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Man injured in fight with nephew
A 60-year-old man from Hamrun was grievously injured in an argument he allegedly had with his nephew yesterday, the police said. They said the incident happened when the victim was allegedly assaulted...
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Early migrating birds shot - Birdlife
Some of this autumn’s first migrating birds have already been shot and killed by illegal hunters, Birdlife said today. The shooting took place in four locations around Malta over the past two days....
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Girl, 13, hit by car while cycling
A 13-year-old cyclist suffered fractures when she was hit by a car yesterday, at about 9.20 p.m., in Triq il-Wied, Iklin, the police said today. The girl was on her bike going home when she hit by a...
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Arsonist targets real estate office, bar owner puts out the flames
The door of a property dealer's office in Tower Road,Sliema were set on fire by an arsonist last night. The blaze was reported at 2 am by the owner of a nearby bar, a 31-year-old who lives in Qrendi....
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Man stabbed in stomach
A 25-year-old man who was wounded during an alleged scuffle with a 45-year-old woman and a 22-year-old man, all of whom live in Cospicua, is in a stable condition, the police said. They said the man...
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The Briton who’s got Malta under his skin
Briton Mick Johnson is Malta’s unofficial brand ambassador as he proudly wears his love of the island on his sleeve – literally. Both of his large, tanned biceps are covered with tattoos of iconic...
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Updated - Bus passengers hurt in Zabbar crash
Three elderly female passengers were injured early this morning, two of them grievously, when the bus they were on crashed into a parked pick-up truck. The incident happened on Triq Wied il-Ghajn. The...
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A chef who got into a loud argument with his girlfriend in Paceville yesterday and then resisted the police who intervened, was today condemned to five months in jail suspended for a year. Ian Saliba,...
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Government denies Birdlife's claim that autumn trapping proposal is 'inside...
(Adds Government statement) The Wild Bird Regulations Unit’s (WBRU) proposal for a derogation to allow trapping of song thrush and golden plover this autumn was described by Birdlife Malta as “an...
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Mother accused of stabbing son
A mother was accused today of stabbing one of her sons in an incident in Cospicua on Monday. Nikolina Portelli, 45 along with her son Larson Grech 22, both from Cospicua, were accused of attempting...
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PL approves first group of MEP candidates
Former Prime Minister Alfred Sant and the former head of the Civil Protection Department Peter Cordina are among the Labour Party’s candidates for the MEP elections. In a statement this evening, the...
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Group promoting nudist beaches prepared to take matter to Europe
A group pushing for the legalisation of nudist beaches in Malta said tonight it is prepared to take the matter to European liberal parliamentarians and organisations due to a lack of response from...
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Proposal for Villa Rosa grounds, Cresta Quay to be redeveloped
The Villa Rosa grounds in St George’s Bay may be landscaped and partly redeveloped into a shopping complex, offices, a hotel, language school, apartments and bungalows under two applications that have...
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Labour's Mintoff monument to be ready before April
The Labour Party's monument to Dom Mintoff will be ready before April and will show the former Prime Minister in a calm and intellectual pose dressed in what Prime Minister Joseph Muscat described as...
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Two come to blows over wheely bin
A man was this morning charged with injuring a Malian street sweeper whom he allegedly hit with a spade after an argument. Alan Harmsworth, 36, from Marsa pleaded not guilty to injuring Bakare Tesigue...
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Updated - Turkish man arrested, arraigned after jumping into the sea to avoid...
Updated - adds arraignment details A Turkish man jumped into the sea in an attempt to escape the police after resisting arrest and injuring a sergeant and constable yesterday at about 8.30 p.m., the...
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Update 4 - First August storm since 2006 - motorists told to avoid Kirkop...
Video was recorded yesterday. A hailstorm and severe thunderstorm hit several parts of Malta and Gozo this morning, causing some localised flooding and power cuts, but no serious damage was reported....
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Abandoned sailors get warrant for ship arrest
Twenty-one Filipino sailors and a Pakistani captain abandoned on a cargo vessel in Maltese waters by their financially stricken mother company have successfully pleaded for a Maltese court to issue a...
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Legal complications delaying decision on judge
Legal complications, a long list of witnesses and a “rather slow pace” mean the Commission for the Administration of Justice will take time to decide on an impeachment motion against a senior judge....
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Police inspector sues weekly paper for libel
A police inspector yesterday filed a libel case against Malta Today over a report claiming he had been investigated in connection with arson at the newspaper editor’s residence. Elton Taliana, the...
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