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From crusaders to cruise lines

Mediterranean cruising dreams come alive while sailing along the Grand Harbour of Valletta, writes Rob Dunlop in The Sydney Morning Herald: The skyline of churches, spires, palaces and tiers of homes with traditional timber...

An AngloItalian tale of two cities

The Maltese capital, Valletta, and the town of Mdina are a zesty mix of English and Sicilian influences, says Catherine Cooper. The architecture in the Maltese city of Valletta owes much to Italian influence Photo: GETTY IMAGES...

Inspectors remove street furniture in Valletta

Inspectors this morning removed a number of chairs, tables and other street furniture which were placed in public spaces at St John's Square, Valletta. A spokesman for the Government Property Division said the operation was...

St John's CoCathedral expansion project unacceptable

Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar is insisting that the information on which it has based its arguments against the St John’s Foundation expansion project were based on information obtained from the foundation and Malta Environment...

Unions demonstrate against revised utility tariffs

On Friday evening, a number of workers’ unions demonstrated against the recently revised utility tariffs. Twenty trade unions including the General Workers’ Union (GWU) and the Union Haddiema Maghqudin (UM) marched from Freedom...

Australian Governor General on official visit

On Friday, Governor-General of Australia, Quentin Bryce started an official visit to Malta. She was formally welcomed at St George’s Square in Valletta and then called on President Edward Fenech Adami. The Governor General will...

Expect 5% increases for many passive components

What a difference a few months makes. Last August, buyers and analysts were predicting that passives prices would be flat to down in 2009. Now, the story is different. Despite their efforts to keep prices for capacitors,...

Exhibition of Cartoons For Diversity and Against Discrimination

A collective exhibition of Cartoons on the theme ‘For Diversity and Against Discrimination’ (FDAD) is currently on display at The Atrium, St James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta. Twenty-two original works submitted by...

Street furniture in Sliema removed

More tables and chairs have been seized from establishments in Sliema which exceeded the conditions of their permits for encroachment on pavements, the Government Property Division said. It said law enforcement would be...

1/2-millionth cruise liner passenger in Valletta

On Tuesday morning,the Valletta Waterfront welcomed the arrival of the ½-millionth cruise passenger for 2008. The passenger, Shannon Berg, of Jacksonville, Florida, was onboard the spectacular Norwegian Gem which cruises...

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