“Society needs to understand that the proposed decriminalisation of drugs is completely different from outright legalisation.”

Justice Minister Owen Bonnici commenting on a Eurobarometer report which showed only 14 per cent of Maltese agreed with the legalisation of drugs.

“Who is going to benefit from this new legislation? Is it society or is it the drug barons?”

Auxilliary Bishop Charles Scicluna commenting about the proposed drug reform.

“We are far less insular, more open and less resistant to change than just 10 years ago.”

A report by The Today Public Policy Institute looking back at Malta’s 10 years as an EU member state.

“I kept hoping till the end that it wasn’t him.”

Denise Chibueze, whose husband, Marsa FC footballer Basil Chibueze, died while jogging on Monday. Her first husband, the victim’s brother, died in similar circumstances.

“England supporters come for the beer and want a fun night out as do Germany supporters, unlike the mellower mood generated by Italy supporters.”

Bar owner Matthew Pace on his World Cup customers.

“Zero marks for whether it will really achieve its intended objective; 50 marks for its content and 100 marks for the intention.”

MHRA president Paul Bugeja on a police video aimed at English language students, which was ordered offline because it sent the wrong message about Malta.