“I wasn’t expecting this result especially after the position taken by the Socialists.”

Tonio Borg after he was approved by more than 100 votes as the new EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Affairs, despite the Socialist group publically opposing his nomination.

“I don’t want to die now.”

Widow Maria Axiaq, 74, recounts her ordeal at the hands of an armed robber who tricked his way into her Luqa home and stole €1,400 in cash and four rings.

“We’ve moved an important step forward.”

Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi on the most recent proposal in unsuccessful negotiations on the 2014-2021 EU Budget to allocate €680 million to Malta over seven years.

“It is my intention to propose my candidature, in the interest of the Labour Party.”

Former Labour Prime Minister Alfred Sant in a letter to the PL announcing he will not stand for re-election as an MP but will stand in the European Parliament elections instead.

“It is an opportunity for the Maltese to look around what you could say is ‘their’ warship.”

Commodore Paddy McAlpine, commander of the UK Response Force Task Group, on the arrival in Grand Harbour of HMS Illustrious – which has historical connections with Malta – for a five-day visit.