Charged over Hamrun incident
Emmanuel Azzopardi, 57 of Hamrun, has been accused in court of attempting to seriously injure Carmen Micallef in an incident between rival political party supporters on Sunday. Ms Micallef was hit...
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Update 3: Maltese Cardinal to give meditation at beginning of conclave
Maltese Cardinal Prospero Grech is to deliver one of the meditation sessions at the beginning of the conclave to elect a new Pope, which will start on Tuesday afternoon, after morning mass. Cardinal...
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Government incurs daily fine for unfinished parliament
With the construction of the parliament building and open theatre at City Gate missing its December deadline, the Government is paying a daily fine of almost €10,000... to itself. The news emerged...
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Government reacts as Muscat 'confirms' Armier boathouses agreement
Armier Developments Ltd has written to its members saying that Joseph Muscat has confirmed an agreement originally reached in 2002 with Labour MP Joe Mizzi. The same agreement had also been reached...
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Updated: Caruana Galizia questioned by police for breaching 'political silence'
Blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia is being questioned by the police this evening over blogs she uploaded today, breaching the 'political silence' on the Day of Reflection before polling day tomorrow....
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Updated: Sliema monument vandalised - or not?
What was originally believed to have been an act of vandalism on the Sliema actors' monument may have been an accident after all. The ceramic statue of actor Charles Clews in Bisazza Street had an...
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Fenech Adami to address PN mass meeting
Former President and Prime Minister Eddie Fenech Adami is to briefly address this evening's PN mass meeting on the granaries. Tonight's will be the last mass meeting of the electoral campaign. Dr...
View ArticleUncollected vote papers
A total of 7,446 voting documents remained uncollected by Wednesday night, which works out as 2.2 per cent of the 333,006 registered voters. In 2008, a total of 6,300 documents remained uncollected by...
View ArticleEnemalta meeting details 'misplaced'
A police inspector said he had problems when he asked Enemalta Corporation to provide him with the minutes of its fuel procurement committee meetings because some had been “misplaced”. “I had problems...
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‘Executives drained State firm’
The State-owned bunkering company MOBC had been “drained” by its former chairman and CEO to suit their interest in the competing Island Bunker Oil Ltd (IBOL), a company they were silent partners in,...
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Air Malta increasing seat capacity to Russia
Air Malta will be increasing its seat capacity to and from Russia by 50 per cent in summer, the airline said this afternoon. It said it is committed to float over 82,700 seats on its Russian routes to...
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DVD on San Anton Palace launched
The Unesco national commission and the office of the President today launched a DVD about San Anton Palace. The DVD shows San Anton in its full glory – historically, architecturally and artistically....
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Women in shelters treated to day of relaxation
Women in domestic violence shelters were this morning treated to a day of relaxation and beauty pampering by HSBC Malta and the Mcast Institute of Community Services, as part of International Women's...
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‘Enemalta executives shared oil kickbacks’
Enemalta’s petroleum division chief took commission on oil tenders given to French oil company Total and split the kickbacks with the former financial controller, a court heard yesterday. Alfred...
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Three hurt in Paola crash
Three young people were injured, one of them seriously, in a traffic accident in Ghajn Dwieli Road near Paola this afternoon. The incident happened at 2.45 p.m when a Peugeot 306 which was being...
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Religion 'more a habit than a practice’
Voters may have pondered about who to cast their ballot for during yesterday’s day of reflection, but some used their time to spiritually reflect on the passion, death and resurrection of Christ. With...
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Gaddafi supporters 'being monitored 'after fleeing to Malta and other countries
Many Gaddafi supporters fled to Malta following the dictator’s overthrow in 2011 and the Libyan government is monitoring their movements, according to Libya’s chargé d’affaires Muhammad El- Ghirani....
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Updated: Fekruna restaurant being demolished
The old Fekruna restaurant in Xemxija Bay is being demolished, at last. The restaurant closed down years ago and was in a dilapidated and dangerous state. The area has been expropriated by the...
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49% turnout up to 2 pm
Turnout for the general election up to 2 pm was 49 per cent, up from 45 per cent in 2008, the Electoral Commission said. That puts turnout so far on the same lines as 2003. The highest turnout today...
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Woman seriously injured in Ta' Xbiex crash
A 26-year-old woman from Sliema was seriously injured after she was involved in a traffic accident in Ta' Xbiex late yesterday. The police said the incident happened at about 11.20 p.m. at Ta' Xbiex...
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