Last Updated 18 | 06 | 2013 at 07:27
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The Times of Malta leads with a story that Angela Perez, the niece of Real Madrid President Florentino Perez, may buy Gudja United football club. In another story it says that Privitisation chairman...Read More >>
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Chinese company in bridge study blacklisted by World Bank
Date: Mon, 06/17/2013 - 18:38
The Chinese company which has been appointed by the government to investigate the possibility of a bridge between Malta and Gozo has been blacklisted by the World Bank. The company China Communications Construction Corporation Limited was found guilty of fraudulent... -
Foreign prisoners on hunger strike
Date: Mon, 06/17/2013 - 15:59
Foreign prisoners at the Corradino Correctional Facility are on a hunger strike, the government said. These prisoners are claiming that they are not being treated in the same manner as the Maltese prisoners. They are asking to be given the three-month amnesty given to... -
Panamanian drug trafficker gets 14 years in jail
Date: Mon, 06/17/2013 - 13:28
Panamanian national Nicolas Gabriel King Jimenez, 36, was jailed for 14 years after he pleaded guilty instead of facing a trial by jury to importing just over two kilos of cocaine hidden in one of his suitcases. He was also fined €30,000 by Mr. Justice Michael Mallia... -
Joint negotiating council to be appointed
Date: Mon, 06/17/2013 - 13:25
The court of appeal presided by Chief Justice Silvio Camilleri and Judges Noel Cuschieri and Giannino Caruana Demajo confirmed an earlier sentence and ordered a joint negotiating council between the association of civil protection employees and the government. This... -
Prince Philip leaves hospital
Date: Mon, 06/17/2013 - 12:08
Prince Philip has been discharged from hospital, 11 nights after he was admitted because of a scheduled operation. The Duke of Edinburgh, 92, was admitted to the private London Clinic on June 6 where he then had an exploratory abdominal surgery. His recovery time... -
Brothers of accused need to give evidence once again
Date: Mon, 06/17/2013 - 11:43
The prosecution in the jury of David Zerafa, 39, who is being accused of murdering lawyer Michael Grech nine years ago, has presented an urgent request for the bothers of the accused to go back on the witness stand. -
Malta participates in event organised by city of Lyon
Date: Mon, 06/17/2013 - 11:14
Every year the City of Lyon organises a cultural event entitled Fêtes Consulaires. This event is held every June on the main and biggest square in the very heart of the shopping district of Lyon, the Place Bellecour. Every year, the Honorary Consulate of Lyon, the... -
Man in NZ falls from 15th floor, survives
Date: Mon, 06/17/2013 - 10:11
A 20-year-old British man who fell from the 15th floor of a block of flats in New Zealand has survived. He suffered internal injuries and fractures, but his friends said that he is fine and should recover. He was in the country on a working holiday. The incident... -
Replacement of lost or stolen ID Cards
Date: Mon, 06/17/2013 - 09:28
The Commissioner of Police and the Chief Electoral Commissioner have reminded Maltese citizens who lose their Malta identity card or have their identity card stolen that they need to first lodge a report of loss or theft at a Police Station. -
Traffic, transport arrangements for Isle of MTV announced
Date: Mon, 06/17/2013 - 07:36
The Malta Tourism Authority has announced the traffic arrangements that will be in place due to the Isle of MTV concert which will be held on June 26 at the Granaries in Floriana.
