Stars shine on Oscars red carpet
Hollywood's hottest stars strutted down the Oscars red carpet last night in a stunning parade of bejeweled couture gowns, glittering diamonds and debonair tuxedos. Many of Tinseltown's A-list actresses...
View ArticleForeign Minister in Brussels for EU meeting on Syria
Foreign Minister Tonio Borg will today participate in a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council of EU Foreign Ministers which will discuss the situation in Syria. A decision will be taken on the...
View ArticleTombstones for the trees
Moviment Graffitti has erected 'tombstones' to mourn trees which are being uprooted along the roads in Marsa and Luqa because of road works. Over 40 cardboard tombstones with the words 'R.I.P. Siġra'...
View ArticleHSBC Group posts annual net profit of almost $17 bn
Europe's largest bank HSBC announced surging annual net profits of almost $17 billion today as growth in Asia and other emerging markets offset eurozone debt losses and costs linked to its US exit....
View ArticleMaltese visitors raise Gozo hotel occupancy rates
Total arrivals and nights spent in hotels in December stood at 75,362 and 330,259 respectively, with an average length of stay of 4.4 nights, the national Statistics office said this morning....
View ArticleQuadruple limb transplant fails
The world's first quadruple limb transplant has failed, a Turkish hospital said today. Hacettepe University said doctors had to remove two arms and two legs which were transplanted on 27-year-old...
View ArticleEU steps up pressure on Malta over trapping - Government reacts
Brussels today insisted that there is no justification to continue to allow bird trapping in Malta and threatened to take the country back in front of the European Court of Justice. On the...
View ArticleEU wants revision of Malta's service pension cuts
The European Commission today requested Malta to stop reducing Maltese old-age pensions by the amount of civil servant pensions received from other EU member states. Maltese legislation introduced by a...
View ArticleMelita selects Ericsson for mobile indoor coverage upgrade
Melita announced today that it recently contracted mobile network giant Ericsson to upgrade various sites of its mobile network to improve indoor coverage. The multi million project follows the...
View ArticleRoad works in Msida
Works will be carried out tonight and tomorrow night in the road which links the skate park area in Tal-Qroqq with Misraħ il-Menqa, Msida, Transport Malta said. In both days, the work starts at 8pm.
View ArticleInternet services: MCA proposes Quality of Service Framework
The Malta Communications Authority (MCA) has published a consultation document which proposes a Quality of Service Framework in respect of broadband Internet services. The aim of this consultation is...
View ArticleAll local active equities trade higher
Four equities traded higher during this morning's session on the local equity market with the MSE Share Index rising by 0.4% to a new 3-week high of 3,010.921 points. HSBC Bank Malta plc edged 0.4%...
View ArticleUK tabloid had 'network of corrupt officials'
Journalists at Britain's best-selling tabloid The Sun had a "network of corrupted officials" who provided them with stories in return for large cash payments, a top police officer said today. Deputy...
View ArticleUK photographer escapes to Lebanon as Homs pounded
Wounded British photographer Paul Conroy has been smuggled into Lebanon from the Syrian rebel city of Homs, which was today shelled by regime forces for a 25th day, his father and activists said. News...
View ArticleMontoya in bizarre crash
Former Formula 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya escaped serious injury when he lost control of his car in the Daytona race and slammed into the back of a safety truck carrying jet fuel last night. The crash...
View ArticleMinister may be using his position to put off critical debate in parliament - PL
The deputy leader of the opposition said today that the Leader of the House, Carm Mifsud Bonnici, appeared to be using his position to postpone debate in Parliament on an opposition motion which...
View ArticleThe rights of children are supreme
Another non-debate lit up the news cycle in the last couple of weeks. Of all orphanages in the world, one in Ethiopia run by Maltese nuns, on the advice of the Archbishop Cremona, is giving babies for...
View ArticleCyclist gets £4,000 compensation for pothole damage in the UK
A cyclist who was injured after he was thrown from his bicycle when a wheel got stuck in a pothole has been awarded more than £4,000 in compensation in the UK, his solicitors said today. James Tarrant,...
View ArticlePetition against Acta presented to EP
A petition calling on MEPs "to stand for a free and open internet and reject the ratification of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta)" was today received by the European Parliament. The...
View ArticleBaby survives two days after abortion
A baby boy abandoned by doctors to die after a botched abortion was found alive nearly a day later and survived for another day, The Daily Telegraph reported. The 22-week baby died in intensive care at...
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