Weekly Press Digest - july 28 to august 3

Wednesday3: MIC publishes first edition of Malta-EU Directory; Desmond Zammit Marmara writes on The Times about the attributes of Alfred Sant; L-Unjoni Ewropeja tinsulenta lil Malta, skond is-shadow minister ta' l-Intern Gavin Gulia li f'artiklu iehor kiteb li 'wasal iz-zmien li ma’ l-Ewropej naddottaw xi ftit l-istil Mintoffjan fin-negozjati taghna'; Reno Borg dwar il-'Park and Ride' fil-Belt; Il-Kampanja Helsien Nazzjonali dwar il-htiega ta’ bidla radikali fl-UE.

Tuesday2: Crisis in Malta is the title of The Times editorial; Austin Sammut says Malta is the only EU country not to have legislation covering access to the countryside; Simon Burns fit-Times ta' Londra jghid li hemm bzonn li 'nwaqqfu l-Maltin milli jkomplu jisparaw fuq il-gamiem'.
Monday1: Malta prepares for a long hot summer of industrial unrest; From MaltaMedia, Cabinet deals with illegal immigration crisis while protest is sent to Libya; 256 irregular immigrants land in Malta in two days; EU investigates departure tax increase in Malta; EU directive bans advertising of tobacco; Nature campaigner Annalise Falzon writes about the beauty of dolphins; Lino Spiteri says the country needs decent roads; Il-mewt kmieni ta' Gerry Zammit - James Dean tal-politika Maltija.

Sunday31: Committee for the Prevention of Torture makes second visit to Malta; Miriam Dalli, newly appointed head of news at Super1, is interviewed by Charlot Zahra; J.G. Vassallo says blogging is democratizing the process of opinion making; Lino Cassar dwar l-industrja tal-films 'li qatt ma kienet'; Il-krizi ekonomika issa qed tolqot il-laham il-haj skond Charles Flores; Michaela Muscat reports that 'immoral' NGOs may be refused state recognition; Evarist Bartolo writes about the Nationalist habit of 'dehumanising Labourites'; The Transport minister is interviewed by Matthew Vella about roads and the failures of the the public transport system.

Saturday30: Malta signs and ratifies revised European Social Charter that guarantees fundamental social and economic rights; Heritage Malta contributes to the safeguarding of a collective European memory; Government launches ‘pre-budget consultation document’; Il-vapuri militari fil-portijiet taghna, specjalment dawk Amerikani, huma minnhom innifishom provokazzjoni ghat-terrorizmu internazzjonali, jghid Wenzu Mintoff.

Friday29: Harry Vassallo quotes Eurobarometer results that show support for EU membership go down to 40 per cent and says that the two parties in Parliament ratified the EU Constitution 'above the heads of their supporters'; Marie Louise Coleiro dwar il-gideb fil-politika.

Thursday28: Electoral Commission publishes revised electoral districts; From the International Herald Tribune, Malta, Ireland, Portugal and Poland are the only European countries with strict legal limits on abortion; War veterans to return to a more peaceful Malta; Maltese male visitors to London should be careful because they fit the 'standard terrorist description’; Church and State disagree on the start of human life; Hector Scerri on the Pope's first 100 days u jumejn wara jirrispondi Mark Montebello; Karm Farrugia on creative accounting.