"The reality is the Marsa power station is getting old."
Finance Minister Tonio Fenech apologising for the nationwide blackout caused by a technical fault to Boiler 7.

"Sometimes, I cannot afford milk... the grocer gives me credit."
A single mother of five on how she tries to make ends meet while living in a rundown garage in Marsascala.

"...We will not be able to take part."
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi on how Malta will opt out of Frontex if other EU member states engaged the new rules obliging the country hosting the mission to take all immigrants rescued on high seas.

"An ego trip, not a national project"
The Labour Party on the Renzo Piano project for City Gate in Valletta approved by the planning authority.

"Veru... veru (it is true)."
Sandro Chetcuti, charged with the attempted murder of GRTU director general Vince Farrugia, nodding his head in agreement when Mr Farrugia took the stand and said Mr Chetcuti had said he would kill him.

"I tried to leave every day but was always stopped."
A man, who did not wish to be named, on how he lost his job in Libya after he was repeatedly refused entry as a Schengen-area citizen.