“I don’t mind admitting the PN hasn’t done enough... but today it has a different stance.”

Opposition leader Simon Busuttil on the Civil Unions Bill for same-sex couples being debated in Parliament.


“If Malta and Lampedusa are divided, we will not achieve anything and we might just be playing into the hands of member states that only pay lip service to burden sharing.”

Lampedusa mayor Maria Giuseppina Nicolini insisting the two islands had to be more united to make a common case at an EU level.


“She told police he touched her intimately in front of a class of 23 students.”

A 10-year-old girl’s claims that a teacher with a 40-year unblemished career sexually abused her, were thrown out by the court.


“Whoever did it knew what he had to do. It’s sad he died this way.”

Relatives of Paul Grech, who was found wedged into a crevice on the cliff edge in Mellieħa with a stab wound to the heart, want the killer to be caught.


“Describing this as an isolated incident... is not consistent with reality.”

Birdlife Malta conservation officer Nicholas Barbara disagreeing with the Animal Rights Parliamentary Secretary’s observation that the shooting of some 25 eagles was a one-off.


“Developers build to satisfy de­mand... not for their enjoyment.”

Malta Developers Association chairman Michael Falzon reacting to Eurostat figures that the island is the most densely populated country in the EU.


“It is this illogical thinking that almost forces people like me to embark on such a voyage.”

A 47-year-old Syrian recounting how the Swedish embassy in Tripoli denied him and his family visas, leaving them no choice but to leave Libya illegally.

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