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Digital, video games popular among Maltese
Nearly three fourths of the Maltese play digital and video games, a national study has found. The report, launched this morning, was carried out by (gamED), made up of university academics from the...
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Updated - No plans to pardon reformed drug addict
Updated - adds video - Justice Minister Owen Bonnici does not plan to pardon the reformed drug addict whose case he used to illustrate the realities behind “exaggerated” court delays. “I am not...
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‘And don’t bite defenders!’
Wearing matching tops of the Brazilian football team, a man and his tiny Chihuahua walked down Trejqet Sant Anna in Ħamrun, momentarily distracting supporters watching Italy and Uruguay on Tuesday....
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No more space
A reserved parking space used by an ice-cream van at Dwejra Bay, in Gozo, was removed by Transport Malta after it transpired that no such permit had been ever issued. The illegality had been flagged...
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Three grams of cannabis found at Lyster Detention Centre
Four packets containing a total of three grams of cannabis were today found in a sock at Lyster Detention Centre, the National Security Ministry said. It said in a statement that the sock was thrown...
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Party financing bill provides for unseating of MP making false declarations
Party financing legislation, being published in the Government Gazette today, includes a constitutional amendment so that false declarations may lead to an MP being unseated. The new legislation will...
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Chicken farm given close to €400,000 - Maximum funding allowed is €150,000
The Ciappara family, whose produce is sold under the Hi-Grade Chick label, has received close to €400,000 from rural development funds through applications filed by different family members. Under the...
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‘Loved ones won’t let me face cancer battle alone’
Marco Brown lives in Malta by himself, separated by thousands of kilometres from his UK-based family, but even from afar his cousins and Maltese friends have rallied around him to support him in his...
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'State of the art' chicken farm inaugurated
A state of the art chicken farm was inaugurated this morning by Agriculture Parliamentary Secretary Roderick Galdes. Emanuel Ciappara’s Nigma Farm at Triq Misrah s-Sinjura in Qrendi was supported by...
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Briton charged with MPs' hit and run incident
A man from Leeds was today remanded in custody after he pleaded not guilty to the hit and run incident involving two Nationalist MPs on Wednesday. Censu Galea and Frederick Azzopardi were slightly...
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Lufthansa flight to Malta makes emergency landing in Rome to offload sick...
Lufthansa’s flight to Malta from Frankfurt this afternoon was diverted to Rome where it made an emergency landing to offload a sick passenger, a spokesman for the airline said. The Airbus A320,...
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Heritage Malta buys Antonio Sciortino's Speed
Heritage Malta has bought Antonio Sciortino's sculpture 'Speed' for €163,000 at auction. The work, among Sciortino's most important, was made when he was director of the Britannic Academy of Art in...
View Article8% of youths tried cannabis
Fewer than one in 10 Maltese youths have smoked cannabis at least once in their lifetime, the lowest in Europe, according to a recent study. A Eurobarometer study on young people and drugs, found that...
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Frenchman admits wilfully damaging door
Karl Henrick Huillier, a 26-year-old Frenchman, was today conditionally discharged for three years after admitting to wilfully damaging the door of his rented house in Valley Road, Msida, during an...
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Illegal billboards’ deadline ignored
A June 20 deadline imposed by the planning authority for the removal of illegal billboards has been largely ignored. A warning had been issued after the European elections stipulating that all illegal...
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Muscat promised Enemalta employees ‘no privatisation’
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat had categorically ruled out any sort of privatisation for Enemalta before the general election, a secret recording obtained by The Sunday Times of Malta from corporation...
View ArticleMellieha bypass closed
Mellieha bypass has been closed because of cycling races, the police said. Motorists were advised to seek an alternate route.
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Photos of the week - Times of Malta
A selection of the best pictures taken over the past week by Times of Malta photographers.
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105 youngsters treated at Isle of MTV
As a crowd of some 50,000 people thronged the Granaries on Wednesday for the Isle of MTV festival, a total of 105 youngsters had their fun somewhat dampened after having had to be treated for alcohol...
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Darryl Luke Borg loses compensation claim for wrongful arrest
A man who claimed he was illegally arrested and arraigned over a hold-up in Birkirkara has lost a claim for compensation. Daryl Luke Borg was arrested on August 7 last year and subsequently accused...
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