Shevchenko '50-50' for England game
Ukraine coach Oleg Blokhin revealed on Monday that talisman and captain Andriy Shevchenko has only a "50-50" chance of being fit for their crucial Euro 2012 match with England on Tuesday. Shevchenko...
View ArticleItaly beat Ireland to reach Euro quarter-finals
Antonio Cassano and Mario Balotelli fired Italy into the quarter-finals of Euro 2012 after a tense 2-0 victory over the Republic of Ireland. The AC Milan striker headed home from Andrea Pirlo's...
View ArticleSpain oust Croatia to reach last eight
Defending champions Spain left it late before ousting Croatia 1-0 in Gdansk on Monday to reach the quarter-finals of Euro 2012 as they won Group C. After a tight encounter which rarely hit the heights...
View ArticleVideo: Motion against RCC passes as JPO votes with opposition, Mugliett abstains
The government suffered its second body blow in as many months this evening when an Opposition motion calling for the resignation of Richard Cachia Caruana was approved by Parliament, with Nationalist...
View ArticlePOWER HUNGRY? NEVER
So I was wrong, Labour have won another cynical, opportunistic, motion,this time riding on the coat-tails of someone else who had a personal axe to grind. What a sad bunch, snapping at the heels of...
View ArticleGonziPN in meltdown - Muscat
Labour leader Joseph Muscat said this evening that GonziPN was in meltdown and as predicted, Parliament this evening witnessed another government implosion. Speaking at a press conference after a...
View ArticleVideo: Cachia Caruana resigns - PM surprised by vote
Richard Cachia Caruana has resigned from his post as Malta's permanent representative to the European Union after an Opposition motion calling for his resignation was approved in Parliament. Prime...
View ArticleRCC's resignation letter published
The following is the resignation letter tendered this evening by Richard Cachia Caruana after an Opposition motion against him was approved in Parliament. The letter was published by the Prime...
View ArticleCaruana Galizia denies JPO's claims
Blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia this evening denied claims made in parliament by Nationalist MP Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando that she told him - after the general election in 2008 - that Richard Cachia...
View ArticleUnseen footage of Nelson Mandela, aged 94
Images of Nelson Mandela filmed on July 18 - his 94th birthday - in the village of Qunu, in the southeast of South Africa, where the anti-apartheid hero now lives. The day before, former US President...
View ArticleFollowing in dad’s Olympic footsteps
With Malta and much of Europe still scarred by war, a dashing Francis Zammit Cutajar proudly carried the Maltese flag into Wembley Stadium during the opening ceremony of the 1948 Olympic Games in...
View ArticleMore than 100 sick after mine spill
More than 100 people have been made ill by the spillage of a toxic copper concentrate produced at one of the country's biggest mines. The Ancash state regional health office said 140 people were...
View ArticleOpening window on Gozo
Gozo is the focus of a supplement out with The Sunday Times tomorrow, opening a window onto the people, properties, history, homes, culture and sports particular to the neighbouring island....
View ArticleEx-judge to represent Assange
Crusading former Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon has agreed to represent WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange free of charge, saying he is neither a pirate nor a terrorist. Mr Garzon says Mr Assange's case...
View ArticleNaxxar parking area up for sale
The vast parking lot around the Naxxar Trade Fair centre is up for sale and could be turned into a built-up area. The land, covering more than 6,000 square metres, is owned by the Malta Trade Fairs...
View ArticleEU gets new rule on safer hair dye
Hair dyes used by an estimated 60 per cent of women and up to 10 per cent of men around the EU should become safer in the coming weeks. The European Commission has adopted a directive regulating hair...
View ArticleMellieha traffic arrangements will cause congestion - Gozo associations
The closure of the road leading from Ghadira Bay to Mellieha at the roundabout of the Sea Bank Hotel, except for Mellieha, will lead to congestions, the Gozo Business Chamber and the Gozo Tourism...
View ArticleBirds' heads torn off at zoo
Nine birds have been slaughtered and dozens of animals are missing after a break-in at an Australian zoo. ABC reported that vandals cut the locks on several bird, wallaby and monkey enclosures during...
View ArticleMercaptan: Mepa should have taken action against Enemalta - audit report
Mepa did not live up to its statutory obligations in the Mercaptan issue as it did not take any action against Enemalta, Mepa's audit officer Joe Falzon has concluded. He reached this conclusion in a...
View ArticleSoldiers do their bit to clean up the country
A group of 74 soldiers from the 3rd Regiment and the Maritime Squadron together with 17 beach cleaners from the cleansing department this morning headed off to Imgiebah Bay in Selmun to clean it up....
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