“There is not yet an emergency situation.”

EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmström snubbing Malta’s request to activate an emergency mechanism that triggers obligatory solidarity among member states in cases of sudden immigrant influxes .


“The author must realise... there is God above everything; God, who is definitely bigger than the biggest ego of the most celebrated authors.”

Attorney General Peter Grech, who also lectures on media law and freedom of expression, in his 32-page appeal against the Realtà judgment which held that Alex Vella Gera’s explicit article was not obscene.


“Resignation highly significant.”

Foreign Affairs Minister Tonio Borg reacting to the defection of Libyan Foreign Minister Mussa Kussa, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s former head of intelligence.


“Untimely.”

Malta Employers Association slamming the fuel price hikes that saw unleaded petrol go up by 4c per litre and diesel by 3c.


“Nothing more than a government-created smokescreen.”

Birdlife Malta levelling accusations at Ornis, the government’s consultative body, after a legal notice was issued changing the spring hunting framework set last year – Birdlife chose to boycott the committee.


“I really hoped the increase in fuel prices was a joke too.”

A timesofmalta.com reader’s reaction to the April Fool’s joke on the website announcing that Malta would be making a joint bid with Cyprus for the 2026 World Cup.

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