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Dalli: I am talking to my lawyers to clear my name
Former European Commissioner John Dalli this evening categorically denied allegations against him made in a report by the EU's fraud office and said he was talking with his lawyers in order to clear...
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John Dalli resigns from the European Commission
John Dalli has resigned from the European Commission, the Commission announced in a shock announcement this afternoon. It said that Mr Dalli resigned following an investigation by the EU's anti-fraud...
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Sliema restaurateur at heart of Dalli allegations
A Sliema restaurateur and circus promoter, Silvio Zammit, is at the heart of the allegations investigated by the EU's anti-fraud office which led to John Dalli's resignation from the European...
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Woman dies in Paola traffic accident
A 61-year-old woman died this morning when she was run over by a Ford Transit in Paola. The incident happened at about 6.15 a.m. as the woman, who is from Paola, was crossing Paola Hill Road, which...
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St Philip’s hospital deal to be signed ‘within days’
The contract for the lease of St Philip’s Hospital will be signed in the coming days, according to Finance Minister Tonio Fenech. A day after Parliament discussed the agreement in an emergency...
View ArticleSecond circus coming to Malta
Circo Darix is to perform on the granaries in Floriana from December 12, the second circus group to perform in Malta during that period. The circus, presented by La Veglia family of Milan, will...
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TM: Malta doesn’t need any more VRT garages
Applications to open new VRT stations have been put on hold as the island has reached its “limit”. Transport Malta officials said the authority was not processing any new applications and was seeking...
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Socialist group says new Commissioner should be nominated after elections
The head of the socialist group in the European Parliament, Hannes Swoboda, said today that "it would make sense to wait for the result of the next general elections in Malta, which are due to be held...
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Italian claims police evicted him unfairly
An Italian man who claims to have been abused by unidentified police officers, who, he says, evicted him and his flatmates out of their apartment, has filed an official complaint. The officers denied...
View ArticleFather unfairly sacked in pay row
A father of four won €5,000 from his former employer who fired him for refusing to work unless he was paid. Anthony Falzon took his former employer, Adolf Baldacchino, who runs Silver Shadow, to the...
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Libyan jailed for threatening police after arraignment for Margaret Mifsud...
Nizar al Gadi, 34, the former partner of lawyer Margaret Mifsud, was jailed for four months today after being convicted of threatening police officers following his arraignment to face murder charges....
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Insurance company ordered to pay €269,743.77 interest on delayed compensation...
The Civil Court has ordered Citadel Insurance to pay the Malta Stock Exchange €269,743.77 being the interest at 8% per annum on €233,000 paid by the insurance company in 2007 following the death by...
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PM 'to act fast' to nominate new Commissioner
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said today he will be acting fast to nominate a new Commissioner from Malta. Dr Gonzi was speaking at the European People’s Party Congress in Bucharest. He referred to...
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Junior College students sent home after bomb threat
Hundreds of students at the Junior College in Msida were sent home this morning after a bomb warning. The AFM bomb squad was on site to search the building. The warning turned out to be a hoax.
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Dalli says Zammit never mentioned e-mail request
The video above, published by neurope.eu, features an interview with former EU Commissioner John Dalli, who resigned yesterday. Mr Dalli says he was asked to resign by the EU president Jose Manuel...
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EU journalists wonder why Dalli resigned - no resignation letter actually...
EU journalists at the Commission's daily briefing today appeared to wonder what John Dalli had done wrong to resign from the Commission yesterday. Some journalists also quoted Mr Dalli as having said...
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Updated: Enemalta says Delimara turbine damage under investigation
Updated 4.30 p.m. Enemalta said today that BWSC engineers are investigating damage to a turbine at the Delimara power station extension. The damage was first revealed by Labour MP Joe Mizzi when he...
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Silvio Zammit says he worked as a lobbyist and everything was above board
The Sliema businessman who is at the heart of the allegations which caused John Dalli to resign from the European Commission this evening said he was strongly denying wrongdoing on his part. Reacting...
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Updated - Dalli: This was a plan of entrapment, company denial
John Dalli, the former EU Health Commissioner, has provided some details of two meetings mentioned yesterday by Giovanni Kessler, the director general of the EU's anti-fraud office (Olaf). He also...
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Updated - Mother's joy as conjoined twins are separated
A British woman married to a Maltese man has described her joy after a successful operation in the UK to separate their conjoined twins. Rosie and Ruby Formosa, who were born joined at the abdomen and...
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