Reformed drug addict jailed three years for 14-year-old drug trafficking case
Updated 2.24pm A man who admitted involvement in a drug trafficking case 14 years ago, but has since reformed himself and become an inspiration to others, was jailed for three years today despite...
View ArticleThree Malta flights cancelled, others delayed as snow hits the UK, Europe
Updated 4.25pm - Flights to Malta, from Stansted, Luton and Frankfurt were cancelled on Sunday as heavy snowfall brought disruption to roads, rails and skies in the UK and parts of Europe. Flights...
View ArticleCase for Silvio Valletta’s removal from Caruana Galizia investigation starts...
Proceedings in the case instituted by Daphne Caruana Galizia’s widower and children for the removal of Deputy Police Commissioner Silvio Valletta from the investigation into her assassination will...
View ArticleEarly Christmas for the parties - record sums raised
The political parties raised a staggering €1.23 million in fundraising telethons held yesterday. The Labour Party raised €611,497 and the PN 620,319. Both achieved new records. Both party leaders...
View ArticleTaxpayers pick up tab to fly Michelle Muscat to Bahamas to collect award
Taxpayers picked up the tab to fly the Prime Minister’s wife Michelle Muscat to the Bahamas in order to collect an award for her philanthropic work, in what a government spokesman described as a...
View ArticleJason Azzopardi given 'satisfactory explanation' after reporting that he was...
Updated Monday 12.40 pm - Nationalist MP Jason Azzopardi said today he had been given a satisfactory explanation by the police after he reported having been tailed by two cars while driving on...
View ArticleMalta among three countries opting out of EU's new defence agreement
Malta is one of three countries which has opted out of the EU's new defence and security cooperation. Denmark, the UK and Malta opted out of the agreement which lays the foundation for a proposed...
View ArticleThis US navy vessel is ‘a small city on the sea’
A United States Navy ship involved in a joint effort to take back Libyan cities from Islamic State forces visited Malta and is set to leave harbour on Monday. The operation, dubbed “Odyssey...
View Article‘Air Malta’s strategy is to blame for its losses’
The downsizing made by Air Malta during the Labour government’s first term in office led to the loss of millions in revenue and reversed the benefits of the five-year restructuring plan agreed with...
View ArticleKappara flyover to get sound barriers and traffic signs
Sound barriers are to be installed at the Kappara flyover to help contain traffic noise for residents in the area, as the contractor applies the project's finishing touches. Workers are now applying...
View ArticleAbela to Netanyahu: We don't take sides between Israel and Palestine
Malta is not picking sides between Israel and Palestine but rather wants mutual recognition and peace between the two, Foreign Minister Carmelo Abela told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu....
View ArticleDelia: More people returning to the PN
Nationalist Party leader Adrian Delia said today that more people were returning to the party, including former members who had not renewed their membership. In a brief Radio 101 interview, Dr Delia...
View ArticlePresident facing six lawsuits for damages over Paqpaqli incident
President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, members of her secretariat and organisers of the ill-fated 2015 Paqpaqli motorshow, mostly volunteers, are facing six lawsuits for claims of damages by victims of...
View ArticleNew chairman for Allied Newspapers
Paul Mercieca has been elected chairman of Allied Newspapers Limited during the 68th annual general meeting of the company. Before retiring in December 2013, Mr Mercieca served as the Chief Executive...
View ArticleAttard murder: survivor could hold the key to cracking the case
Police hope the survivor of a botched Attard assassination attempt will be able to help them crack the case which remains shrouded in mystery. Sources yesterday said Raymond Grima, who survived last...
View ArticleMintoff Bland's former partner jailed for six years
Gheorghe Popa has been jailed for six years for injuring his former partner Yana Mintoff Bland with a knife at her residence in Tarxien in October last year. The 40-year-old Romanian was also...
View ArticleMalta could lose more than half its corporate tax base if EU has its way
Malta’s economy and particularly its thriving financial services sector will suffer a big blow should the EU get its way on the introduction of new corporate tax rules, a new study shows. Compiled by...
View ArticleWe've got our eyes on you, Pana committee chair tells Malta
“Dirty money” was involved in the recent liberalisation of the energy market in Malta, the European Parliament's Pana committee chairman Werner Langen told reporters on Tuesday. Without going into...
View ArticleJudge slams 'manipulative orchestration' ahead of Caruana Galizia...
Advice given by a group of British lawyers to the Caruana Galizia family "undermined the rule of law by constituting an attack upon the independence and impartiality of the judiciary which lies at the...
View ArticleKappara flyover to get sound barriers and traffic signs
Sound barriers are to be installed at the Kappara flyover to help contain traffic noise for residents in the area, as the contractor applies the project's finishing touches. Workers are now applying...
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