News in 2010

Day by day Malta news updates featuring the most prominent news item of the day as featured on the MaltaMedia Online News service during 2010.

Links indicating VIDEO contain a news clip in Maltese, as it appeared on television that day on Favourite Channel.

January
01 Night of accidents over the New Year 02 20 people arrested over drug finds 03 Video: Objections to fish farm at Marsascala 04 Video: Daring hold-up on security van 05 Protected birds killed at the start of the New Year 06 Air Malta coping with severe UK weather 07 Man arrested after drug find 08 Video: Naxxar Local Council against new trade fairs 09 Video: €50m investment at Għajn Tuffieħa 10 Video: Man seriously injured in traffic accident 11 Irish Transport Minister in Malta while country in chaos 12 Top Maltese authors regret institutionalised censorship 13 Video: Nigerian drug mule found guilty 14 Briton pleads not guilty to €100,000 heist 15 Video: Patient dies after A(H1N1) jab 16 Video: Maltese generous with Haiti quake victims 17 Video: Total smoking ban in public places in 2013 18 Video: Malta could dry up with climate change 19 Journalists call for revision of freedom of expression laws 20 Video: Man shot in the head 21 Gaddafi to visit Malta in March; Agreements signed with Libya 22 Church school reform announced 23 Car falls down Dingli Cliffs 24 Front Favur Dom Mintoff launched 25 Video: One person per day reported missing in 2009 26 Italian fined €35,000 for illegal fishing 27 79 year-old Gozitan dies in traffic accident 28 MEPA recommends approval of power station extension 29 Video: Nearly all bus licences committed to government 30 Malta in an international drug ring 31 Fuel prices increase

February
01 Video: Maltese society split by censorship issue 02 Over €25m in missing Maltese coins 03 Louis Galea confirms nomination to European post 04 Less than 50% of Maltese positive about EU 05 Arrests made after Casino di Venezia hold-up 06 Archbishop warns of EU pressures on abortion, euthanasia 07 Video: Two seriously injured in traffic accident 08 Video: Hit man offered €23,000 for murder 09 New European Commission approved, John Dalli resigns 10 Video: Dr Joseph Cassar sworn in as new Minister 11 Video: Pope to pass through 33 localities 12 Video: Unions to protest against utility tariffs 13 Video: 519 newly-separated couples in 2008 14 Two teens charged with assault 15 Video: Bank accounts reveal Gozitans’ wealth 16 Malta appeals to EU regarding Libya visa dispute 17 40-year-old man found dead in Hal Far 18 Video: Peter Micallef elected in casual election 19 Costa Rican arrested following drug find 20 Malta 15th best place to live in the world 21 Video: Thea Garrett for Eurovision Song Contest 2010 22 Video: Two dead in Qormi fireworks factory blast 23 Video: Man arraigned over Marsaxlokk murder 24 Video: 18-year-jail term for road rage aggressor 25 Video: Fierce blaze destroys two stores 26 Elderly man involved in grave accident 27 Video: Malta warned over lack of air quality plan 28 Bay of St Paul’s shipwreck doubted

March
01 Video: Unions protest against utility tariffs again 02 Daphne Caruana Galizia denies harassing Magistrate 03 Grand Harbour wins Best Mediterranean Port Award 04 Ryanair to open base in Malta and 6 new routes 05 Video: Maltese economy has medium GDP in EU 06 Video: Thea Garrett faces obstacle after breach of contract 07 Video: Did St Paul really land in St Paul’s Bay? 08 6-year-year jail term for drugs trafficker 09 PN backbenchers to be appointed rapporteurs 10 Video: Malta mourns Tony Gauci ‘Il-Kampanjol’ 11 Libya accepts Spanish proposals in visas impasse 12 Video: Sandro Chetcuti charged with attempted murder 13 Video: Noisy environmental protest in Valletta 14 Video: Church apologises to child migrants 15 Video: MUT suspends industrial action 16 Malta-only visas issued to Libya 17 Video: Elderly man saved from blazing bedroom 18 Video: AFM soldiers involved in ‘incident’ in Greece 19 Drug trafficker jailed for 18 years 20 Motorcyclist injured in traffic accident 21 Sweden’s deportation of child refugees “shocking” 22 Video: Marsa power station causes nation-wide blackout 23 2,438 unpaying customers left in the dark 24 21 year old worker loses his life 25 Greece and jobs dominate European summit 26 Video: EU proposal on divorce will impact Maltese law 27 PN win first hamlets elections 28 Young man found dead 29 Suggestions listed for new cohabitation law 30 Video: Last day at Malta Shipyards 31 Child abuse allegations against 45 priests

