Russia sending grannies to Eurovision
A Russian group known as the Buranovo Grannies has swept aside glamorous opposition to represent the country at this year's Eurovision Song Contest. The eight women beat 24 competitors, including a...
View Article€100,000 compensation for accident caused by poor state of road
Transport Malta has been ordered to pay almost €100,000 in damages to a man who suffered head injuries in a traffic accident which was caused by the bad state of a road. Mr Justice Lino Farrugia Sacco...
View ArticleLiverpool defender reignites Suarez row
Liverpool defender Glen Johnson has accused Manchester United defender Patrice Evra of manufacturing the handshake incident with Luis Suarez at Old Trafford which further inflamed the race row between...
View ArticleTearful witness describes how fraud ruined his family
The son of a businessman who was allegedly defrauded of some €750,000 broke down in tears in court this morning as be pointed to the accused and said he had ruined his family. Rodney Spiteri was...
View ArticlePodolski to join Arsenal: report
Germany forward Lukas Podolski is to quit Cologne at the end of the season to join Arsenal for €13 million, according to reports. The German club, currently 14th in the Bundesliga, made no confirmation...
View ArticlePakistan charges Bin Laden's three widows
Pakistan has charged Osama bin Laden's three widows with illegal entry, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said today, without saying when it had done so or when a trial will begin. Pakistan took the...
View ArticleLibya brigades promise to turn over strategic sites
Libyan militias who helped oust Muammar Gaddafi promised today to turn over to the interim government strategic sites, such as airports and border crossings, that they have held since capturing them in...
View ArticleECB holds key rate steady at 1.0%
The European Central Bank held its key interest rates steady, as expected today, leaving eurozone borrowing costs at historic lows after cutting rates twice in recent months. The ECB's policy-setting...
View ArticleMepa: Planning Directorate to recommend refusal of Dingli fireworks depot...
Mepa said this evening that its Planning Directorate is recommending refusal of a development permit for a fireworks depot at Tal Qaws on Dingli Cliffs after the Explosives Committee did not give its...
View ArticleUpdated - Flight's departure delayed due to phone stolen... last week
A missing iphone which triggered a search on airline passengers and delayed a flight by 90 minutes this afternoon, actually went missing last week. The Air Malta flight from Malta to Manchester, which...
View ArticleWoman found dead in Paola
An 89-year-old woman from Paola was found dead at her residence in Triq Bormla this afternoon. The police said their help was requested at around 3 p.m. They went on site and found the lifeless body of...
View ArticleHAVE A POLL
Out of respect for this somewhat antiquated notion that anything people like me write will make the blindest bit of difference when you go to vote, I’m writing this on Thursday afternoon, so that it...
View ArticleGerman court upholds Mein Kampf ban
A British publisher cannot print excerpts of Adolf Hitler's infamous memoir Mein Kampf in Germany, a Munich court has ruled. The state court said the excerpts would violate the book's copyright, which...
View ArticleConcorde crash appeal trial starts
The company and engineers accused of negligently causing a Concorde supersonic jet to crash outside Paris with the loss of 113 lives went on trial for a second time today. A previous prosecution after...
View ArticleJupiter, Venus in close encounter this week
The planets Venus and Jupiter will appear close together every evening between tomorrow and March 17, the Astronomic Society said. The two planets have been getting closer together in the Western sky...
View ArticleUK, Italian hostages killed in rescue bid
A Briton and an Italian taken hostage in northern Nigeria were apparently killed by their captors before or during a rescue attempt today, Britain's prime minister said. David Cameron said he had...
View ArticlePope conveys greetings to Archbishop Emeritus Joseph Mercieca
Pope Benedict has conveyed his greetings to Archbishop Emeritus Joseph Mercieca on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of his ordination. In a letter read this evening by Nuncio Nuncio Filippo Colnago...
View ArticleMigration not a security threat – European forum
Migration is a humanitarian concern and not a security issue according to a European non-governmental organisation that brings together more than 300 cities. The European Forum for Urban Security,...
View ArticleCall of Duty
Last week I did the unthinkable - for the first time in months I took a day off work. I mean a whole full day of leave for no particular reason whatsoever. The intention was to dilly dally and take...
View ArticleMeteo website predicts 'hurricane force wind' on Saturday
A private Italian meteorological station is forecasting hurricane force winds in the Sicily Channel between Malta and Sicily on Saturday, but the predictions of the Malta Meteorological office are less...
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