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Seriously injured following roof fall
A 26-year-old man was seriously injured after he fell from a roof at Armier bay, the police said. The incident happened around 9pm last night when the man tried to climb down from the roof using a...
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Brexit would isolate England
If the British voted to leave the EU, it would result in a second referendum in Scotland, which would probably result in it leaving the United Kingdom, former Lib-Dem leader Paddy Ashdown warned the...
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Drop in number of unemployed
The number of people registering for work in March stood at just over 4,000, according to the latest statistics. A total of 4,033 people were registering for work in March compared to 5,894 in the...
View ArticleChamber welcomes Air Malta developments
Developments relating to Air Malta and its strategic partnership with Alitalia/Etihad were this morning welcomed by the Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry. It was announced yesterday...
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Dog found with chain embedded in its neck
Updated 1.55pm with operation details A dog was picked off the streets this morning with a chain embedded in its neck, reinforcing animal welfare organisations' demand to change legislation about...
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Agreement reached on employment of disabled in private sector
Companies will be able to outsource work to the disabled should they be unable to physically employ people with disability, according to a memorandum of understanding signed today. The memorandum was...
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Shisha tobacco smuggler gets suspended sentence
A refugee caught smuggling 16 kilos of shisha tobacco from Italy was today given a six-month suspended sentence and fined €1,655. Saediya Edris, 26, was yesterday detained by customs official at Malta...
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Marlene Farrugia to attend Labour's May 1 celebrations but...
Independent MP Marlene Farrugia today said she would be attending the Labour Party's May Day celebrations on Sunday, three weeks after taking part in the Nationalist Party's protest against...
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Drugs, food, weapons among items seized by Customs Department
A total 56.8 million of counterfeit pills were confiscated by the Customs Department between January and March. In a statement, the department gave a list of items confiscated following searches in...
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China passes strict new law for foreign NGOs
China's parliament passed a controversial law governing foreign non-government organisations, Xinhua state news agency said today, giving wide powers to the domestic security authority and prompting...
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Mobile phone roaming fees 'a practice of the past' – MEP Roberta Metsola
Roaming prices for phone calls, messages and data in the European Union will be massively reduced on Saturday before they are finally abolished on June 15. Nationalist MEP Roberta Metsola said roaming...
View Article6pm jumps to new all-time high
The share index posted its third consecutive decline as it retreated by a further 0.07 per cent to 4,518.345 points on continued low activity at only €173,500. Ahead of the publication of the 2015...
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Watch: Angry driver swings at cyclist who confronts him
Cycling in Malta can often resemble a game of Russian roulette, and this video illustrates the frustration of both cyclists and drivers.In it, a cyclist who comes within inches of being flattened by a...
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Newspaper editor cleared of libeling police inspector
Former It-Torca editor Aleks Farrugia has been acquitted of libel after a a court ruled that a story about a controversial arraignment was “substantially correct”. The newspaper had reported in...
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Illegal Montekristo Estate tower is being demolished
A replica of the de Redin tower that forms part of construction magnate Charles Polidano's Montekristo Estate is being demolished, his construction firm announced today. The Planning Authority had...
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Liam Gallagher on holiday in Malta
British rock star Liam Gallagher flew into Malta this afternoon for a private holiday, Times of Malta is informed. The former Oasis frontman who arrived on the Air Malta flight from Heathrow is...
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Flatmate stabbing over €45 ends with suspended sentence
A man who stabbed his flatmate over €45 that had gone missing from his wallet has been given a suspended jail term for grievous bodily harm. Neil Andrew Vella, 40, had been accused of the attempted...
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GRTU celebrates as floating billboards sink
Floating billboard plans have been scuppered by Transport Malta, and the Chamber of Small and Medium Enterprise, the GRTU, couldn't be happier. The GRTU said the decision, which came following...
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Cabinet reshuffle: Konrad Mizzi loses portfolios but stays in Cabinet
Konrad Mizzi has lost both his energy and health portfolios but will stay on as a minister without portfolio following a Cabinet reshuffle announced this afternoon.The reshuffle was announced by Prime...
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MEPs call on Commission to tackle diabetes head-on
More than one in every 10 Maltese is affected by diabetes, and MEPs Therese Comodini Cachia and Marlene Mizzi want to do something about it. The two MEPs were among a group of 383 who today called on...
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