Difference between revisions of "News in 2011"

Latest revision as of 09:09, 30 December 2011

Day by day Malta news updates featuring the most prominent news item of the day as featured on the MaltaMedia Online News service during 2011.

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

January
01 22 arrested for drug possesion on NYE 02 Former MP Mario Felice passes away 05 Libyan jailed for 8 years for drugs trafficking 11 Malta best place to live, survey says 11 12-year jail term for importing drugs 12 Video: Anti-Divorce movement launched 12 Video: 18-year-old dies after tray sliding incident 14 Hundreds attend manifestation against living costs 15 Sliema councillors arrested for questioning 19 Ministers to refund part of honoraria 20 Former PN minister passes away 21 Bishop Gerada passes away 21 Census to be taken this year 24 EP President in Malta for official visit 27 Man shot in Hamrun cafeteria 29 Concern on IVF increase as two babies die at NPICU 31 Woman’s corpse found at Xemxija

February
01 Video: Mother arraigned for murder of daughter 04 Video: New director at Malta-based European Asylum Support Office 05 Video: Police investigating Transport Malta’s bomb explosion 07 Woman critically injured after being stabbed 09 Video: Gaddafi plans Malta visit in June 10 Divorce bill to be approved in parliament before Referendum 11 Video: JPO urges PN to change divorce stance 12 PN decides against divorce 13 Video: Glen Vella to represent Malta at Eurovision 2011 18 Gale force winds cause havoc 18 Video: PM proposes 28th May for divorce referendum 19 Dr Tonio Borg holds meeting with new Tunisian Government 19 Video: Chris Said proposes Malta-Gozo tunnel 21 Libyan military planes land in Malta 26 Thousands of evacuees from Libya arrive in Malta 27 23 Maltese want to stay in Libya, Malta implements UN sanctions 27 Maltese Ambassador for Tripoli returns to Malta

March
01 EU praises Malta for ‘heroic performance' 04 Bomb threats at BOV branches 05 Partial lifting of suspension of EU programmes 08 Changes to be carried in Air Malta restructuring report 11 PM refuse to trade Mirages with freedom of civilians 11 Maltese Embassy to contact Maltese living in Japan 12 Malta will remain militarily neutral- Gonzi 14 Ir-Realta editor, writer acquitted 16 Cliff Richard celebrates 53rd anniversary in Malta 16 Video: Parliament approves divorce motion 18 Maltese dies tragically in UK accident 22 Six Libyan demonstrators arrested 29 20-year jail term for attempted murder

April
01 Illegal Armier buildings demolished 06 UPDATED: 150 missing as migrant boat capsizes 07 Former Minister Freddie Micallef died 08 171 immigrants brought to Malta after Italy denies entry 09 Bishop Grech denounces indifference to migrants deaths 12 AFM rescues 116 migrants 13 29-year-jail term for murder 19 Video: Yes vote down in divorce referendum poll 21 Maltapost explains ‘thrown away’ voting documents 23 Over 800 illegal hunting and trapping incidences 24 Updated: Another two tremors felt around Malta 25 Video: Anti-divorce campaign launched 26 Video: New buses arrive in Malta 27 Video: Divorce Movement head banned from Ecclesiastical Tribunal 28 BirdLife calls for spring hunting season to close 30 FKNK suspends hunters’ membership for illegal shooting

May
02 Video: City Gate closed for first time in 50 years 04 Author Frans Sammut passes away 05 Woman critically injured in stabbing incident 10 Video: Malta fails to qualify for Eurovision 2011 final 11 Former Minister’s secretary admits bribery 11 Video: PM in positive meeting with David Cameron 13 Video: EU countries pledge to take 323 migrants from Malta 13 Firework factory owner charged with involuntary homicide 14 Two new groups set up during Referendum race 18 Man jailed for having almost 1kg of cannabis 19 320 refugees and migrants from Libya rescued 21 Bishops say referendum is actually one about marriage 23 Competition & Consumer Affairs Authority set up 26 Man and woman die in separate accidents 28 Voting in divorce referendum starts 28 Man killed in road accident in Floriana 29 YES wins divorce referendum 29 Video: PM insists people’s will to be respected

June
01 Malta recognises Libyan Transitional Council as official interlocutor 06 Star the dog dies 07 Father and son charged with attempted murder 09 Selmun Palace Hotel employees lose their jobs 15 Portuguese man admits cocaine trafficking 20 First European Agency based in Malta opens 22 Zebbug man dies in Msida car crash 23 Video: Arriva insists bus preparations on time 25 Video: Malta opposes 20-week maternity leave 26 Video: Air Malta to shed 511 employees 27 Video: Air Malta pilots threaten to strike 29 Malta placed on “watch list” for human trafficking

July
01 [http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=37378 40,000 attend Malta Isle of MTV ] 02 Arriva bus drivers urged to report to work 03 Mary Fenech Adami critical after heart attack 04 Video: Second problematic day for Arriva 04 Parliament starts debating divorce bill 08 Mary Fenech Adami passes away at 77 11 Malta’s population on the rise 11 31-year-old woman stabbed in Ta’ Xbiex 12 Couple found dead in separate locations 15 Sliema’s deputy mayor resigns from PN 21 Eritrean man dies after saving tourist from drowning 25 Divorce bill approved in parliament 27 14-year-old dies after fall 29 EP President in Malta for official visit

