Malta News Digest - October6 to October12

Wednesday12: Francis Berry’s ‘The Bride of Mosta’ launched; GWU calls for revision of cost-of-living calculation; Nelson and Malta: a naval hero’s vision; Bagit 2006: Il-GWU thabbar il-proposti
Tuesday11: Young Maltese violinist James Grech passes away; Chilean on Maltese warrant arrested in Miami; FOI calls for re-examination of lira’s fixed euro exchange rate; Birds without wings by Kenneth Zammit Tabona; Who were they? by Frank Salt; X’biza’!... se jiekluna, minn Joe Chetcuti; Gimgha dedikata lill-harsien tal-patrimonju
Monday10: From the Guardian, the Maltese language and the new $1billion industry for Europe; Malta Diary Project launched at Bay Street; Maritime employment by Censu Galea; BBC interested in memories of Queen
Sunday9: Lawyers claim Lockerbie evidence was erroneous; Another 70 immigrants repatriated to Egypt, Libya seeks control, and more; easyJet to be first major low-cost airline to fly to Malta; Scandal as regulator crosses over; Mobile phone costs from Malta under EU scrutiny; Racial tensions run high following ANR rally; Crusades: Myth and Realities; Racism has uncovered 'political opportunism'; Colouring Malta by Lino Spiteri; Humanitarian crisis by Pamela Hansen; Outrage as Arts Council scraps Francis Ebejer award; Malta’s bizarre Iraqi deal ; Gerald Digby - wiehed mis-suldati tal-azzar, minn Victor Scerri; Qalulu: “F’Malta jsewwu kollox”... u baqa’ hawn, minn Charles Flores; It-theddida tal-faxxisti, minn Fr Mark Montebello
Saturday8: Diocesan Commission discourages celebration of Halloween; Malta possibly used as front for WMD programmes; In depth study of 200 years of history in stone; Il-babaw, minn Wenzu Mintoff
Friday7: Manwel Micallef ‘does not exclude joining another union’; Promoting Malta in Romania; Fr Louis Mallia interviewed by Josanne Cassar; Wartime memories - Survivor of shattered dreams
Thursday6: Vandals strike Portes des Bombes once more; General Workers’ Union National Congress: Winner takes all; Government to sell 20 per cent MIA stake this month; Malta failing to apply for EU assistance programmes, Funding identified for members of parliamentary committee; Pre-WWII study on Malta's prehistoric remains retrieved