Updated: Transport Malta offices evacuated following bomb threat
Sa Maison Hill has been closed to traffic and Transport Malta’s Sa Maison and Licensing Offices were evacuated earlier today following the receipt of a bomb threat. The Bomb Disposal Unit was called in...
View ArticlePIP implant removal recommended
The French health minister has called on some 30,000 women with breast implants made by French company Poly Implant Prostheses to have them removed "as a preventive measure not of an urgent nature". In...
View ArticleCzechs bid farewell to Havel
Czechs are bidding an emotional farewell to Vaclav Havel, the dissident playwright who led their peaceful revolution that brought to an end decades of Communist rule. Havel's wife Dagmar, family...
View ArticleFormer President discharged from hospital
Former President Eddie Fenech Adami was released from hospital this morning after he was yesterday fitted with a pacemaker. Dr Fenech Adami was hospitalised on Wednesday when he fainted while having...
View ArticleReduced parking rate offer at Floriana park and ride
The first four hours of parking at the Floriana Park and Ride will only cost €1 until the end of December, Arriva said this morning. This offer is valid for all cars that use the park and ride between...
View ArticleUpdated: Custody for two foreigners found in possession of drugs
A 39-year-old Briton who lives in Msida, David Lee Rivers, has been remanded in custody after he pleaded not guilty to the aggravated possession of mephedrone. He was also charged with committing the...
View ArticleRare violin left on bus
US police are asking for help in recovering a rare violin worth 172,000 dollars that was left on board a bus by a groggy music student from Taiwan. Philadelphia police say the instrument was left in an...
View ArticleFour jailed for 'exorcism' killing
Four people convicted of beating to death a woman during what they said was an exorcism ritual on a remote Australian island were jailed today. Sarah Bara was beaten with sticks last year on Groote...
View Article'30 die' in Damascus suicide blasts
More than 30 people have been killed and 100 wounded in twin suicide car bombings in Damascus, the Syrian government said today. State TV blamed al Qaida for the deadly attacks. The blasts are the...
View ArticleBail for man charged with stealing purse
Glen Aquilina, a 24-year-old man from Zabbar, has been granted bail against a personal guarantee of €3,000 after he pleaded not guilty to stealing a purse containing a cashlink card and €100 and...
View ArticleMan in custody for injuring brother
A man was remanded in custody after he pleaded not guilty to attempting to seriously injure his brother and slightly injuring him with a knife. Police Inspector Robert Said Sarreo told the court that...
View ArticleMan injured in fall
A 52-year-old man from Hamrun was grievously injured when he fell from the roof of a residence in Triq Fra Diegu, Hamrun. He is not in a critical condition. The police said the accident happened at...
View ArticleGhaqda Armar tal-Festi wants continuation of discussions with Curia
The Ghaqda Nazzjonali Armar tal-Festi fit-Toroq has written to the Curia requesting a continuation of discussions on pending issues in the Church's document on feasts. The organisation said in a...
View ArticleMaltaPost share price up 4.2%
Further demand for MaltaPost plc shares emerged during this morning's session helping the equity close 1.5% higher at 99c5 across three trades totalling 11,000 shares. MaltaPost's equity was among the...
View ArticleSuspended sentence for failing to declare cigarettes
An Egyptian has been jailed six months suspended for two years and fined €2,231 after he pleaded guilty to failing to declare cigarettes. Mousaad Zohary Abdeldayem Ahmed, 46, passed through the green...
View ArticleTsunami girl home after seven years
A girl who was swept away in the Indian Ocean tsunami seven years ago told today how she broke down in tears after tracking down her parents, who had long lost hope of finding her alive. The...
View ArticleUpdate 3: Man in critical condition after crash
Five people were injured in a traffic accident in Great Siege Road, Valletta, this evening. One of them is in a critical condition. The police said the accident happened at around 9 p.m. when a silver...
View ArticleChristmas joy for rescued crocs
Police discovered 11 Nile crocodiles - five of them squeezed into a small shower - and an alligator at a house in northern Belgium. They were searching the villa of a German man suspected of fraud in...
View ArticleMichael: 'I'm fortunate to be alive'
Pop star George Michael today revealed he was "incredibly fortunate to be here" after being admitted to hospital with pneumonia while on tour in Europe. The singer, back in the UK after being treated...
View ArticlePrince Philip hospitalised
The Duke of Edinburgh was taken to hospital tonight for tests after suffering chest pains, Buckingham Palace said. Prince Philip, 90, went from Sandringham to the cardiothoracic unit at Papworth...
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