“Within seconds I realised the cylinder had exploded and my chest felt wet.”

Bandsman Bjorn Callus recounting the moment a makeshift confetti cannon operated by children exploded during a feast, leaving seven injured.


“Malta courts – offer of the week: Hit and assault a man for €60! Why get a speeding ticket when you can injure a person for less?”

A comment by a reader on times ofmalta.com in reaction to a controversial court decision to fine five campers €60 when they hit a protester.


“She just thought she could leave and not have to do anything.”

Christian Farago, uncle of a Hungarian teenager who went missing last month, sparking nationwide alarm.


“Now I realise just how important that convoy was.”

War veteran Allan Shaw on the 70th anniversary of Operation Pedestal.


“People can’t even see the clothes in the shop, let alone go into the changing room.”

A Sliema shop owner expresses his frustration after another power cut.

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