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Minister presented with report

Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 08:11 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Social Dialogue, Consumer Affairs and Civil Liberties Minister Helena Dalli met the members of the Civil Society Committee of the Malta Council for Economic and Social Development...

Malta’s science and art festival in Valletta

Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 08:04 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Science in the City, Malta's science and art festival, is back again on 27 September from 6pm onwards. Valletta will be filled with art and entertainment all linked to science: street art...

More irregular immigrants arrive

Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 07:55 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Early this morning at around 3.30am a group of irregular immigrants arrived in Malta, the police said.   They were assisted by the Armed Forces of Malta who escorted them to Hay Wharf. Later...

Tanker with migrants to land in Syracuse - government

Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 06:23 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The MT Salamis is on its way to Syracuse in Italy after the Italian authorities accepted to take on the immigrants who are on board, the government said.   This was made possible after...

Nigerian arrested with cocaine capsules

Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 21:28 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

A Nigerian 24-year-old was held at Malta International Airport after he was found to be carrying capsules believed to be containing the drug cocaine, the police said this evening.   The man,...

Priority must be given to disembarkation of asylum-seekers: UNHCR

Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 19:17 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said in a statement it is concerned about the impasse that has left 102 people, reportedly many Eritreans, aboard the tanker M/V Salamis in the Mediterranean, after...

Tanker captain ignored law, Malta expects EU support - Mallia

Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 17:37 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The captain of the MT Salamis ignored international law when he proceeded towards Malta with 102 migrants who had been picked up 46 miles off the coast of Libya, rather than turning back towards the...

Petrol stations not responsible for fuel mix they sell – GRTU

Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 16:39 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Notices put up at fuel stations around the country, indicating that the diesel available is a mix with seven per cent bio diesel, are the responsibility of the Malta Resources Authority, the small and...

2-year-old boy who served as parents' best man dies

Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 16:06 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The terminally ill 2-year-old U.S. boy who served as his parents' best man at their wedding has died.   Christine Swidorsky Stevenson says on her Facebook page that Logan...

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