Stories highlighting cowboy behaviour and couldn't-care-less attitudes in Malta's streets were the most read in Times of Malta's online community section... though a story about butter and one man's decision to cavort naked in Valletta also managed to sneak into the top 10.

These are the most read 10 stories in our community section: 

1. Road rage turns to fracas in Valletta public square

Malta’s balmy weather was a bit too hot to handle for a couple of Valletta motorists, with an argument behind the wheel ending up in a full-blown fracas.

2. Would you live in this Gżira house?

You might think the clip was shot inside a home of a Syrian village caught up in the country's brutal war. But the racket heard in this video was recorded in Henry Bouverie Street in Gżira as an adjacent villa was being demolished.

3. Benna butter post churns out Facebook reactions

A battle over butter spread onto Facebook with local dairy producers Benna batting away a suggestion that their "100% Maltese" butter was not what it claimed to be.

4. Dare to bare on Tritons Fountain gets man a €1,000 fine

A foreigner who climbed naked on top of the Tritons Fountain was later caught... and then marched to court fully clothed... and fined €1,000!

5. Truck destroys wall of private residence, arch of historical value

A truck knocks down the wall of a private residence in Carmel Street as it was driven the wrong way down. Just another day in the concrete jungle called St Julian’s.

6. President joins outcry as junior minister defends 'joke' poking fun at people with mental problems

Nadur carnival revellers thought it was funny to poke fun at people with mental health problems. Amid outcry, the Gozitan parliamentary secretary even sprang to their defence. President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca failed to see the funny side. 

7. Ġnejna Bay security guard rides roughshod over turtle protection rules

A security guard tasked with watching over loggerhead turtle eggs at Ġnejna Bay infuriated conservation activists by driving his car right onto the sand next to the fragile eggs

8.€5m passport scheme donation to Puttinu sparks controversy

A hefty government donation to Puttinu Cares announced on live TV split opinions down the middle, with some celebrating the seven-figure sum and others calling it a cynical PR stunt.

9. 'Instant karma,' motorcyclist says as speeding taxi careens out of control

A video of a speeding taxi driver crashing through a kerb after driving dangerously in Luqa had Malta's motorcycle community delighting in a dose of schadenfreude.

10. One day after that fatal accident

The shocking footage of a construction worker falling to his death in Sliema clearly failed to jolt other workers and their bosses into taking the necessary safety precautions just a day later.

 

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