The Boss to headline storm concert
Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi, both from hard-hit New Jersey, will perform at a benefit concert for Superstorm Sandy victims. Billy Joel of New York's Long Island, also badly damaged by the...
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Sixth warmest October since 1922
October had an average temperature of 23°C, which was 2.3° warmer than the climate norm, Malta Airport’s Meteorological Office said today. This made it the sixth warmest October since 1922. The mean...
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Moscow skyscraper reigns in Europe
Moscow is reclaiming bragging rights for having Europe's tallest building after losing the distinction for a few months to London. The mixed office and residential tower called Mercury City has topped...
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Updated: Msida flooding, of a different kind
Motorists and residents of Msida experienced flooding of a different kind today, a tide which caused seawater to flow around the Workers' Monument. The phenomenon was also witnessed in St George's...
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American foundation presents cheques to local institutions
The American Foundation for Maltese Charities, a New York based charity, recently donated funds to 18 Maltese charitable organisations during a ceremony hosted by US ambassador Gina...
View ArticlePresident and Mrs Abela visiting Maltese patients in London
President and Mrs George Abela left Malta this afternoon to visit Maltese patients in London hospitals. Dr and Mrs Abela will be staying with the Franciscan nuns to have the opportunity to live close...
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PN stands firm as Busuttil says he is not against reconciliation with Franco...
Updated 10 p.m. - The Nationalist Party reacted sharply this evening after MEP Simon Busuttil told a caller in a Radio 101 phone-in that he was not againt reconciliation with Franco Debono and others,...
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Halloween stampede kills three
A stampede in an arena where thousands of people were attending a Halloween party has killed three women and critically injured two in the Spanish capital Madrid. It happened just after 4am in a...
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All Souls' Day
Vince Pulis took these pictures of the Addolorata Cemetery Chapel ahead of the celebration of All Souls Day. Many people will go to cemeteries on Friday - All Souls Day - and throughout this month to...
View ArticleCUDDLE HIM NOT
What a country this is: a politician makes an off-the-cuff remark and everyone and his brother has to jump in and read into it depths of meaning that are dependent only on the bits of the remark that...
View ArticleBOV shares down 0.8%
The share price of Bank of Valletta plc eased lower for the third consecutive session despite still trading with the entitlement to the record final gross dividend of 16c per share and the one for...
View ArticleGirl shot in 'skunk' costume mix-up
A man who apparently shot a young relative after mistaking her costume for a skunk has been ordered to stand trial on charges of assault and reckless endangerment. Thomas Grant waived a preliminary...
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Two men charged with theft
Two former security guards at Lidl Supermarket in Sta Venera were this morning charged with stealing more than €1,000 worth of products. Anthony Portelli, 35, of Zejtun was put on probation for two...
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Jewellery thief jailed five years
A 23-year-old drug addict from Mtarfa has been jailed five years for stealing €23,000 worth of gold jewellery, cash and other objects from his great aunt. Josef Agius told the police he had stolen the...
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Conditionally discharged after damaging apartment
James Paul Munden, 44, of St Paul’s Bay, was conditionally discharged for one year after he pleaded guilty to causing €900 worth of damage at his former girlfriend’s apartment. Mr Munden was also...
View ArticleGovernment stock issue oversubscribed
5,256 applications with a nominal value of more than €252 million were received by the Treasury against the authorised sum on issue of €100 million (subject to an over-allotment option for an...
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Update 3: Joseph Calleja receives honorary degree
"I am very much a Maltese product, I am very proud of my heritage, it is genuine love I feel for this nation," Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja, 34, said this evening just after he was bestowed with a...
View ArticleRoad closed to traffic
Triq Mikiel Anton Vassalli is closed to traffic in the Paceville tunnels direction because of urgent works, the police said.
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Birdwatching season at nature reserves starts this weekend
The Għadira and Simar nature reserves will welcome visitors for another season of bird and wildlife watching as from this weekend, BirdLife said. It said in a statement the two reserves are the...
View ArticleWoman held in dead babies probe
A Polish woman has been arrested on suspicion of killing at least five of her newborn babies. Maria Kudyba, a prosecutor in northeast Poland, said the suspect, identified only as 41-year-old Beata Z,...
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