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news
Official:
Maltese will be an EU language
By
Ramona Depares
If this is not news, then what is? Maltese is to be an official
European Union language. The news is being greeted with gleeful
patriotism from the Maltese side, but not without a touch of caution
at the wide possibilities this opens up both in terms of language
development and employment opportunities for the Maltese...
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March
emerging as likely election date
By
Kurt Sansone
Although the Prime Minister remains tight-lipped on the
date of a referendum and general election, Nationalist Party candidates
are stepping up their home visits and preparing their personal campaigns
as speculation mounts that E-Day could prove to be March 2003...
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Burial
at sea turns into farce
Sea burials are not a common occurrence in Malta, but
a recent one created some embarrassing moments when a coffin containing
the corpse of a foreigner, was lowered into the waters only to float
straight back to the surface... READ
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A
case of false identity and Lm40,000 in cash
Italian accountant Luigi Riitano, who is a partner with
Wardija lawyer Patrick Spiteri in the company Dolphin Film Productions
Limited, denied that he ever turned up at a bank with Lm40,000 in
cash as reported by this newspaper last week. But Mr Riitano confirmed
that an incident did take place and that somebody had gone to the
bank falsely claiming that he was Luigi Riitano... READ
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