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Tony Zarb: I do not regret anything I said
GWU General Secretary Tony Zarb has told The Times that he does not regret anything he said in the tapes published by the Nationalist Party this week. Mr Zarb was interviewed yesterday after the prime...
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Bencini says letter to PN was misinterpreted
Former FORUM president John Bencini is insisting that his letter to Nationalist Party general secretary Paul Borg Olivier three years ago was “misinterpreted”. He said he made no corruption...
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The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press. The Times, The Malta Independent and In-Nazzjon report how Malta will get €1.11 billion from the EU over the next seven years. The...
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Major blizzard blankets U.S. Northeast, disrupting traffic and flights
A major blizzard is continuing to pummel the Northeastern United States today, disrupting thousands of flights, shutting down roads and mass transit and blanketing the region with heavy snowfall....
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Pictures of the week: Politics with (almost) everything
Politics almost dominated all activity in Malta over the past week, the period being kicked off with Anglu Farrugia's explosive comments in a Sunday Times interview. Gianluca Bezzina's triumph at the...
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Muscat:' There is role for Anglu Farrugia, our door is always open'
Labour leader Joseph Muscat said today that he saw a major role for Anglu Farrugia in the party and the country and the door was always open to him. Dr Muscat was speaking in a recorded interview on...
View ArticleWOOLY THINKING
In the heat of battle, when the fog of war descends, politicians resort to soundbites and slogans. This is an ubiquitous phenomenon, at least where democracy rules, because "we, the people" are well...
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Gonzi: EU financial package means PN already implementing its electoral promises
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said today that the fact that Malta had managed to negotiate the best package of EU assistance was a reason for the country to be optimistic for the future under the PN....
View ArticleVal Valente passes away
Well known musician Val Valente has passed away. Valente was born on July 19, 1938 into a family of professional musicians. He played nine different instruments but will be remembered most for his...
View ArticlePeter Andre, Culture? Abs-olutely not
Culture must be one of the most misunderstood words ever. For some, it is synonymous with pretentiousness, with the so-called artsy fartsy crowd, the pseudo-intellectials. For others it is equivalent...
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Ferries €1m project didn’t solve sea flooding
A €1 million project at the Sliema Ferries did not solve, or even attempt to solve, the seawater flooding problem there, Transport Malta has admitted. It said solving the seawater flooding problems at...
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‘Getting winched out, I screamed at the top of my lungs’
There was no hint of the horror to come when Abigail Borg and Christian Heitkemper arrived at Dwejra, Gozo, at 9am last Wednesday. Conditions at the inland sea were “extremely agreeable” and the...
View ArticleHorsemeat lasagne was not sold in Malta shops
‘Beef’ lasagnes caught up in a scandal after horsemeat was found in some products have not been available on the Maltese market since 2010. The exclusive distributor of Findus in Malta, Alf. Mizzi and...
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Five killed in Malta-registered cruise ship safety drill
Five crew members died in an emergency drill on a Malta-registered cruise ship in the Canary Islands today, police and the cruise ship operator said. Cables snapped on a lifeboat and it plunged 20...
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Oil procurement scandal: Conditions for presidential pardon accepted, pardon...
President George Abela has signed the documents granting a pardon to George Farrugia, the rogue oil trader at the centre of the Enemalta oil procurement scandal. The documents were signed after Mr...
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ABELA. On February 9, at Mater Dei Hospital, ROSE, née Sammut, aged 95, widow of Nazzareno, passed away peacefully comforted by the rites of Holy Church. She leaves to mourn her great loss her...
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Press digest
The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press. The Times reports how the presidential pardon to businessman George Farrugia was issued yesterday. The pardon was issued for...
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PL raises €583,000 in fund-raiser
The Labour Party raised €583,000 in a fund-raising marathon for its electoral campaign yesterday. The PN raised €516,775 in a similar activity on Saturday. Both parties had also held fund-raisers in...
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Hundreds listen to account of Lourdes miracle cure
Hundreds of people gathered at St Dominic's Church in Rabat on Friday to listen to the testimony of 73-year-old Italian Vittorio Micheli, about his unexplained healing in Lourdes. Accompanied by his...
View ArticleGiggs on target as United scent 20th league title
Ryan Giggs demonstrated his enduring value to Manchester United with the opening goal in a ruthless 2-0 home win over Everton that put his side almost out of sight in the Premier League title race....
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