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Dinner is served... using 200-year-old grocery list
Pigeon pie, kawlata with pig trotters and some of the finest wines were on the menu for corsairs quarantined on Manoel Island after returning with a haul of Ottoman ships 200 years ago. And the very...
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Opposition will not rest until fuel prices are reduced - Simon Busuttil
The Opposition will not rest until the blatant theft families were facing whenever they bought petrol or diesel was stopped and fuel prices were reduced, Nationalist Party leader Simon Busuttil said...
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Plans for reform of 1930s blasphemy laws
Plans for a reform of the 1930s blasphemy laws will be finalised by the end of the month, The Sunday Times of Malta has learnt A team of legal experts had been commissioned to draft a set of proposals...
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PM says government more open to scrutiny than PN administration
PM refutes criticism that government is keeping energy agreements under wraps Prime Minister Joseph Muscat this morning refuted criticism that the government has kept a number of energy agreements...
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PN launches 'fuel robbery calculator'
The Nationalist Party this afternoon reiterated its call for the government to align local fuel prices with the international oil price and also launched a 'fuel robbery calculator'. The calculator...
View ArticleFormer minister's son wins libel damages
Lawyer Gege' Gatt, son of former Transport Minister Austin Gatt, has won €1,500 in compensation after a court ruled as libellous a new item on One News broadcast on January 20, 2012. Magistrate...
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Malta ‘one of noisiest places to live in EU’
Noisy areas extend to around 90 per cent of Malta compared to some 50 per cent in most other EU Member States, making the island one of the noisiest places to live in the EU. The health risks from...
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Police catch thief trying to escape
A 49-year-old man from Paola was caught red-handed by the police trying to escape from the roof of a residence he had broken into. The police said they were informed that a man had broken into a...
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Lawrence Gonzi had told George Farrugia's wife he did not discuss tenders
Former Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi had told oil trader George Farrugia's wife when she asked for a meeting with her husband to discuss a tender that on a point of principle, he did not have meetings...
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Former clothes shop manager ordered to reimburse €36,789.40
The former manager of a clothes and accessories shop in Bay Street has been ordered to pay the owner €36,789.40 after being convicted of failing to deposit all of the shop's takings. The case was...
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As hunters watch and wait, Żebbuġ 'says Yes'
Hunters are still waiting for direction from their federation on whether or not to boycott the spring hunting referendum as the campaign enters its second week. The hunting federation, FKNK, has not...
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Two applications for oil exploration licences, but low prices dampen interest
The government has received two applications for new oil exploration licences and is currently holding talks with the applicants, Infrastructure Minister Joe Mizzi said in Parliament. Replying to a...
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Commissioner to decide on publication of report on Darryl Luke Borg case
Home Affairs Minister Carmelo Abela said today that his ministry had still not received a copy of the internal police report of the conduct of operations surrounding the case of Darryl Luke Borg....
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Man told to rehouse 25 cats, 12 dogs which are annoying neighbours
A man who had 25 cats and 12 dogs in his Marsa residence was today fined €100 and ordered to relocate his animals after a court ruled that the stench and “constant” barking emanating from a house was...
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Sharp increase in cars belies Busuttil claim that people are burdened by fuel...
19,212 vehicles were licensed last year, of which only 8,191 were new, the government said. The figures, it said, meant that one in every eight households bought a car last year. 4,782 cars were...
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Information campaign on bus fares in March
An information campaign on the new bus fares will be launched in March, Transport Minister Joe Mizzi said in Parliament this evening. Replying to questions by Robert Cutajar (PN), he said the fares...
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Revoking George Farrugia’s pardon risks complicating matters - experts
Revoking oil trader George Farrugia’s pardon risks complicating matters for the police in pending court cases against former Enemalta officials, legal experts agree. Kevin Aquilina, law faculty dean...
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Shadow minister demands explanation on woman's death in hospital corridor
The shadow minister for health demanded an explanation today about how an elderly woman died at Mater Dei Hospital died last night while receiving care in a corridor. Claudette Buttigieg told a press...
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Foreign hunting firms target Malta
The national spring hunting debate sparked by the impending referendum is being keenly followed by foreign hunting firms who have been quick to submit adverts on Facebook promoting “low prices for...
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Maltese wanted in Sicily for hunting protected bird
Italian police are searching for three Maltese men in connection with the illegal hunting of a protected Eurasian crane grawwa in Sicily, the Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) said today. The...
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