Weekly Press Digest - july 7 to july 13

Wednesday13: EU presidency representative says EU is not in a position to assist Malta in dealing with illegal immigrants; The Green Party wants to abolish outdated Maltese rent laws; Skond Jose Herrera, din is-sena ma tantx kellna konfrontazzjonijiet kbar bejn z-zewg partiti rapprezentati fil-Parlament; Simon Busuttil thinks that political parties violate citizen rights on election day; Claude Zammit Trevisan says Valletta is currently experiencing an exciting period of positive change; From MaltaMedia, Maltese church cancels feast in Ghaxaq

Tuesday12: Alfred Sant on the legacy of the sixties; Continued financial support for Maltese agriculture necessary for Malta; 118 votes are no joke says Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici; Kenneth Zammit Tabona wonders what propoganda will be used by the political parties in the next election; Veteran tal-gwerra lura f’Malta wara 63 sena

Monday11: From Reuters, Malta among EU states to get official warning on electronic waste; From EU Observer, Malta seeks EU assistance on illegal immigration; Vince Caruana intervistat dwar il-faqar, il-pjaga tal-millenju

Sunday10: From TMIS, the MLP working group report on the 2003 elections; Charles Flores on the golf course controversy; Bird trapping in Malta will soon be a thing of the past; Temperature rise could spell ruin for Med tourism writes Vanya Walker-Leigh; Evarist Bartolo says that the EU should not prejudice Malta's neutrality while Alex Sceberras Trigona argues that the parliamentary ratification of the European Constitution was a sham; Matthew Vella interviews Anglu Xuereb; The MaltaToday editorial claims that the present two-party system has exhausted itself; Kurt Sansone on oil, inflation and illegal immigration headaches for Gonzi; Kollox jindika li l-gvern ta l-approvazzjoni tieghu ghal progett ambizzjuz li se jaqsam lil Malta fi tnejn; Victor Scerri dwar ix-xalati tal-festi Maltin; From MaltaMedia, controversy as Spielberg shoots film in Malta; Ta’ lanqas nippruvaw nitghallmu mit-tragedja, tikteb Marie Louise Coleiro

Saturday9: JG Vassallo takes a global look at the shape of things to come; John Attard Montalto on pruning a constitution and planting one; Sejba ta’ fdalijiet arkeologici fl-Imtarfa

Friday8: The International Herald Tribune reports that the Maltese parliament has unanimously ratified the proposed European Union constitution; Joe Fountain in London is in a state of shock; Haddiema Indjani f’Malta thallsu Lm20 fi tliet xhur

Thursday7: Ranier Fsadni attends the MLP general conference and says it had several climaxes but no catharsis; From MaltaMedia, Maltese perspectives on London bombings