“You can call me tough or heartless... but we want the same concrete solidarity used to save the banks.”

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat warning the EU that Malta will use all the legitimate powers at its disposal to express its dissatisfaction unless it received concrete solidarity on irregular immigration – his comments came hours after 291 immigrants were rescued.


“This approach... will isolate Malta from other EU member states.”

The PN slamming the Prime Minister’s stand as a “cheap attempt to gain popularity” in Malta but which would lose the island support with the EU.


“I was told (the money) was coming from a bank in Dubai.”

Bahamas landlord Barry Connor amplifying on his claim that  former EU Commissioner John Dalli wanted to set up a fund in the tax haven.


“It is unnerving for the passengers... but these things happen.”

Air Malta CEO Peter Davies reacting to the near miss involving an Air Malta plane and Egyptair in French airspace.


“Blown out of proportion.”

The Malta Employers’ Association insisting that while problems existed within the labour market, the incidence of precarious work was being exaggerated.


“She was a very quiet person with a beautiful soul.”

Sarah Grech reminiscing about her friend Angie Bugeja, 23, who died with her two friends when the taxi they were in crashed into a bus as they were travelling to the airport in Belize.


“People thought it was her blood pressure.”

A colleague of one of the 14 kitchen staff and waiters who were hospitalised after inhaling carbon monoxide at a wedding reception recounting how people started to pass out.

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