Malta News Digest - August 25 to August 31

Wednesday31: Maltese student caught in Hurricane Katrina; Malta could miss out on EU cohesion funds ; EU information service in Maltese; New Malta-Libya friendship society
Tuesday30: Second public consultation on National Reform Programme; Henry Brincat interviews the MFA's general secretary; Confrontation is outdated, says GWU deputy; Ghadhom jinghu u jokorbu, minn Gavin Gulia; From Pakistan's Daily Times, the foreign minister holds official meetings in Malta
Monday29: Turning Valletta into a city for all seasons; Three black men and the Mona Lisa by Kenneth Zammit Tabona; Herman Grech interviews Jason Micallef
Sunday28: Concern rises over abortion language in UN draft treaty; Malta may buy oil from Libya at special rates; By CHOGM, illegal immigrants may outnumber police and army; Government mum over ‘vetoing’ of Vanessa Macdonald’s appointment by OPM; Maltese falcon to be offered once again to King of Spain; Juan Ameen on the 'old boy' network; Daphne Caruana Galizia says that Minister Tonio Borg spoke as though illegal immigrants are inconvenient crates of cargo irritatingly delivered to the wrong address; J.G.Vassallo says that the government is tired and is showing signs of senility; Between God and Caesar, Fr Charles Vella interviewed by James Debono; Il-gmiel u s-seher tal-Port ta' Malta minn Charles Flores
Saturday27: Malta appeals to UNHCR for support on immigration crisis; Spitfire and Hurricane in Malta next month; Pied Piper minn Wenzu Mintoff
Friday26: EU to safeguard its members from avian flu; MLP aims to reinforce Malta-Australia relations; Living contradictions by Alfred Mifsud; Malta has highest minimum wage among new EU states; Packed agenda for Gaddafi's visit; Il-mestier ta’ l-informatur minn Aleks Farrugia
Thursday25: MIA ‘must not lose opportunities such as that presented by Ryanair’, according to GRTU; Illegal hunting and trapping ‘occurring during the closed season’ claims BirdLife; A view from the precipice by Ranier Fsadni; From Outlook India, Malta Boat Tragedy Probe Mission to visit European countries; From WebIndia, Commonwealth to focus on trade at Malta summit