Sunday, November 22, 2009
News
EU seeks injunction to stop hunting of protected birds in Italy
The European Commission has called on the European Court of Justice to issue an injunction against Italy to prevent the hunting of protected bird...
Muscat demands responsibility for power outage
Labour leader Joseph Muscat said today that while investigations into last week's power outage should continue, somebody should shoulder...
MIA expects winter traffic to be at 2009 levels
Malta International Airport had forecast a small increase in airport traffic in the last quarter of this year but expects winter passenger numbers...
Enemalta right to involve other authorities in power cut investigation - Gonzi
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said this morning that Enemalta had done well to involve other authorities in the investigation of last week's power...
Updated: Libya rescues migrants
Libyan rescue services have rescued around 80 illegal immigrants who were in distress on the high seas, just 60 miles from Lampedusa.
Italian...
Ex PL secretary warns party against losing its soul
History professor and former Labour general secretary Dominic Fenech has warned his party against losing its soul by "pussyfooting" to pander to...
Microlight plane crash lands in Qrendi
A Maltese-registered micro-light aircraft made a crash landing in a field near Qrendi church this morning.
Informed sources said the incident...
Gold stolen in Zabbar parish church burglary
A quantity of gold items was stolen in a burglary from Zabbar parish church overnight.
The items, many of them old, had decorated the statue of...
Middlesea says the worst is over
Malta's largest insurance provider has assured clients their policies are fully secured, even though the group's investment in an Italian firm has...
Press digest
The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Sunday Times reports that the departure of John Dalli from the...
200 migrants arrive in Sicily
Some 200 migrants have been landed in Sicily after having been rescued from a boat 75Km off Capo Passero - the southernmost point of Sicily.
The...
Malta places eighth in Junior Eurovision contest
Malta placed eighth in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev last night.
Its representatives, Francesca and Mikaela, gave a spirited...
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Stories from The Sunday Times
No charges over attempts to buy rape girl's silence
No charges will be brought against the lawyers or any other intermediary involved in the attempts to buy the silence of the family of a...
Ex-political heavyweights mooted as next President
Three former political heavyweights seem to be the frontrunners at this stage to succeed Eddie Fenech Adami as President after his five-year term...
Israel exceeding limits of self-defence - de Marco
Israel is exceeding the limits of self-defence in response to an unwarranted attack by Hamas, according to President Emeritus Guido de Marco.
The...
Cancer patients call for drug refund
The three women taking the breast cancer drug Herceptin are calling on the government to refund part of the money they forked out for this...
Malta loses a great composer
Maestro Charles Camilleri, one of Malta's most significant and talented composers, died yesterday aged 77.
Mro Camilleri, whose popularity...
Director makes the cut
Ryan Gatt shares many affinities with Spanish director Alejandro Amenábar (of The Others fame). He is the same age as the director when he...
Talking about a new resolution
The New Year ushers in a sense of renewal and the resolve to change our lives and situations for the better. The tradition of resolutions dates...
Silence endangers Church's existence - Gozo bishop
The Church would be "endangering its very existence" if it did not continue to get its message across, Gozo Bishop Mario Grech said...
Labour discusses rent reform
The Labour Party's parliamentary group yesterday met to discuss the party's position on the Bill to reform rent laws, which is being discussed in...
A bumpy ride in 2009?
Juggling between statistics, predictions and a few assumptions, The Sunday Times gazes through the crystal ball for 2009.
This is the year of the...
Students to hold rally over collective agreement impasse
Students are to hold a rally on Wednesday to voice their disapproval at the "unacceptable and unjust" situation caused by the impasse...
Charity concert to bid farewell to President
Elegant, sacred music will waft through St John's Co-Cathedral during a concert on January 16 to bid farewell to President Eddie Fenech Adami...
Police seek to clarify superintendent's Marsa comments
The police have sought to clarify comments by a superintendent about Marsa, saying that in his court submissions the officer had not said that the...
Autographed shirt of Kaká donated
An AC Milan kit autographed by the Brazilian football legend Kaká has been donated to the Community Chest Fund to generate funds for those...
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