April
01 Sex abuse victims “do not want police involvement” 02 Video: Delimara power station fault leaves country in the dark 03 Video: New Valletta city-gate in the making 04 Video: Risen Christ celebrated 05 A broken foot, a stolen laptop and a wrong-way 06 Video: Unexpected spike causes power blackout 07 Video: Tens of teens charged in court 08 Man accused of raping his three daughters 09 Indian food restaurant ordered to close down 10 Spring hunting decision a farce – Birdlife 11 EU still scrutinising new car registration tax 12 Partners of separated MPs not invited to Papal Mass 13 Removal of monument grabs international headlines 14 Video: Indonesian man found drowned at Marsaxlokk 15 Video: Another fireworks factory explosion 16 Video: Volcanic ash causes huge disruptions in flights 17 Malta doing its best to help stranded tourists 18 Video: Pope meets victims abused by Maltese priests 19 Pope Benedict XVI ends visit to Malta 20 Man found not guilty of attempted murder of PC 21 Video: Migrants barricade Hal Far open centre entrance 22 EU does not accept 3-week spring hunting season 23 Video:Two more men claim abuse by clergymen 24 Maltese woman wounded in Gaza during protest 25 Video: 88 children adopted in past two years 26 Hunter charged with attempted murder 27 Perceived corruption increases in Malta 28 Archbishop Cremona visiting Maltese emigrants 29 Michael Frendo unanimously elected Speaker 30 President Abela sustains injury in China

May
01 Video: Woman in danger after traffic accident 02 President Abela returns from China on Monday 03 British man caught with kilo of heroin 04 Video: Man severly burnt in fireworks factory explosion 05 Man imprisoned for defrauding establishments 06 Video: Thea Garrett promoting My Dream in Europe 07 Labour MPs walk out of Parliament in protest 08 President discharged from hospital 09 Malta Journalism Awards announced 10 Expensive jewellery stolen in daring robbery 11 Man acquitted of attempted murder 12 Ryanair to inaugurate Malta base on 18th May 13 Exotique sues PBS over Thea Garrett rights 14 Video: Almost 6,000 immigrants arrived in 3 years 15 Video: 91 rape cases in four years 16 Woman seriously injured in car accident 17 First Maltese reach Mt Everest summit 18 16 new airline routes to and from Malta 19 49-year-old man dies in Valletta car crash 20 Update:Malta hit by major powercut, again 21 Man seriously injured in argument 22 Father and son charged with attempted murder 23 Video: Film about fireworks enthusiast proving popular 24 Ċensu Galea to be nominated as Deputy Speaker 25 Video: Malta does not qualify for Eurovision Final 26 Video: Malta needs to re-think Eurovision selection process 27 Video: Grace Borg speaks about Thea Garrett 28 Elderly couple hospitalised after arson attack 29 Electricity tariffs in Malta 5th highest in EU 30 Cancelled flights dues to ash cost Air Malta €3.5m 31 Video: Bread seller in danger of dying

June
01 Video: Somali man killed in Blata l-Bajda car crash 02 Video: Maltese scientist in groundbreaking project 03 Video: Officials in EU funds suspension case resign 04 Video: Wheelie bin husband guilty of wife’s murder 05 Vandalism of rural heritage condemned 06 Woman dies in fall from balcony 07 Three immigrants injured in Open Centre fire 08 Video: Immigrant arrested over fellow migrant’s murder 09 Motion of no confidence in Education Minister 10 €200m sports and leisure village at White Rocks 11 Video: World Cup fever grips Malta 12 Video: Spanish tourist injured in road accident 13 British tourist dies in hotel swimming pool 14 Moroccan man jailed for raping boy 15 Author of Ir-Realta’ story in court 16 Video: Labour MP will vote against introduction of divorce 17 Prime Minister attends European summit 18 Video: Bomb threat at Tigne Point 19 Four people injured in head-on collision 20 Alleged abuse victims called in for Curia meeting 21 49 year old Turk accused of importing heroin 22 Video: Man arrested after drugs found in container 23 Life sentence for serial killer 24 AFM soldiers capture Somali pirates’ boat 25 Video: Magistrate not convinced that Russian death was an accident 26 Video: Almost 2,000 power cuts in 16 months 27 Video: Trade Department rejects Naxxar Fair permit 28 Van driver seriously injured in head-on collision 29 Motorcyclist and pedestrians injured in separate accidents 30 Shots fired in attempted bank robbery in Qormi

