the brother-in-law and uncle of two men murdered on Wednesday, this evening plead not guilty to both murders. Mr Galea, 39, of Birzebbuga, was charged with shooting drug trafficker Mario...
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Sports organisations signed land deals in election run-up
Memorandums of understanding and contracts on the transfer of public land were signed with 11 sports organisations in the run-up to the last general election, one of them as late on the ‘day of...
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