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Emirates A380s will fly between Dubai and New Zealand five times daily from 30 October with the introduction of the airline’s double-decker flagship aircraft on Christchurch services. Emirates will be the first airline to offer regular scheduled A380 services to and from Christchurch with the upgrade of the current daily Christchurch service from Boeing 777- 300ERs, along with the removal of the...
The wonders and woes of the brain will be the focus of the annual Science in the City – European Researcher’s Night where the latest science and inspiring research on the human brain will be explained through interactive exhibitions, artworks, live experiments, music, theatre, and symposiums. The fifth edition of the science and arts festival will be held in Valletta...
As part of his Official Visit to Germany, Minister George Vella on Tuesday held lengthy discussions with Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier. The two Ministers exchanged views on a number of issues on bilateral and regional agendas. Developments in the EU, its immediate neighbourhoods to the South and the East, migration and ongoing preparations for Malta's Presidency in 2017 were...
Three people were taken to hospital following a two car collision in Mdina Road, Zebbug, on Tuesday evening. Police say that the cars involved were a Fiat Punto driven by a 23 year-old woman who resides in Paola and a Ford Focus driven by a 20 year-old man from Mosta. Two women, a 40 year-old and a 46 year-old, were passengers...
Switzerland beat European champions Portugal 2-0 in their opening World Cup 2018 Group B qualifier on Tuesday. Portugal were missing Cristiano Ronaldo who has been out injured since the finals of Euro 2016. Beaten finalists France got their own campaign off to a slow start with a 0-0 draw agaomst Belarus in Group A. Elsewhere in that group, Sweden held the Netherlands...
A 54-year-old man is in critical condition after falling off a ladder while he was working at a stable in Naxxar. Police say the accident happened at around 7.30pm on Tuesday evening.
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat paid tribute to Malta’s second Prime Minister Francesco Buhagiar on the occasion of his 140th anniversary of his birth. Dr Buhagiar was elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 1921 and 1924 elections in the interests of the Unione Popolare Maltese. On 13 October 1922 he was appointed Minister of Justice and a year later he succeeded...
According to the latest official figures August was a record month for Malta International Airport with the highest number of passenger movement ever recorded. The National Statistics Office has confirmed the success registered within the tourism sector, month after month. In July, roughly 230,000 tourists visited Malta – amounting to 10.7 per cent growth when compared with the same month...
Italy got their World Cup campaign off to a flying start with a 3-1 win against Israel. The Republic of Ireland laboured to a 2-2 draw in Serbia. Spain got a perfect start to their qualifying campaign with an 8-0 hammering of hapless Liechtenstein. Iceland,  heros of the Euro 2-16, could only draw 1-1 with Ukraine.
Fish farm operators have been given 15 days to come up with solutions to a number of problems. Operators have till September 25 to present their plans to the Planning Authority. Problems highlighted during the summer included environmental issues and buses involving the running of their farms. Operators will also have to face the possibility that farms will be moved further out...