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Six people, including two children and baby, injured in accident
Two children were grievously injured in a traffic accident last night which saw six people being taken to hospital. The police said the accident happened in Main Street, Mellieha at around 11.30pm. A...
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Scrapyard catches fire, cameramen attacked
Civil Protection officers are currently battling a large fire which took over a scrapyard near Ghar Dalam. The scrapyard is at an area known as Ta' Harbat, in Birzebbuga. The owner physically attacked...
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NGOs welcome possibility that university could be sited in Cottonera
The government is actively exploring the possibility of locating the American University of Malta campus in Cottonera, in a move which has garnered the approval of environment NGOs and other...
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Prison warder injured by inmate
A prison warder suffered minor injuries while conducting a search on a prisoner, the government said. It said in a brief statement that the administration of the Corradino Correctional Facility took...
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Renzo Piano visits his masterpiece
Architect Renzo Piano today visited his masterpiece in Valletta for the first time since the new Parliament started being used. Senator Piano, who was accompanied by his wife and members of his team,...
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A hero for one day
Gozitan twins Karl and Krista Curmi got the fright of their lives last Wednesday when they were about to leave Marsalforn after a swim with their grandmother, Victoria Grech, at Il-Menqa. The...
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Assistance sought to fly deceased photographer's body to Malta
Desiree Attard, the daughter of the late Department of Information photographer Martin Attard, is appealing for assistance to put together €4,000 to bring down her father’s body to Malta after he...
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Crackdown coming on illegal restaurants
At least 10 new illegal restaurants have been identified by the tourism authority in recent weeks as the government readies for a crackdown, The Sunday Times of Malta has learnt. The Malta Tourism...
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Cheaper gas prices as from Monday
The cost of the 12 kilogram gas cylinders is going down to €15, from €16.50 as from Monday and will remain fixed until the end of October, the Energy Ministry said. It said it was the cheapest gas had...
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Mafia suspects’ lawyers threat to sue for millions
Six betting companies accused of having links to the Calabrian Mafia are threatening to sue the Malta Gaming Authority for millions of euros after it suspended their licence. Sources close to the...
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‘Prisoners’ mother’
After working with four-year-old children as a kindergarten teacher for quarter of a century, Sister Maria Adele Baldacchino got the shock of her life when her provincial asked her to transfer her...
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Simon Busuttil files libel suits against GWU newspapers, Labour Party media
Opposition leader Simon Busuttil has filed libel suits against It-Torca, l-Orizzont, One television and One Radio. He said that articles in the GWU newspapers and features on the Labour party's...
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Fined €20 for masturbating in public
A Somali man was today fined €20 after admitting to committing immoral and indecent acts in public when he was caught masturbating in front of the British High Commission in Ta' Xbiex. Yasin Hassan,...
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Juan Carlos in Malta
The former king of Spain, Juan Carlos I, landed in Malta yesterday for a private visit of a few days, seen here in the evening disembarking at Malta International Airport. Juan Carlos abdicated last...
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Bus passengers hit 25-year high
The number of bus passengers last year exceeded 40 million for the first time in 25 years, according to figures released by Transport Malta. The transport watchdog’s annual report says the buses...
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Islands idea left floating
The plan to place two floating islands in the water off Marsalforn and Marsascala this summer has been abandoned because there was hardly any interest shown from businesses in taking up the project,...
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Inmate charged with injuring warder
Prisoner Shannon Leigh Williams, who is in prison on charges of stealing luggage from the airport, returned to court today charged with grievously injuring a prison guard. The incident happened at 3pm...
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Nursing aide denies slapping 92-year-old patient
A 42-year-old nursing aide was today granted bail against a personal guarantee of €3,000 after he pleaded not guilty of slightly injuring a 92-year-old resident when he slapped him. George Michael...
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Updated: Man, boy, injured in Qormi accident
A 14-year-old boy from Sliema was grievously injured in a traffic accident in Triq is-Sebh, Qormi, at 1.30pm today. He was a passenger in a Honda Civic that was being driven by a 22-year-old man from...
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Breaking news, breaking boundaries for 80 years
Two events at the beginning of August 1935 bore all the hallmarks of the turmoil and carnage that was to tear Europe apart in a bloody war. On August 7, 1935, 60 per cent of voters in Gdansk, Poland,...
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