“The huge majority of member states are adamantly opposed to this idea.”

European Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmström dashing hopes that Malta would get any help to relocate irregular immigrants.

“I expressed doubts on how the Government can stick to its financial target... I didn’t badmouth the Government.”

Former finance minister Tonio Fenech reacting to Prime Minister Joseph Muscat’s allegation that “someone” was inciting the International Monetary Fund against the Government.

“We are taking it day by day.”

Nationalist MP Beppe Fenech Adami cautiously optimistic that his father, former Prime Minister and President Eddie Fenech Adami, 79, was responding well to treatment after undergoing a cardiac procedure.

“The flea market can by no means be described as a tourist attraction.”

St James Cavalier manager Chris Gatt denouncing Government’s decision to relocate Valletta’s monti to Ordnance Street, a stone’s throw away from Renzo Piano’s City Gate project.

“Big mistake.”

Malta’s Eurovision contestant Gianluca Bezzina laughing at how he was mobbed by children wanting autographs when he passed by the hospital’s paediatric ward on his first day back at work.

“Customers attending the club know exactly what they will find.”

Magistrate Ian Farrugia dismissing the charge that topless dancing in a strip club offended morals as those who frequented the club were of a certain age and knew what to expect.

“If anyone feels aggrieved they can take us to court.”

EU anti-fraud agency chief Giovanni Kessler expressing confidence that none of OLAF’s actions were illegal when it investigated former Health Commissioner John Dalli.