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PM aims to get immigration on EU-Africa summit agenda

Thursday, 20 March 2014, 10:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

One of the primary aims of Prime Minister Joseph Muscat at the start of a two day European Council summit is to get the topic of immigration on the agenda for next month’s EU-Africa...

New discoveries on Malta’s early wartime experience

Thursday, 20 March 2014, 09:29 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

New documents unearthed from the British national archives, new information kept secret for over seventy years, and a new perspective about Malta’s role in the discovery of radar form part of a...

Companies team up to give charity homes a facelift

Thursday, 20 March 2014, 09:03 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

In Malta, 19 March is a public holiday and most Maltese spend the day at leisure or enjoying the festivities celebrating the feast of St Joseph in various localities, but for hundreds of employees...

Mater Dei under colossal strain

Thursday, 20 March 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The bigger the bed shortage is becoming at Mater Dei Hospital, the less close the management is to solving the problem, as was evident from the number of beds which lined up the hospital corridors on...

Soft Cell member gives Maltese fan huge surprise

Thursday, 20 March 2014, 08:15 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Darren Douglas has been a massive fan of Marc Almond (famous as a member of Soft Cell and the singer of the song Tainted Love) ever since the 80s.   Darren was confined to a wheelchair after...

Nathan Farrugia aims to set endurance record for Inspire

Thursday, 20 March 2014, 08:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Inspire CEO Nathan Farrugia will this June attempt a world-first triathlon challenge that will see him run, swim and cycle across 666km non-stop from Corsica to Sardinia.   The Eurosport...

In The Malta Independent today; World news in 1 minute

Thursday, 20 March 2014, 07:46 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

1 - Mater Dei under colossal strain   2 - Girl found dead at bottom of Dingli cliffs   3 - PM aims to get immigration on Eu-Africa summit agenda   4 - Nathan Farrugia to...

Australia checking 2 objects in search for plane

Thursday, 20 March 2014, 05:38 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Four military search planes were dispatched Thursday to try to determine whether two large objects bobbing in a remote part of the Indian Ocean were part of a possible debris field of the missing...

Girl, daughter of former MHRA president, found dead at Dingli

Wednesday, 19 March 2014, 18:28 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

A girl who had been reported missing earlier today was found dead this afternoon at Dingli.   Lisa Maria Zahra, 15, was reported missing together with a 23-year-old man, Erin Tanti. The last...

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