Ryanair adds more routes to Malta
Low cost airline Ryanair has announced new routes to Malta, including services to London Stansted (four times a week), Oslo (twice a week), Turin (twice a week), Bournemouth (twice a week), Malmo in...
View ArticleCrew of Malta-flagged ship describe 'torment' from pirates
The Georgian captain of a cargo ship that was released by Somali pirates said Tuesday his Georgian-Turkish crew had suffered through "infernal torment" during its 18-month captivity. "We have gone...
View ArticleArsenal seal Coquelin deal
rsenal midfielder Francis Coquelin has signed a new long-term contract with the Premier League side, it was announced today. Arsenal said on their website that the 20-year-old's future at the club was...
View ArticlePL ready to present electoral programme if election is called
The Labour Party is prepared to present its electoral programme to the people 'at any time' if a general election is called immediately, Toni Abela, PL deputy leader for party affairs said today....
View ArticleShare prices of HSBC and BOV retreat
The MSE Share Index continued to fall below its 5-week high reached last Friday with a further 0.3% decline during this morning's trading session to 3,109.822 points. Today's decline reflects the drop...
View ArticleREALITY BITTEN
I don't usually read the Orizzont, because its claim to be an independent daily grates ever so slightly more than somewhat. It's not that it's not a daily, it's the other claim that makes me wince. Be...
View ArticleHuge fine for football fan
A Danish man was today sentenced to pay 1,869,269 kroner (about 250,000 euros) in damages to the Danish Football Federation for interrupting a game by rushing the pitch and attacking the referee. Ronni...
View ArticleTrees disappear almost as fast as they are planted
Resources Minister George Pullicino has complained about trees being stolen almost as fast as they are planted. He said on his facebook page that workers from his ministry a few days ago planted 64...
View ArticleVeteran patrol boat to head back to the US
One of two patrol boats donated to Malta when George Borg Olivier was still Prime Minister, is about to head back to the US to become a memorial. P-24, along with P-23, was donated to the then Malta...
View ArticleItaly violated human rights in garbage crisis: court
The Italian government violated residents' human rights by allowing festering heaps of garbage to go uncollected from the streets for months, a European high court said today. Eighteen Italians who...
View ArticleA clip on Franco's ear
A Clip On Franco's Ear A freeway in Los Angeles; a goal horn; vuvuzelas; Kayne West; an inexistent cake; the iPad; Oasis breaking up; the deaths of Michael Jackson and Osama Bin Laden; Usain Bolt......
View ArticleDebono will not back government on key Budget implementation bill
Should the government not face a confidence vote when Parliament reconvenes next week, it will still face a key test when the Budget Measures Implementation Bill comes up for the vote. Asked how he...
View ArticleLibyan Mirages undergoing overhaul
The two Mirage F1 fighters of the Libyan air force which have been in Malta for the past 11 months, were today towed to the Medavia facility at the airport for an overhaul. Pilots and technicians...
View ArticlePN parliamentary group meets - MPs back Gonzi and urge Debono to change his...
Updated 9.08 p.m. Nationalist MPs this evening unanimously expressed strong backing for the prime minister and called on Franco Debono to withdraw his current position, show loyalty to those who...
View ArticleDebono refuses to declare clearly that he will bring down the government
Franco Debono this evening refused to clearly declare on Bondi+ that he wants to bring down the government. Asked repeatedly by Lou Bondi whether he would declare he would bring down the government,...
View Article7.3 magnitude quake strikes off western Indonesia
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 struck off the west coast of Indonesia's Northern Sumatra this evening, the US Geological Survey reported, but there were no immediate reports of casualties. A...
View ArticleAND THERE WE HAVE IT
Interspersed with his spasms of self-praise, telling us he's one of the best criminal lawyers with which the country has been blessed and how he has the solution to everything under the sun, the truth...
View ArticleGovernment account shortfall down
The general government account registered a shortfall of €41 million in the third quarter of 2011, according to the National Statistics Office. The NSO said that the deficit recorded by the general...
View ArticleNew psychiatric report for Breivik
A Norwegian court has ordered a new psychiatric evaluation of mass killer Anders Behring Breivik, after an earlier report found him legally insane. Judge Wenche Elizabeth Arntzen said in Oslo that the...
View ArticleTwo brothers remanded in custody
Two brothers from Cospicua were this morning remanded in custody after they pleaded not guilty to stealing gold from a shop in Valletta last Wednesday. The brothers, one of whom is a minor, also...
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