“This will be another massive boost.”

Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi lauds the €1.1 billion EU seven-year Budget deal at the end of the Brussels summit.

“No comment.”

Opposition leader Joseph Muscat refuses to be drawn to reacting to an incendiary interview with former deputy Anġlu Farrugia in last week’s edition of The Sunday Times.

“If you have a good relationship with the union, it will help you, even with tenders.”

General Workers’ Union general secretary Tony Zarb in a secretly-taped conversation with a businessman from June 2012. Mr Zarb says the conversation was taken out of context.

“It will surely put Malta on the map.”

Sculptor Paul Vella Critien lauds the restoration of the controversial Luqa monument.

“Shameful.”

Magistrate Claire Stafrace Zammit reprimands a couple going through separation proceedings after they allegedly traded blows inside a church at their daughter’s First Holy Communion.

“I don’t really like competition.”

An incredulous Malta Eurovision winner Gianluca Bezzina says he took part in the festival just for fun.