July
01 Gas prices to rise from Friday 02 Man charged with corrupting 13-year-old girl 03 Video: France accepts 95 immigrants 04 African women lured from Malta into EU sex-slavery rings 05 Video: 65% of refugees in Malta granted asylum 06 Video: MP presents private member’s bill for divorce 07 Two men charged with foiled bank robbery 08 Man jailed for threatening wife 09 Video:Mother of one-year-old baby dies in head-on collision 10 Russian girl dies in fall 11 Video: Bill on cohabitation by end of year 12 Video: Man dies after yacht hits small boat 13 Russian student charged with attempted murder 14 Video: Man dies from drowning in boat collision 15 Video: Government discussing Air Malta rescue plan with EU 16 Eight arrested in illegal gambling racket 17 Video: 10-year-old-girl loses battle for life 18 Video: 28 illegal immigrants rescued in Maltese waters 19 Video: Francesca Gaspar crowned Miss World Malta 2010 20 Children photographed in Malta for pedophilia 21 Video: Chaos at hospital emergency department 22 Man seriously injured in Bumarrad accident 23 Video: Photographer dies in fall off cliffs 24 BP to drill deep-water well in Libya 25 Tax cut promise “a bit difficult” to keep – Finance Minister 26 ST workers approve austerity measures 27 Video: Pre-budget document launched 28 Video: Maltese population down by 1.6% 29 Video: Belgian tycoon may save Freeport container company 30 Video: Malta involved in EU campaign against illegal tuna fishing 31 Arriva chosen as preferred bidder for Malta bus contract

August
01 Video: Malta police instrumental in drugs bust on Greek island 02 Video: Malta less popular with tourists 03 Video: 62.2% of SMEs report lower profit 04 50 per cent drop in EU irregular migrant crossings 05 Video: Over 10,000 fans at Winter Moods concert 06 Brother of Simshar victim seeks financial assistance 07 Two Gozitans arrested on drugs and rape charges 08 Majority want divorce issue decided through referendum 09 Video: Police investigate shark attack 10 Man arraigned after stealing €20,000 in hold up 11 Suspended jail term for skinny dipping 12 Video: Maltese earn over €3.3b gross 13 Tributes pour in for Guido de Marco 14 Dead body found under firework factory debris 15 Video: Man seriously injured in pub stabbing attack 16 Video: Final farewell to Guido de Marco 17 Video: Man dies in bulldozer incident 18 Video: Judge regrets having to retire at 65 19 Video: EU accuses government of discrimination 20 Majority of nurse applicants are foreign 21 American arrested in airport drugs find 22 Nurse and salesman swindle patients in hospital scam 23 Video: Archbishop Cremona possible Cardinal 24 Hotel guest nights increase by 16 per cent 25 Sliema mayor and councillor resign from PN 26 US Ambassador to Malta injured in car accident 27 GRTU members instructed to ignore MEPA 28 Bishops warn against crusades in divorce debate 29 Video: Inmate dies in hospital after complaining of pain 30 Video: MUT concerned on lack of teachers 31 Inbound tourism increases by over 17 per cent

September
01 Sliema Mayor pleads not guilty to bribery charges 02 Joanna Gonzi new Sliema mayor 03 Dr Peter Grech to be appointed Attorney General 04 Video: Eight local Councils resignations since January 05 Video: 341 women die of breast cancer in 10 years 06 Fourth person dead in Gozo fireworks tragedy 07 Video: Malta lacks firework manufacture standards- MSA 08 Video: Fireworks factory explosion claims 6th victim 09 Meat production on the decline 10 Video: New Chief Justice to tackle efficiency at law courts 11 Ministry of Health condemns MUMN actions 12 PM shows regret on Arms services 13 Elderly man dies in one-storey fall 14 Video: Second dolphin born at marine park 15 Video: Last farewell to Għarb’s explosion victims 16 Malta is a sex trafficking destination- ECPAT 17 Man charged with defiling 11-year-old niece 18 Video: Jeweler injured in failed hold-up 19 Lockerbie bomber claims betrayal by Maltese witness 20 German TV crew film hunting of birds at Dingli 21 Malta celebrates Independence Day 22 Man accused with attempted murder of a 13-year-old 23 Parliamentary Secretary resigns over perjury charges 24 Gozitan boy critically injured in one-storey fall 25 Video: Exciting Notte Bianca about to begin 26 German in critical condition after diving 27 Video: 15% of Maltese in the risk of poverty 28 Dom Mintoff leaves Mater Dei 29 Malta participates in EU emergency crisis exercise 30 Suspended sentence for causing jogger’s death

