“Gaddafi has lost all legitimacy and is no longer an interlocutor for the EU.”

EU leaders unanimously calling on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to step down “without further delay”.


“Within seconds the room started to shake, equipment fell to the floor and you could hear the noise of glass panes about to shatter.”

Ray Bondin, Malta’s permanent delegate to Unes­co, who is in Tokyo, describing how the earth started to shake as Japan was hit by a 8.9 magnitude quake, followed by a tsunami.


“You are better off entering (court) as a guilty man than as a victim.”

Michael Cassar, who lost his 28-year-old daughter in the Save-on supermarket tragedy in which his wife was also severely injured, on the €40,000 damages his wife received 21 years after the incident.


“At face value it could be mistaken as reasonable,but... (it)’s really a sham.”

Fr Joe Borg describing the proposed divorce referendum question based on the Private Member’s Bill.


“The question based on the Bill... seems safer and more respectful.”

Prof. Henry Frendo on the importance of the question making clear the type of divorce to be introduced.


“Tomorrow is the anniversary of when I was bitten by my hamster.”

A timesofmalta.com reader on the news that the GRTU was marking the first anniversary of Vince Farrugia’s assault by declaring March 11 the Day Against All Forms of Violence .

Sign up to our free newsletters

Get the best updates straight to your inbox:
Please select at least one mailing list.

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of our emails. We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By subscribing, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing.