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A week of illustrious visitors and celebrations
The above is a selection of some of the best pictures taken this week by the news photographers of The Times and The Sunday Times.
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Hotel director tampered with electricity meters
The director of the former Les Lapin Hotel in Ta’ Xbiex was this morning conditionally discharged for one year and ordered to pay €160 in court expenses after he was found guilty of tampering with the...
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Mayors give thumbs down to bendy buses
The Local Councils Association is compiling a report with councils’ complains on the public transport service which it will be passing on to Arriva. The association will be giving the company a month...
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Wind power... might as well invest in Scotland
It pays more to buy electricity produced by Scottish wind farms than dotting the seascape with wind turbines, according to a University professor and engineer. Robert Ghirlando, who heads the...
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Political parties have to carry out data cleaning exercise - tribunal
A decision by the Data Protection Commissioner asking political parties to carry out a data cleaning exercise to ensure all e-mail addresses contained in their database complied with the law’s...
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Man charged with girlfriend's attempted murder
A man was this afternoon remanded in custody after he pleaded not guilty to attempting to murder his girlfriend early this morning. The court heard that Anthony Galea had an argument with his...
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Updated: Man, 75, charged with blackmailing Rita Schembri
A 75-year-old man was remanded in custody after he pleaded not guilty to blackmailing Rita Schembri. Ms Schembri is the director general of the Internal Audit and Investigations directorate, a post...
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Government mum on whether Farrugia should resign EU post
The Government will not comment on whether Vince Farrugia should resign his post on a European body for civil society after a court witness alleged he told her to lie to the police. Mr Farrugia,...
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Rita Schembri asks to be investigated
The Auditor General has been asked to investigate allegations on the director general of the Internal Audit and Investigations directorate. The request was made by the Prime Minister through his...
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Updated: Man arrested in stray cats 'abduction' investigation
The police have arrested a Chinese man and impounded a van as part of their investigation into reports that two people had been seen rounding up cats in several localities. Three carcasses, believed...
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Europe’s emotion in film
Deep in the bowels of the former knights’ hospital in Valletta, a dedicated team are working on a plan to “infect” Malta with love for European cinema. “We hope in the long-term to set off a virus...
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Christmas comes to life at San Anton School
The Christmas Market at San Anton School is in full swing, proving to be a festive fun day out for families. Hundreds of visitors are visiting the various stalls which have on offer traditional...
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A 75-year-old man was yesterday charged with blackmailing the head of the Government’s internal audit bureau, Rita Schembri, who herself is at centre of an investigation. Joseph Borg ,from Swieqi, was...
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AD's manifesto to give prominence to hunting issues
Alternattiva Demokratika’s electoral manifesto will give prominence to hunting issues. Chairman Michael Briguglio told a news conference this morning that animal welfare legislation should also apply...
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PN deputy leadership race is too close to call
Away from the cameras there is very little friendliness in the Nationalist Party deputy leadership contest, which sources say is too close to call as it enters its crucial final stage. MEP Simon...
View ArticleReport shows that Malta’s students top Europe league
Malta has the highest percentage of students who speak a second language within the EU. The Education and Training Monitor 2012, issued by the European Commission, shows that the proportion of...
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Chinese man is held after ‘cat carcass’ find
A Chinese man has been arrested after cat carcasses were allegedly discovered in a white van parked outside a restaurant in Marsascala. Police were tipped off about the presence of the van in Triq...
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Air Malta warns of too many airlines
Air Malta’s top brass yesterday warned against too much competition, particularly from low-cost airlines, as this can have “devastating effects” on the future of the national carrier and tourism at...
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Fenech to attend urgent Eurogroup meeting
Finance Minister Tonio Fenech shall be attending an urgent Eurogroup meeting in Brussels tomorrow. The meeting, for Eurozone finance ministers, will have a third go at resolving the Greece bailout...
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Il-Porporina jailed for a crime in 1992
Alfred Bugeja, also known as Il-Porporina, was yesterday jailed for two-and-a-half years for a crime committed in 1992. The prison term was handed down by the Court of Appeal, which reversed a...
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