Japan closes last nuclear reactor for power supply
Japan's only operating nuclear reactor has been shut down for maintenance, leaving the country with no nuclear power supply for the second time in 40 years. Kansai Electric Power Co confirmed reactor...
View ArticleUpdated 8 –‘Expenses in excess of €500,000′– Air Malta on the cancellation of...
[23video id="8691775" token="05eef52f2ecfd7f587adf97074565d99" width="665" height="374"] [23video id="8690592" token="6d3164d57bcd17239d3a055073bcd83b" width="665" height="374"] This morning Air Malta...
View ArticlePrince Harry prepares for Antarctica challenge for charity
Prince Harry has emerged from a giant freezer where he spent the night in preparation for a charity polar trek. He joked it was a cold night's sleep after spending 20 hours in a giant freezer to...
View ArticleMalta Day UK celebrated in London
On 14 September 2013, Malta Day UK was once again celebrated in London. This event is a leading feature in the calendar of Maltese communities and individuals in the UK and is held around the feast of...
View ArticleSpecial Autumn live-caputring licences available
The Government has today published the Conservation of Wild Birds (Declaration on a Derogation for a 2013 Autumn Live-Capturing season) Regulations, 2013, which announces the opening of a limited...
View ArticleA walk to strengthen memory lane
World Alzheimer’s Day is a day of solidarity that unites people with dementia and everyone involved in their care. The Malta Dementia Society will be celebrating this event, together with other...
View ArticleYouth accused of murdering mother fails to turn up at court
A 20-year-old female accused of murdering her mother failed to attend court after she was recovered at Mater Dei Hospital from the area of the Detox Centre, earlier today. Court demanded that the...
View ArticleJudge Quintano says he was not comfortable with Judge Pace’s presence in his...
Former Judge Ray Pace had spoken to then Superintendent Neil Harrison telling him that had it not been for his intervention, drug trafficker Darren Desira would have been handed a much shorter jail...
View ArticleUpdated 2: PN raise doubts over promotions at AFM; Opposition’s attacks aimed...
[23video id="8691627" token="1833e67de9ca59336e80b2a553a75a1d" width="665" height="374"] Recent promotions at the Armed Forces of Malta are partisan motivated, said Nationalist Party spokespersons...
View ArticleFive arrested over suspected cannabis find
Four men and a woman were arrested following the discovery of what is thought to be cannabis at about noon, in Triq tas-Sruġ, Xagħra. The cannabis leaves were found hidden during a search at a...
View ArticlePolice seize nets and protected rare birds
Today, CABS volunteers caught a bird trapper who was trapping dotterel (Birwina) with a huge net installation near Sarraflu, Gozo. According to the conservationists, early this morning at around 08.15...
View ArticleOld Qajjenza plant decommissioned
The old Enemalta gas storage and filling plant in Qajjenza, which had been in operation since 1959, has been officially decommissioned following a decontamination process supervised by the Control of...
View ArticleUpdated: Toddler in critical condition after falling from balcony
A one-year-old girl is in critical condition after falling from around three storeys in Pietru D'Armenia Street, Pembroke. The accident reportedly happened at 5:30p.m., allegedly while the girl was...
View ArticleTo contest or not to contest the MEP elections? Maltese MEPs have their say
[23video id="8691722" token="f1a0505c3e879224e0085d942fe95bc5" width="665" height="374"] Out of the current six Maltese MEPs, the fate of only three of them is known. So far Nationalist Party MEPs;...
View ArticleDeal with China greeted positively by the IMF – Minister Scicluna
‘Once the agreement goes through, China will shoulder part of Enemalta’s debt’ explained Finance Minister Edward Scicluna with regards to the memorandum of understanding signed by the Prime Minister in...
View ArticleMichael Mifsud signs with Melbourne Heart
Maltese Captain Michael Mifsud has signed on with the A-League Melbourne Heart in a one-season deal. Dubbed "The Mosquito" for his diminutive 165cm stature and blistering speed, Mifsud is one of...
View ArticleSpeaker meets with Romanian counterpart
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Dr Anglu Farrugia is currently leading a Parliamentary delegation to Romania. In the Capital, Bucharest, Dr Farrugia met the President of the Chamber of...
View ArticleUpdated: Airmalta situation slowly returning to normal and awaiting medical...
Air Malta said, in a statement, that it is doing everything possible to operate a normal schedule today. It said that pilots are reporting back to work and Indications are that the situation is...
View ArticleFines for holding weddings and ignoring enforcement orders
Developer Carmelo Mangion of B'Kara was fined €5000 for carrying out works and organising weddings at Palazzo Virtu in Rabat without having the necessary permits. Magistrate Consuelo Scerri Herrera...
View ArticleWedding ring-bearer falls asleep on church roof
A wedding service was delayed when an owl bearing rings fell asleep in the church roof. Darcy the barn owl was meant to fly down the aisle at Holy Cross Church in Sherston, Wiltshire, and deliver rings...
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