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Who Made it and who didn’t

Tuesday, 11 March 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Electoral districts have considerably changed between the 2003 and the 2008 elections, so as to allow for them to be within the size established by the law. Only Gozo, thanks to a constitutional amendment...

Nationalists Wait for PM in front of Castille

Tuesday, 11 March 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

After a nerve-wrecking wait for one of the closest election results, hundreds of Nationalist Party supporters gathered yesterday morning in front of Castille in an attempt to greet Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi ...

Vassallo To give up AD leadership

Tuesday, 11 March 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

After 10 years at the helm of Alternattiva Demokratika, Harry Vassallo said yesterday that he would tender his resignation as leader of AD at the party’s next general council and expressed his wish not to be re-elected...

MLP Condemns ‘attacks by Nationalist supporters’

Tuesday, 11 March 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

The Malta Labour Party yesterday strongly condemned what it said were acts of vandalism by Nationalist supporters on Labour MP Anglu Farrugia’s house and called on the Nationalist Party to calm the situation down out of respect for Labour voters. ...

Sant’s Political career comes to an end after 26 years

Tuesday, 11 March 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

Alfred Sant’s political career spanned a total of 26 years. He started off as chairman of the MLP information department in 1982 and was president of the Labour Party between 1984 and 1988. ...

All Eyes turn to Cabinet reshuffle

Tuesday, 11 March 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

With the general election now, for all intents and purposes, done and dusted and with the narrow polling results practically etched in stone...

Sant Resigns ‘irrevocably’

Tuesday, 11 March 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

Opposition Leader Alfred Sant yesterday announced he would be stepping down as Labour leader with immediate effect and “irrevocably”....

PN Supporters celebrate after hours of uncertainty

Monday, 10 March 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Moments after Nationalist Party secretary general Joe Saliba announced the PN’s win ensuring Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi another five years in government, cars jammed the streets with waving flags...

Polish Woman dies after diving in Dwejra

Monday, 10 March 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

A Polish woman died some time after she found herself in difficulty while diving with a group of people in Dwejra, Gozo, at around 1pm yesterday, police said. ...

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