October
01 President on official visit to Cyprus 02 Video: Attempted murder in St Paul’s Bay 03 Video: American Professor updates Maltese dictionary 04 Former ministry official masterminds drugs operation 05 40 million cigarettes seized in major customs operation 06 Video: Judge retires after over 2,000 judgments 07 Woman tied up while thieves ransack house 08 Video: EU concludes FKNK’s petition on spring hunting 09 Drugs mastermind jailed for 18 years 10 First SmartCity office block inaugurated 11 Malta warns new EU rights may promote illegal migration 12 Turkish ship sinks off Malta coast 13 Video: High-profile priests issue divorce declaration 14 Video:28 unsolved murders in 20 years 15 Expenditure on food down by 3.9% in 2009- NSO 16 Canadian doctor of Maltese descent charged with malpractice 17 Young man critically injured in mysterious incident 18 Video: Corpse of woman recovered off Marsalforn 19 Video: YMCA may have to close due to lack of funds 20 Video: MEPs vote in favour of extending maternity leave 21 First aircraft rolled out of new maintenance facility 22 Deficit down to €75.2 million- NSO 23 Labour Party chooses new emblem 24 Video: Foreigner critically injured in Paceville 25 Live Budget speech: Government to work towards balanced budget 26 Video: Reactions to budget speech 27 Video: Government promoting electric cars 28 Video: Chris Said cleared of perjury charges 29 Colombian guilty of conspiring to traffic drug 30 Video: Sexual abuse victims plead for justice 31 Four injured in two separate car crashes

November
01 Syrian jailed 28 years after pleading guilty to murder 02 Video: Police aim to curb abuse of 112 emergency number 03 Government investing €10 million in tourism 04 Maltese police assist in drug seize in Albania 05 Video: Reformed bus services to start in July 06 Video: 66% of Maltese watch Favourite Channel 07 Video: Mass commemorates deceased policemen 08 Government owes Church schools over 8 million euro 09 Video: Malta to have its first permanent circus 10 Men charged for HSBC hold-up granted bail 11 Dom Mintoff’s condition remains critical 12 Airmalta denies airline intends to dismiss 1000 employees 13 Video: PL leader ‘no’ to privatisation of Air Malta 14 Politicians join forces to form pro-divorce group 15 MIA welcomes this year’s 3 millionth passenger 16 EU temporarily authorises €52 million rescue aid for Air Malta 17 Video: Hundreds pay their last respects to former Gozo bishop 18 EU nations agree bluefin tuna compromise 19 Diver found dead at Cirkewwa 20 Video: Low-cost airlines to complain to EU about Air Malta funding 21 Video:Life imprisonment handed over warden’s murder 22 Five-year jail term for stealing paintings and furniture 23 Video: Businessman shot and injured in Valletta 24 Another arson attack at Hamrun school 25 Man jailed for importing drugs 26 Video: Digital TV switchover in February 27 Video: 18-year-old dies in car crash 28 Young boy critically injured in Chadwick Lakes fall 29 Heirs of traffic victim awarded damages 30 Video: €450,000 compensation for Karin Grech’s death

December
01 Inbound tourism on the rise 02 Video: Internet subscriptions rise by almost 10% 03 Dom Mintoff transferred to St. Vincent de Paule home 04 Malta to host European Film Academy Awards in 2010 05 Video: 7000 paticipate in President’s Fun Run 06 Visible trade gap widens in October 07 Half the EU population overweight or obese 08 Ex-police inspector charged with ring of hold-ups 09 Video: Man electrocuted in Kercem 10 Video: MGRM proposes act on Gender Identity 11 Video: Qormi bomb found extremely powerful 12 Man arrested for handing heroin to prisoner 13 Video: Man arraigned over former girlfriend’s murder 14 Video: Amended divorce law presented 15 Petrol station owners demand higher commission 16 Video: Hotels and Restaurants profit down by 15% 17 Over 1 million tourists in Malta in first 10 months 18 Flights cancelled or delayed because of the weather 19 Three to be arraigned over woman’s death 20 Video: Air Malta situation more complicated than expected 21 Gas distributors on strike from Wednesday 22 Half of Malta without power because of Marsa power station fault 23 Video: More than 60,000 in the risk of poverty 24 [] 25 [] 26 [] 27 [] 28 [] 29 [] 30 [] 31 []

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