Weekly Press Digest - august 11 to august 17

Wednesday17: Austin Gatt's sharp rebuke for his cabinet colleagues, the film commissioner and the Times editor; The female participation in the labour market is way below the European average; Bus strike continues; Jixtru biljetti ghall-lotterija super 5 flok jixtru mill-hwienet
Tuesday16: Kevin Aquilina writes about the need for a Freedom of Information Act; Mario Azzopardi featured in Mediterranean literary project; Henry Brincat talks to Maltese snooker champion Alex Borg; Government publishes Council of Europe report on detention centres; Austin Sammut asks when we will stop messing things up; From Cheshire Online, MDHC in running to operate Malta Dockyards
Monday15: The Maltese islands celebrate the feast of Santa Maria; MLP leaders conclude visit to Sydney, Australia after a number of cultural events and visits to Maltese owned companies;
Ta’ Cenc landowners deny intentions of golf course land development; Marisa Micallef says that we must find 'the middle way between the pious and the racist'; Minister intervenes to stop publication of interview with Film Commissioner, Times editorial; Natalino Fenech interviews Peppi Azzoppardi; Ahna qeghdin jew mhux qeghdin fl-Unjoni Ewropea, isaqsi Dun Ang Seychell; Joe Mifsud jirrifletti dwar vakanza fit-Tunezija; Charles Flores jaghti harsa lejn il-qaghda tar-radju f’Malta
Sunday14: The European Movement states that Malta joined the European Union to end its isolation but now "Malta acts as if it is oblivious to what it was saying just a couple of years ago"; RyanAir to reopen negotiations with the Maltese authorities and Malta International Airport; Colonel Gaddafi to visit Malta; Sunday Times publishes racism survey conclusions; Pamela Hansen on noise pollution; Richard A. Matrenza shares his observations on CHOGM 2005; SPMC students visit Germany; A Maltese qualifications framework for a knowledge-based economy, by James Calleja; Karl Schembri exposes the bus ticketing fiasco; Matthew Vella interviews AFM Commander Carmel Vassallo
Saturday13: Malta not compliant with EU electronic waste directive; Labour leader indicates support for the right to Maltese citizenship for Australian citizens of Maltese descent; JG Vassallo writes about Malta's Potemkin syndrome; Adrian Vassallo on stemming the erosion of values; Il-popolazzjoni taz-zghazagh tkompli tonqos; Il-prospetti li l-Partit Laburista jirbah l-elezzjoni generali li jmiss jidhru tajbin, jghid Wenzu Mintoff
Friday12: Public transport continues strike actions; A European Citizen Action Service (ECAS) reports shows that migration between old and new EU member states is below the 1% increase forecast at the time of enlargement; No emergency funds at EU level to help the Maltese government combat the illegal immigrants crisis
Thursday11: Stalemate between Government and GWU over Interprint controversy; Daphne Caruana Galizia on restaurant angst and the Maltese race; Over 90 per cent of respondents to Times online poll say that Malta should take unilateral action to halt the influx of illegal immigrants while Deputy Prime Minister laments EU sluggishness; Ranier Fsadni and Leo Brincat on the death of Robin Cook; Vanessa Mcdonald interviews Sue Vella, the new CEO at ETC