“Dictatorial.”

Labour MP Adrian Vassallo hitting out at his leader Joseph Muscat’s reaction after he voted against the divorce Bill.

“He is obviously hurt.”

Labour leader Joseph Muscat reacting to MP Adrian Vassallo’s accusations of dictatorship.

“My contract with the ship is over... I miss my wife and I’m going back to Turkey.”

MV Azzurra captain Engin Ozbek on the tough experience of having the Maltese ship detained in Libya for three weeks on allegations of contraband.

“A clear relation between price of cigarettes and consumption.”

Experts proposing that the European Commission doubles the tax on cigarettes to curb the addictive habit.

“You may take notes... on parchment, papyrus... even clay tablets if you wish. But not on computer.”

University lecturer Antoine Vella banning students from using laptops in his class because they were not paying attention. A student blamed the distraction on an “excruciatingly boring” lecture.

“It is irresponsible to negatively portray... Maltese as a nation of psychos and bird killers.”

Cultural Ambassador and tenor Joseph Calleja deploring the way Malta was portrayed on prime time German TV, while condemning illegal hunting.