Malta - Italy match tickets for sale at €204.50
Tickets for the Malta-Italy World Cup match are selling for €204.50 on online marketplace Viagogo, €129.50 more than the most expensive tickets sold officially. The MFA confirmed that almost all the...
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Court hears details of home-made bomb which killed woman in Zejtun
A home-made bomb which killed a woman and injured another in Zejtun in 2005 had a firing switch attached to a radio receiver similar to the type used on remote control cars. One kilogram of explosive...
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Galdes picture was not of Puli’s office
Former Parliamentary Secretary Clyde Puli has vehemently denied an allegation made by Roderick Galdes, who holds a similar post in the new government, that the offices Mr Galdes took over from him...
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Air Malta offers 25% discount on published fares
Air Malta is offering a 25 per cent discount on published fares to and from its scheduled destinations to celebrate the launch of its new website. The offer is only available on tickets sold from...
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Two demand compensation for extra time spent in jail
Two migrants who were held on remand for almost six years because they could not afford bail and who were subsequently sentenced to a four-year jail term have filed a court application demanding...
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Police take action against Polidano brothers over illegal development
The police have issued charges against Polidano Brothers over illegal development at their Ħal Farruġ headquarters. The action was taken following recommendations by Mepa, the police said. The...
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Security Service head in court over traffic accident
The former head of the Security Service, Godfrey Scicluna, 61 of Paola, was this morning accused in court of having, through carelessness, involuntarily seriously injured 91-year-old Raffaele Lugermo...
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Malta has 'safest roads' in the EU
Malta has the safest roads in the EU, according to EU data. Malta cut its road fatalities by nearly half in just a year. It also had the lowest rate of fatalities in the EU in 2012, reporting 26...
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McDonald’s to expand, create 200 jobs
McDonald's Malta will be holding a recruitment drive this Saturday as part of its plans to employ 200 recruits - a mix of full-timers and part-timers. The event will be held at the Baystreet...
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Gonzi sworn in as Opposition Leader - PN to start process for election of new...
Lawrence Gonzi was sworn in as Leader of the Opposition this afternoon. The ceremony was held at the Palace in Valletta before President George Abela. Dr Gonzi was Speaker of the House between 1988...
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Mr Justice Farrugia Sacco should have stepped down voluntarily - Ombudsman
Ombudsman Joseph Said Pullicino this morning defended his decision to send a letter to the Prime Minster and the press saying that Maltese Olympic Committee president Mr Justice Lino Farrugia Sacco...
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Zejtun murder trial: Witness changes his version, denies being asked to kill...
Updated 12.45 p.m. A man who had told a magisterial inquiry that he had been asked to kill a woman in 2005 today changed his version before a court, and said his original evidence was given following...
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Enemalta wins damages for severed cable
Enemalta has been awarded damages of €1,454.51 after workers hit a power cable and caused a power outage in Xlendi in June 2010. The decision was taken by the Small Claims Tribunal after the...
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100 residents complain to Ombudsman over restaurant permit
A group of 100 residents have complained to the Ombudsman over a permit for a bar and restaurant in a residential block in Qawra. They said they had appealed to the Environment and Planning Tribunal...
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Constitutional application over cannabis cultivation rejected
A constitutional application filed by a man who claimed to have cultivated cannabis for medical reasons has been dismissed by Mr Justice Silvio Meli in the First Hall of the Civil Court. Anthony...
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EPP spokeswoman demands resignation of OLAF director-general
Inge Gräßle, the EPP group spokeswoman in the European Parliament’s Budgetary Control Committee, has called for the resignation of Giovanni Kessler, the director-general of the European Anti-Fraud...
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Rita Schembri case - Man acquitted of blackmail, convicted of defamation
A man accused of blackmailing Rita Schembri, the permanent secretary at the Internal Audit and Investigation Department, was acquitted by a court this morning. Joseph Borg, from Swieqi, was however...
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Delimara office for Energy Minister
Energy Minister Konrad Mizzi will have an office at Delimara power station to ensure the Government's plan to create a gas infrastructure is delivered on time. He said April will see the publication...
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Enough evidence for indictment of former Enemalta financial controller
A court has ruled that there is enough evidence for the indictment of Enemalta’s former financial controller Tarcisio Mifsud, who is charged with corruption in connection with the scandal on the...
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Piscopo is TM's new CEO
Transport Minister Joe Mizzi this morning confirmed that Labour’s former CEO James Piscopo will be taking over from Transport Malta CEO Stanley Portelli, as the new head of the authority. He said that...
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