"They said this day will never dawn but it did... A progressive movement was born today."

A triumphant Labour leader Joseph Muscat hailing the results of the European Parliament elections, the PL's largest majority in a national election for over 50 years.

"I bow to the people's judgement."

Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi acknowledging the extent of the Nationalists' defeat in the EP elections.

"Since he was not symptomatic while on the island, he could not have infected anyone."

Parliamentary Secretary Mario Galea after reports that a Japanese boy who contracted swine flu in Germany had recently holidayed in Gozo.

"Not at all"

Mgr Philip Calleja when asked if Suleiman Abubaker, the Sudanese immigrant who died of his injuries after an incident with a Paceville bouncer, was an aggressive person.

"We're not involved in any way."

Lilia Fenech, the Maltese wife of German Peter Wallner, who was charged with the murder of his first wife after her badly decomposed body was found in a bin outside the house he shared with Ms Fenech in Surrey, England.