Lancing the boil
I’m not sure anyone realised that some other things—both horrible and great—have been happening in Malta and the world while we are choked to boredom by the energy debate currently gripping this rock....
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PN to stop activities for feast of St Paul
The Nationalist Party said today that it will not hold any political activities on Sunday, January 27, when the feast of St Paul's Shipwreck will be celebrated.
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Muscat promises resources for backdated investigation of corruption
The PL pledge to remove time-barring on cases of political corruption would also see the Auditor-General be given the necessary resources to revisit previous investigations, Labour leader Joseph...
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Ageing costs: Fitch sees severe long-term impact on Malta
Japan, Ireland and Cyprus face the largest jump in ageing costs over the next decade, while Luxembourg, Belgium, Malta and Slovenia face the most severe impact over the very long term, Fitch rating...
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Traffic accidents: Highest rate of accidents on Mondays, most casualties on...
The number of reported traffic accidents in the fourth quarter of last year reached 3,533, an increase of 51 cases over the corresponding quarter in 2011, the NSO said today. There were four...
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Man, 82, hit by car
An 82-year-old man was seriously injured this morning when he was hit by a car while crossing Constitution Road in Mosta. The accident happened at 6.30 a.m. The police said the car, a Seat Ibiza, was...
View ArticleAlgeria finds dead Canadian militants as siege toll rises
Algerian special forces have found the bodies of two Canadian Islamist fighters after a bloody siege at a desert gas plant, a security source said today, as the death toll reached at least 80 after...
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Subway given sandwich course in measuring feet and inches
The U.S. fast-food chain Subway got caught up in an online furore after an Australian teenager measured his "footlong" Subway sandwich and found that it was an inch (2.54 cm) short. Matt Corby's photo...
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EasyJet plane returns to Malta after engine failure
An EasyJet plane has safely returned to Malta after suffering an engine failure just six minutes into a flight to London Gatwick. The twin-engined Airbus A320 issued an emergency soon after take-off...
View ArticleGO fibre optic cable damaged in Valletta
GO plc said its fibre optic cabling system in Valletta was damaged during third party construction works this morning. It said technicians expect to start reconnecting services by 3pm. The company...
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One killed in Ohio pile-up
One person is killed and dozens injured in a 76-vehicle crash on an icy Ohio highway, one of three major crashes across the state. Sarah Charlton reports.
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Power tariffs and politics - arguments rage in Germany
Wholesale power prices in Germany are at their lowest in more than three years, undermining the profitability of fossil fuel power generation and trading, and yet 40 million households pay record...
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Breast Care Support Group get their headquarters
Breast Care Support Group has been handed over a central property in Floriana by the government as their base, so as to be able to help more the breast cancer patients. Without any official premises,...
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Cruise sector in record performance
Total cruise passenger traffic last year advanced by 9.4 per cent over 2011, and reached 608,786 passengers. In December, the number stood at 18,156, 15.4 per cent more than in the same month in 2011....
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Financial transactions tax: 11 EU states forge ahead, Malta stays out
Updated - Germany, France and nine other euro zone countries got a go-ahead today to implement a tax on trading, despite the reservations of financial centres such as London and Luxembourg (as well as...
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Extradited Italian says he cannot be accused of money laundering
An Italian man who has been extradited from Italy to face charges of defrauding the Casino di Venezia in Vittoriosa this morning said that he could not be charged with money laundering because the...
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Updated: MIA expects growth momentum to be maintained
Updated - includes MIA's new corporate video Malta International Airport said today that it expects passenger number to grow by 1.5% higher this year compared to 2012, which itself was a record year....
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More investment in education for the creation of better jobs - PM
A new Nationalist government will continue to invest in education to create more and better jobs for the people, Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said this morning. Speaking during a political activity...
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Bullying case: Accused's parents file judicial letter
The parents of a child who has been accused, with three others, of bullying another student a year and a half ago, have filed a judicial letter against the parents of the victim, alleging abusive...
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Lawyer complains of defamation
Lawyer (and broadcaster) Joe Mifsud this morning filed an official complaint with the police commissioner following a comment left by Manuel Bonanno on his Facebook wall last Sunday. Dr Mifsud said he...
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