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Man charged with hit-and-run files appeal
The accused in the hit-and-run accident which led to the death of a cyclist in July 2009 today filed an appeal from a decision given by a judge on April 30 that he was not a vulnerable person and his...
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Accountant claims police tried to get him to admit to crime he did not commit
An accountant who in 2003 was acquitted of defaming then Finance Minister John Dalli by circulating forged documents four years earlier today continued testifying in his constitutional case against...
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Cyrus Engerer case shows Muscat’s lack of political judgement – Busuttil
The Cyrus Engerer conviction case shows Prime Minister Joseph Muscat’s lack of political judgement, according to Opposition leader Simon Busuttil. Speaking ahead of an interview with The Sunday Times...
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St George’s Square carpeted with flowers
It took 100 people 12 weeks, 14 trucks, 80,000 pots and a dose of good teamwork to create Malta’s largest carpet of flowers in St George’s Square, Valletta. The potted flowers of colourful petunias...
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Poacher filmed near St Thomas Bay
A Committee Against Bird Slaughter team this morning filmed a hunter shooting a turtle dove near St Thomas Bay. Cabs said in a statement it will pass the footage on to the police to hopefully identify...
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Updated: Electoral Commission decides for a reprint following Cyrus Engerer's...
The Electoral Commission has decided to reprint the ballot sheets, basing its decision on an article of the General Elections Act which states that the voting papers cannot be printed before 13 days...
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Updated: Cyrus Engerer backs out of European Parliament elections - says...
Cyrus Engerer has withdrawn from the European Parliament elections after he was handed a suspended jail term by a court yesterday. An appeals court found him guilty of computer misuse and distributing...
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Air Malta seat sale
Air Malta is offering a 25 per cent discount on selected routes starting today. Tickets must be bought between today and May 25 and the discount applies for travel between July and September 2014. The...
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Overseas voters in line for €35 flights
Around 2,000 Maltese citizens residing abroad have already applied for the subsidised Air Malta flights being offered to those entitled to vote in the May 24 MEP election, an airline spokesman...
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In the pink
These potted flowers, arranged in the pattern of a Maltese tile in St George’s Square for the largest infiorata in Malta, would stretch from the square to Siġġiewi if placed in a straight line. The...
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Motorcyclist injured in accident
A 23-year-old man from San Gwann was hospitalised this afternoon following an accident. His condition is not yet known. The man was riding a Honda motorbike in the direction of Marsa from Paola when...
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New judge says rehabilitation and not decriminalisation would reduce drug abuse
The decriminalisation of drug possession for first-time offenders would not necessarily reduce abuse and legislators should concentrate on reinforcing the rehabilitation of abusers, Madam Justice...
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450,000 contraband cigarettes found on cabin cruiser
Two men were arrested today after some 450,000 cigarettes on which duty has not been paid were found by the police on a cabin cruiser which had just entered Grand Harbour at around noon. The police...
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Mallia in Denmark ahead of Eurovision final
Home Affairs Minister Manuel Mallia flew to Copenhagen yesterday on the eve of the Eurovision Song Contest final. The ministry’s spokeswoman said Dr Mallia – whose portfolio includes Public...
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Child-grab mother arrested
A German woman was arrested outside the Żabbar home of her former partner after she turned up with a television crew to see their three-year-old son whom she had previously abducted. Police arrested...
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Live blog - Austria wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Austria's Conchita Wurst won this year's edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, with The Netherlands and Sweden coming in second and third respectively. Malta gave a confident performance that was...
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PN calls for removal of Cyrus Engerer from government consultant
Nationalist Party deputy leader Beppe Fenech Adami this afternoon called for the removal of Cyrus Engerer from government consultant in the Home Affairs and Civil Liberties ministries, as well as from...
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Updated: Claudio Grech reacts to PL's call on PN to shoulder responsibility
Nationalist MP Claudio Grech this afternoon reacted to a call by the Labour Party for the PN to shoulder political responsibility for a case he was involved in 20 years ago. The PL said the Opposition...
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Police arrest German woman for harassing former boyfriend
Police this morning arrested a German woman after she turned up outside the Żabbar house of her former partner, with a German television crew, to see their three-year-old son. The woman, Petra Nemet,...
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Austria's 'bearded lady' Conchita Wurst wins Eurovision Song Contest
Austrian drag queen Conchita Wurst, popularly known as "the bearded lady," won the Eurovision Song Contest with the James Bond-theme-like ballad "Rise Like a Phoenix", before a global TV audience of...
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