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Brussels says 2014 Budget lacks details, invites Malta to 'address risks'
The European Commission expressed its concerns about Malta’s budget for 2014, stating that the plan presented by Malta lacked details. The Commission invited Malta to “take the necessary measures...
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Truck rolls off Palace square, damages cars
A large trailer truck rolled off Palace Square in Valletta and crashed into a building in Archbishop Street, a few metres below, this morning. The incident happened at 4.30am. No one was injured but...
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Fire destroys car in Blata l-Bajda
This Corsa car was extensively damaged by fire which broke out as soon as it was started this evening. The incident happened in Blata l-Bajda. The driver and a passenger, both elderly, got out unharmed.
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Government helps PL in talks on Pembroke properties development
The Government has intervened to reopen negotiations between the Labour Party and a private company over a multi-million euro property in St Andrew’s/Pembroke. The Government’s decision to withdraw...
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Two hospitalised after Attard crash
A man and a woman were hospitalised this afternoon after a crash between their motorcycle and a car. The incident happened on the Rabat road in Attard, early this afternoon.
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28,000 travelled free to Gozo
Update 2 - Some 28,000 passengers crossed to Gozo during the free travel weekend between last Friday and Sunday. The Gozo Tourism Association said today that it hoped that the initiative would open up...
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Casa: We will do our best to stop citizenship scheme in the European Parliament
Nationalist MEP David Casa said this morning that he and fellow MEP Roberta Metsola would be doing their best in the European Parliament to stop the government's citizenship scheme. Speaking at a...
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Drug courier picked up drug, flight tickets, from dustbins
A drug courier has been jailed for 11 years and fined €23,000 after he admitted to association to import heroin and being in possession of heroin. Justo Ernesto Belliver Bayo was arrested on June 17,...
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Patients may face higher fees to cover doctors' insurance
Patients may face higher fees from private doctors due to the introduction of mandatory insurance cover for healthcare professionals, the Medical Association of Malta has warned. Aimed at providing...
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Attorney General says Holmes’ decision is just
Attorney General Peter Grech agrees with his predecessor’s decision to have first-time offender Daniel Holmes tried in the superior court. An appeals court last month upheld Mr Holmes’s...
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Citizenship scheme needs to be taken back to parliament to drop secrecy...
Opposition leader Simon Busuttil said today that the citizenship scheme would need to be taken back to Parliament if the government was truly dropping the secrecy clause. This, he said, was an...
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Passengers evacuate bus after smoke seen
An Arriva route bus was evacuated this morning after passengers noticed smoke coming from the area of the rear wheel wells. An eyewitness said some people literally ran from the bus. However no flames...
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Married couple in jail for drug trafficking
A husband and wife - Robert and Pauline Cilia - were today jailed for six years and fined €23,000 each for trafficking ecstasy and cocaine. The two were arrested as they drove to Naxxar on May 25,...
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PN reacts as Government denies need to take citizenship scheme back to...
The government denied this afternoon that it needs to take the citizenship scheme back to Parliament in order to remove the secrecy clause. It said this was part of subsidiary legislation. Reacting to...
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Two arrested, one hospitalised after Fgura fight
A 67-year-old man from Tarxien was injured this afternoon when he was assaulted by two men outside a bar in Hompesch Road, Fgura. The incident happened at around 2.30 p.m. The other two men involved,...
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Man admits impersonating policeman in Sliema robbery
Brian Pace, 39, of Paola, this morning admitted in court to impersonating a police officer and robbing two elderly women in their home in Sliema. Pace was arrested yesterday when he turned himself in...
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Prince Charles remembers 'remarkable' Dom Mintoff and his water skiing
Prince Charles spoke of his memories of the 'remarkable' Dom Mintoff and his passion for water skiing at a dinner hosted by the Commonwealth heads of government in Sri Lanka. In his speech he referred...
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Passports, 'golden visas' are a draw to Europe
When Edward Hu bought a holiday home in Portugal's most popular tourist spot in September, the Chinese agricultural entrepreneur got a Europe-wide family travel permit thrown in for as long as he owns...
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Updated - Malta to host CHOGM 2015
Malta is to host the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in 2015 following a unanimous decision this morning by the Commonwealth heads of government. The unexpected decision was taken...
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New video - Australian rescued at Ghajn Tuffieha after fall off cliff
A 23-year-old Australian man was rescued this afternoon after he fell into a narrow crevice in the rocks on the cliff known as It-taflija between Ghajn Tuffieha and Gnejna Bay. The incident happened...
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