5.7 quake strikes remote Pacific area
5.7-magnitude earthquake and several aftershocks struck beneath the Pacific off New Zealand's Kermadec Islands today, US geologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued. The remote offshore quake...
View ArticlePN general council: Gonzi to seek secret vote
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said today that he was seeking a secret vote of confidence in his leadership of the Nationalist Party. Concluding an extraordinary meeting of the PN General Council, Dr...
View ArticleNO LINE YET
When in my Beck column I suggested that it was time to draw a line under what, boiled down to its basis, is a sordid exercise of self-glorification by that lawyer from Ghaxaq, I reckoned without the...
View ArticleGonzi - What I proposed is a leadership contest where I will be a candidate
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said this afternoon that what he had proposed to the PN general council was a PN leadership contest, where he would be a candidate. Voting would be by secret ballot....
View ArticleGonzi has failed two tests - Muscat
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi failed two democratic tests in this legislature, when he ignored the people's vote during the divorce referendum and when he failed to admit that he lost the majority in...
View ArticleCachia Caruana denies 'bicca deputat' claim
Richard Cachia Caruana, Malta's permanent representative to the EU, has denied that he ever referred to Franco Debono as 'bicca deputat'. In a statement with reference to an article in Malta Today...
View ArticleFormer Italian President Scalfaro dies
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, a past president of Italy and a founding member of the former Christian Democrats, has died aged 93. Italian President Giorgio Napolitano paid tribute to his predecessor as "a...
View ArticleParasitic twin found in boy's stomach
Doctors in Peru have found a "parasitic twin" in the stomach of a three-year-old boy, and plan to surgically remove the tissue tomorrow. Dr Carlos Astocondor of the medical team at Las Mercedes...
View ArticlePL: Gonzi needs majority in parliament, not in the PN
The Labour Party said this afternoon that the prime minister put the party before parliament when he decided to seek confirmation of his leadership in a secret PN ballot. He was also extending...
View ArticleDjokovic beats Nadal in marathon clash
Novak Djokovic outlasted Rafael Nadal to retain his Australian Open title in the longest grand slam final of all time. The Serbian won an epic encounter 5-7 6-4 6-2 6-7(5/7) 7-5 in five hours and 53...
View ArticleAll square between Mqabba, Tarxien
TARXIEN RAINBOWS-1, MQABBA-1 Tarxien Rainbows and Mqabba produced a hard-fought encounter but struggled to create clear scoring opportunities, sharing the spoils in a 1-1 draw at the Hibs Stadium....
View ArticleInter and Napoli slip to surprise defeats
Inter's run of seven successive Serie A wins came to an abrupt end today as they fell to a 1-0 defeat by relegation strugglers Lecce. Inter's loss leaves them nine points adrift of leaders Juventus,...
View ArticleRampant Paolites canter past Spartans
Hibernians regained second spot in the BOV Premier League standings after the Paolites cruised past Hamrun Spartans 5-0 at the Hibs Stadiumto day. The Paolites were in control right from the outset and...
View ArticleCourt told how woman lost 23,000 euros in elaborate fraud
Raymond Camilleri, 38 of Qawra, this morning pleaded not guilty to defrauding Charmaine Grima of some 23,000 euros in an elaborate scam. Ms Grima told a court that in 2006 she saw a newspaper advert...
View ArticleSingers need to tailor their entry specifically for the event
With a chuckle, J. Anvil kicks off the interview by telling me that he sure hopes that now he's been part of the Malta Eurovision song contest as both host and contestant, he will finally be able to...
View ArticleGO plc stumbles to a new all-time low
GO plc's share price dropped by 5.6% to a new all-time low of €0.85 across four trades totalling 14,200 shares during trading on the Malta Stock Exchange today. Shareholders are still awaiting an...
View ArticleEU summit opens amid rift over Greece
European Union leaders opened their first summit of 2012 this afternoon, overshadowed by a new row over how to save Greece after Germany suggested placing the country's budget under EU control. The...
View Article'Malta ready for EU fiscal pact' – PM
Malta is satisfied with the latest negotiated text of the EU's Fiscal Pact and is ready to sign it. Speaking to timesofmnalta.com prior to the start of an EU summit in Brussels this afternoon, Prime...
View ArticleBirzebbuga excluded from noise maps
Birzebbuga has been left out of noise maps submitted to the EU by the government, in what is further evidence that Birzebbuga residents are being treated as second class citizens, MEP Edward Scicluna...
View ArticlePN: Parliament will meet only when all government MPs are in Malta
The Nationalist Party declared this evening that Parliament will meet only when all government MPs are in Malta. The party was reacting to a press conference by Labour leader Joseph Muscat, who said...
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