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Mellieħa monument vandalised
A monument close to the Westreme Battery in the area known as Tunnara (Tunny Net) in Mellieħa was vandalised on Monday night, the Mellieħa council said as it condemned the act. The Westreme Battery...
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Malta's support requested in call for George Cross to be awarded to Gibraltar
UK campaigners have written to the Prime Minister Joseph Muscat calling on Maltese Government support for Gibraltar to be given the George Cross for more than 300 years of dedication and courage to...
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‘I love my wife so much... I named a mite after her’
A Maltese researcher who specialises in reptiles has discovered a new species of mite unique to Malta that lives on geckos – and named it after his wife. “Esther’s gecko mite, or Geckobia estherae, is...
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Man arrested in farewell party before emigrating
A man who was meant to emigrate today can’t leave the country after being caught with drugs on Sunday, a court heard. Darren Vella, 29, from Siġġiewi, was among nine people who were arrested when the...
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PN welcomes Libya oil procurement deal
The Nationalist Party has welcomed the agreement which will see Libya sell energy products to Malta at preferential rates. The party augured that the memorandum of understanding signed this morning,...
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Man recounts how he was stabbed by mother, brother
A man recounted in court today how he was stabbed by his mother and his brother in a fight which took place in the presence of the victim's two young children in Matty Grima Street, Cospicua, on...
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European Court awards Valletta property owner €160,000
A woman from Balzan has been awarded €160,000 by the European Court of Human Rights which ruled that the Government breached her property rights. Agnes Gera de Petri Testaferrata Bonici Ghaxaq’s case...
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Three hurt in Coast Road crash
Three people were hospitalised this afternoon following a three-car collision on the Coast Road in St Andrews. The accident happened at about 4.15 p.m. when two cars collided head-on near Splash and...
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Cabin cruiser aground in Ghadira
This cabin cruiser broke its moorings and ran aground in Ghadira this morning. No one was injured, but the yacht suffered damage to the starboard side of its hull above and below the waterline when it...
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Commissioner orders internal inquiry into CID arraignment blunder
The Police Commissioner has ordered an internal inquiry to establish what led investigators to wrongly accuse a man of committing a hold-up. Peter Paul Zammit said he has given the inquiry board two...
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Government still waiting for results of Air Malta restructuring process
Three years down the line, the Government is still waiting for the results of the Air Malta restructuring process, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said this afternoon. Speaking during a meeting with the...
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PN being rebuilt to become a strong party - Simon Busuttil
PN leader Simon Busuttil said this evening the party was being rebuilt to ensure it would be a strong opposition. Speaking during a party activity in Marsascala, Dr Busuttil said that although it was...
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Cut the dead wood, finance minister tells public sector
Finance Minister Edward Scicluna says "dead wood" in the public sector has to be removed as the Government moves to trim unnecessary expenditure. It was the second time in a week that Prof. Scicluna...
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Woman injured in Bahar ic-Caghaq accident
A 42-year-old woman from Gudja was hospitalised this afternoon after her car overturned on the Coast Road in Bahar ic-Caghaq when she lost control, the police said. Her condition is not yet known. The...
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Prisoner found dead in cell
A prisoner was found dead in his cell at the Corradino Correctional Facility this afternoon, the Government said. Magistrate Edwina Grima is leading an inquiry. Initial indications are excluding the...
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Students cause fracas after being thrown out of club
Three young Spanish men who are in Malta to learn English this morning admitted in court to causing €3,000 worth of damage to a club in Paceville after an argument. The case happened last night. The...
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Updated - 'Burglar' had medical certificate showing he was unfit to sign bail...
Adds arraignment Two men were arrested shortly after breaking into a house this morning in Triq il-Mitħna, Żebbuġ. They were taken to court this afternoon and a police inspector said one of them had a...
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Kappara flyover will cost more than estimated €25 million
Work to transform the congested Kappara junction into a flyover will cost more than the estimated €25 million, a Transport Ministry spokesman said. However, the final figure has not yet been...
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Minister borrows his Chief of Staff's car
National Security Minister Manuel Mallia has borrowed the personal car of his Chief of Staff to cut costs, Times of Malta. The minister’s official licence plates, GM14, were seen fastened to Silvio...
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Updated - Technical experts hand in bendy buses report
Technical experts engaged by the Transport Ministry and Transport Malta have handed in their first report on Arriva's bendy buses, a week after they were taken off the roads following three fires....
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