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Nationalist Party's policy fora heads announced
Nationalist Party leader Simon Busuttil this morning announced the 10 people who will be chairing its policy fora. They are Ivan Bartolo (economy and work), Valerie Sollars (education), Maria Cassar...
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Update 2: Parliamentary Secretariat denies use of EU funds for uprooting of...
(Adds Parliamentary Secretariat's, Nadur council's replies) EU funds are being used to uproot trees in Gozo, supposedly to discover archaeological remains, Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar said. The...
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Maltese film in race for Oscars
Maltese film Simshar has been accepted for consideration in the upcoming edition of the Oscars. The local production is among 83 films which have made it into the race for the category of Best Foreign...
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Five-hour Ebola training drill held at Mater Dei Hospital
A five-hour Ebola training drill has been held as part of a series of training drills in the past months at Mater Dei Hospital, the health authorities said. The training sessions were aimed at...
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Hunting ban leads to reduction in illegal hunting - BirdLife
A significant decrease in the targeting of protected species has been reported by BirdLife today as the three-week ban to the autumn hunting season came to an end. BirdLife said incidents recorded...
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Gozo's miracle twin Gracie Attard tells her story
Gracie, the Gozitan Siamese twin whose sister died so that she could live, is now 14 and would like to become a doctor. Interviewed in The Daily Mail, Gracie tells the newspaper how she had looked up...
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Albanian had fake Italian ID card
An Albanian man was this morning handed a suspended jail term after pleading guilty to possessing and using a fake Italian passport to travel to the United Kingdom. Orgest Musta, 22, was charged with...
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Attempted hold-up: Prosecution 'desperate' due to lack of proof - defence lawyer
The prosecution was "desperate" because there is no evidence linking George Xuereb to an attempted hold-up on a bank 18 years ago, a defence lawyer insisted in court this morning. In his final...
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Photos of the week - Times of Malta
From the rescue of desperate migrants at sea to car drifting, Times of Malta presents a selection of some of the best photos taken over the past week by its team of photographers.
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Classic cars practice for tomorrow's Mdina Grand Prix race
Practice and qualifying sprint runs on the road circuit between Mdina, Mtarfa and Rabat started today as part of the Mdina Grand Prix. The paddock area below Mtarfa is open to the public between...
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Candlelight takes Birgu back in time
Vittoriosa dressed up in candlelight yesterday for the annual Birgu By Night festival which, as usual, drew thousands of people within its bastions. Street lights were turned off and the narrow,...
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Children’s screams that haunt survivor’s dreams
The screams of children and women drowning in a shipwreck off Malta have dictated Hamad Alroosan’s nightmares for a year. Talking about the migrants’ tragedy, which killed more than 50 people in...
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Nurses union deny government claims that Gozo is prepared for Ebola virus
The nurses’ union this morning denied that Gozo General Hospital was prepared for the Ebola virus and said that not only were hoods and the blowers non-existent but a mock exercise on how to transfer...
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Cars crash, roll down valley
A man and a woman were hospitalised following a traffic accident in Triq Ghar Dalam, Birzebbuga at 5.10pm. The police said that 30-year-old woman from Birzebbuga was driving a Volkswagen Golf that was...
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Ragusa police seize marijuana headed to Malta
A kilogramme of marijuana was found headed for Malta from Pozzallo.The drugs were found in the side panels of a car in an envelope securely wrapped in a diesel-soaked cloth. Italy’s Gazzetta del Sud...
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Interpol not yet roped in to hunt for fleeing man
Allegations of fraud related to the man who fled Malta with his family after owing millions of euros are still being investigated by police before Interpol is roped in, sources said yesterday. Ryan...
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Updated: Families will not pay more taxes for reduction in electricity...
(Adds PN statement) The government will be funding the reduction in electricity tariffs through a number of measures which would not entail more taxes, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said this morning....
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Air Malta ‘set to lose €16m by year end’
Air Malta has veered off the rescue plan agreed with the EU and is struggling to close the year with a loss of some €16 million rather than breaking even, chairwoman Maria Micallef has confirmed. In a...
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Konrad Mizzi: Gas plant target date postponed
Energy Minister Konrad Mizzi has finally acknowledged that the new Delimara gas plant will not be up and running by the target date of March 2015. A new date will be announced towards November and the...
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Teenagers hit by car
Two girls aged 15 and 16 were injured this afternoon when they were hit by a car while crossing St Joseph High Road, Sta Venera. The accident happened at about 4 p.m. Both were taken to hospital where...
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