Updated - Muscat calls for early election
Joseph Muscat this afternoon called for an early election after the outcome of the no confidence vote. Speaking at a press conference, Dr Muscat pointed out that last Sunday Dr Gonzi had said that the...
View ArticleGonzi to take initiatives to ensure PN is fully behind him
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said this afternoon that he would be taking initiatives in the coming days to ensure that the Nationalist Party was fully behind the government. Speaking less than an hour...
View ArticleEgypt press hails 'revival' of revolution
Egypt's press today hailed the "revival" of the revolution after massive crowds took to the streets to demand democratic changes, a year after the start of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak. "The...
View ArticleLibya militias torturing detainees: watchdogs
Several suspected diehards of slain Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi have been subjected to torture and some have even died in detention centres run by armed militias, human rights groups said. "Several...
View ArticleThieves with a sweet tooth
Two men pleaded guilty and another pleaded not guilty today after having been accused in court of stealing €13,000 worth of sugar, almonds and other baking goods from a warehouse belonging to C...
View ArticleVictim says he was conned into believing fraudster was a minister
A victim of fraud said this morning that the man who defrauded him would call him to ask for money pretending to be Transport Minister Austin Gatt, the head of the Transport Ministry's secretariat...
View ArticleShallow trading activity in local equity market
During this morning's session only €43,822 worth changed hands across four equities with the MSE Share Index edging 0.2% higher to 3,055.560 points. This was due to the 0.4% rise in HSBC Bank Malta plc...
View ArticleAFM officer on Concordia observer mission
Col Emanuel Mallia, of the Armed Forces of Malta, has been selected by the EU's Monitoring and Information Centre to participate in the EU Observer Mission in Italy in relation to the Costa Concordia...
View ArticleIniesta out for three weeks
Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta could be out for up to three weeks after injuring his thigh in the King's Cup quarter-final second-leg match against Real Madrid, the club said. Iniesta sustained...
View ArticleMiss Malta show founder dies
George Gatt Mangion, well known for his organisation of the Miss Malta shows, has passed away, aged 78. Mr Mangion was the founder of GM Productions along with his wife Margaret, who passed away a year...
View ArticleJOSEPH MUSCAT, FAILED TO PASS
Debono, the soon-to-be "who was that guy, Frankie something?", must be having a right old snigger at the way he led his old class-room buddy (well, not buddy exactly) right up the garden path in a...
View ArticleBreast implants firm boss arrested
The former head of a French company at the centre of a breast implant scandal affecting tens of thousands of women worldwide has been arrested with his former deputy in south-east France. Jean-Claude...
View ArticleAD calls for an election
A general election should be held even though the Opposition's motion of no confidence in the government did not garner a majority, AD said. Chairman Michael Briguglio said that Malta cannot be held...
View ArticleMFA surprised by judicial protest
The Malta Football Association has expressed surprise at the judicial protest filed in court by former coaches John Buttigieg and Carmel Busuttil. It said that since the coaches' job was terminated to...
View ArticleFrench boy, 10, takes dad's car after missing school bus
A 10-year-old French boy was apprehended by police today after taking his father's car and trying to drive it to school when he missed the bus. The boy, who took along a nine-year-old friend who also...
View ArticleCameron terms financial transactions tax as 'madness'
The European Union's plan for a financial transaction tax is "simply madness", Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron says in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Malta is one of a few...
View ArticleHamrun demonstration calls for broader hate crime law
A demonstration calling for hate crime legislation to include crime motivated by gender or sexual orientation, was held in Hamrun this evening in the wake of a recent assault on two lesbian girls. The...
View ArticleDisaster hit Japan faces a major challenge
Almost a year after the tsunami, Japan is still cleaning up and processing the thousands of tons of garbage remains one of the country's biggest challenges.
View ArticleDefrocked priest should be found guilty of rape - AG
Godwin Scerri, the defrocked priest, who the Courts jailed five years after they found him guilty of abusing boys in his care, should also be found guilty of rape, Philip Galea Farrugia, for the...
View ArticleMan pleads not guilty to injuring nurse and doctor at health centre
A man who allegedly injured a doctor and a nurse when he went to a health centre to get a medical certificate has been remanded in custody at Mount Carmel after pleading not guilty to the charges....
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