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Air Malta updates catering, uniforms

Monday, 12 August 2013, 19:16 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Air Malta has announced that it is updating its in-flight catering this month, stating that its new in-flight menus will provide greater variety as well as Maltese flavours.   Club class...

Damage to San Gejtanu statue decorations 'great'

Monday, 12 August 2013, 17:59 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The decorations around the statue of St Gaetan (San Gejtanu) in Hamrun were yesterday sent for repair to the St Theresa Convent in Cospicua after the accident on Sunday night.    There...

Would-be migrants taken for a ride in Tripoli

Monday, 12 August 2013, 17:56 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Smugglers told a group of would-be asylum seekers or immigrants to Europe that they were being dropped off on “Maltese shores”, only for the group to discover that they only got as far as...

Ryanair dismisses 'inaccurate reports' on safety

Monday, 12 August 2013, 16:31 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Ryanair today dismissed inaccurate reports in a number of UK papers, including the Financial Times and the Daily Telegraph, which made references to a “survey of Ryanair pilots” and...

Judge changes infant's name from 'Messiah' to Martin

Monday, 12 August 2013, 16:10 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

A judge in Tennessee changed a 7-month-old boy's name to Martin from Messiah, saying the religious name was earned by one person and "that one person is Jesus...

Flyaway Tours to honour its vouchers issued through Fantasy Tours

Monday, 12 August 2013, 15:20 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Flyaway Tours will honour any Flyaway Tours services booked through Fantasy Tours or Golden Travel Club for which official Flyaway Tours vouchers have been issued.   Official vouchers are...

Youths to be given the vote in Local Council elections by 2015

Monday, 12 August 2013, 14:46 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat today said that 16-year-olds will be given the vote in Local Council elections in 2015.   Speaking during a press conference with stakeholders, he emphasised...

The first in a series of public dialogues organised by MEUSAC

Monday, 12 August 2013, 14:37 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The European Commission can and should do more to alleviate the problem of irregular immigration, but at the end of the day, it is the member states that should show solidarity and provide real...

Ceiling collapse at local council office

Monday, 12 August 2013, 13:31 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Sizeable chunks of a ceiling in a room at the San Ġwann local council offices collapsed over the weekend, the council discovered this morning.   The incident could have been far more serious...

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