Sicilian fishermen still sore at Malta
Sunday, 25 August 2013, 10:38
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
The blogs and comment spaces of Sicilian news services are still reverberating with comments and complaints about the way Sicilian fishermen were treated by the Maltese authorities at the beginning of...
Vehicle, bendy bus catch fire
Sunday, 25 August 2013, 10:33
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
A vehicle and an bendy bus were both destroyed by fire in separate incidents in the past hours. At around 1915hrs, the Police was informed that in the vicinity of the National football...
Brussels ‘disappointed’ over number of migrant relocation pledges
Sunday, 25 August 2013, 10:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
The European Commission is “disappointed” with the low number of migrant relocation pledges made by Malta’s fellow EU member states, and has placed blame on the low uptake on the...
Earthquake in Sicily registered in Malta
Sunday, 25 August 2013, 07:58
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
A magnitude 4 earthquake struck at Golfo di Noto – Capo Passero, some 100 km away from Malta, on Saturday at 7.18pm. The Wied Dalam seismograph registered a very strong shock as the...
Tenor Joseph Calleja writes about the beauty of Malta
Sunday, 25 August 2013, 07:11
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Joseph Calleja will be performing at the Royal Albert Hall on September 5 and at the Proms In The Park in Hyde Park, London, on September 7. In an article he wrote for the Daily Mail, he...
Syria warns US not to intervene militarily
Sunday, 25 August 2013, 07:01
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
The Syrian government accused rebels of using chemical weapons Saturday and warned the United States not to launch any military action against Damascus over an alleged chemical attack last week,...
PN insists Home Affairs chief of staff must go, government replies
Saturday, 24 August 2013, 20:40
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
The Nationalist Party is calling for the resignation of Silvio Scerri, the chief of staff at the Home Affairs Ministry, after his denial that he used an intermediary to meet Darryl Luke Borg was...
Young man injured in Wardija accident
Saturday, 24 August 2013, 17:10
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Today at around 1.15pm, the Police was informed that an accident had occurred in It-Telgha ta' San Martin, il-Wardija. The Police went immediately on site and from preliminary...
GWU resolves issue with MCCAA
Saturday, 24 August 2013, 10:02
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
The General Workers’ Union said differences between it and the Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority over the removal of an asbestos roof near the MCCAA offices have been...