August
01 25 migrants die on boat 01 Launching of pre-budget document 02 Two men died and a third critical in separate accidents 03 Priest jailed for St Joseph home abuses 12 Archbishop Cremona apologises to sex abuse victims 13 Priests file appeal against sex abuse sentence 14 Malta refuses entry to 334 migrants 17 19 injured in immigrants’ riot 23 Malta recognises transitional council of Libya 27 Gaddafi stripped of his honours

September
03 PM regrets spin of US Embassy cable 04 Minister Mifsud Bonnici recovering well 07 Removal of TV channels investigated 10 Maltese embassy to reopen in Tripoli 20 10-year-jail term for importing drugs 28 Malta to hold oil talks with Libya 30 US expresses gratitude to Malta

October
01 Boxer found in skip dies 03 Eleven file for divorce on first day of new law 04 9-year-jail term for rape 04 [http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=38458 Dom Mintoff back in hospital ] 11 Parliament approves EU rescue fund 18 Hilary Clinton on official visit to Malta 18 Another priest dismissed from clerical state 21 First Maltese couple granted divorce 26 Buttigieg and Busuttil dismissed as coaches of national team 31 Valletta launches wiki site 31 Coldest October days on record

November
02 Man jailed for 14 years for importing heroin 04 Newborn found abandoned in Rabat 08 Prime Minister to head bus reform task force 14 Various family-friendly measures in budget 15 MEPA director resigns after car allowance abuse 17 Bus drivers out on strike 18 Arriva and GWU reach agreement 21 Gozo Channel chairman resigns 24 Maltese men fattest in the EU 27 PM visits Tripoli 29 152 immigrants start new life in Germany 29 Mons Annetto Depasquale passes away

December
02 Joseph Calleja nominated for Grammy 04 More than 10,000 join President’s Fun Run 11 Wanted former Kazakh official living in Malta 15 Woman jailed for 12 years for drugs trafficking in prison 16 112 arrested in child sex abuse bust 23 Former President Adami released from hospital 28 Shots fired close to Prime Minister’s residence

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+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=37137 Portuguese man admits cocaine trafficking]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=37188 First European Agency based in Malta opens]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=37222 Zebbug man dies in Msida car crash]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=37249 Video: Arriva insists bus preparations on time]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=37276 Video: Malta opposes 20-week maternity leave]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=37292 Video: Air Malta to shed 511 employees]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=37319 Video: Air Malta pilots threaten to strike]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=37344 Malta placed on “watch list” for human trafficking]<br />
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+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=37414 Arriva bus drivers urged to report to work]<br />
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+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=37420 Mary Fenech Adami critical after heart attack]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=37452 Video: Second problematic day for Arriva]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=37454 Parliament starts debating divorce bill]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=37530 Mary Fenech Adami passes away at 77]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=37599 Malta’s population on the rise]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=37605 31-year-old woman stabbed in Ta’ Xbiex]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=37609 Couple found dead in separate locations]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=37671 Sliema’s deputy mayor resigns from PN]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=37726 Eritrean man dies after saving tourist from drowning]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=37770 Divorce bill approved in parliament]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=37787 14-year-old dies after fall]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=37807 EP President in Malta for official visit]<br />
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+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=37826 25 migrants die on boat]<br />
-[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=????? insert headline here]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=37836 Launching of pre-budget document]<br />
-[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=????? insert headline here]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=37839 Two men died and a third critical in separate accidents]<br />
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+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=37842 Priest jailed for St Joseph home abuses]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=37928 Archbishop Cremona apologises to sex abuse victims]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=37938 Priests file appeal against sex abuse sentence]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=37948 Malta refuses entry to 334 migrants]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=37972 19 injured in immigrants’ riot]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=38041 Malta recognises transitional council of Libya]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=38082 Gaddafi stripped of his honours]<br />
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+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=38145 PM regrets spin of US Embassy cable]<br />
-[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=????? insert headline here]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=38164 Minister Mifsud Bonnici recovering well]<br />
-[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=????? insert headline here]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=38189 Removal of TV channels investigated]<br />
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+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=38218 Maltese embassy to reopen in Tripoli]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=38312 10-year-jail term for importing drugs]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=38377 Malta to hold oil talks with Libya]<br />
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+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=38421 Boxer found in skip dies]<br />
-[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=????? insert headline here]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=38439 Eleven file for divorce on first day of new law]<br />
-[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=????? insert headline here]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=38453 9-year-jail term for rape]<br />
-etc.
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=38458 Dom Mintoff back in hospital
+]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=38533 Parliament approves EU rescue fund]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=38587 Hilary Clinton on official visit to Malta]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=38600 Another priest dismissed from clerical state]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=38628 First Maltese couple granted divorce]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=38669 Buttigieg and Busuttil dismissed as coaches of national team]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=38715 Valletta launches wiki site]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=38729 Coldest October days on record]<br />
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+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=38748 Man jailed for 14 years for importing heroin]<br />
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+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=38786 Newborn found abandoned in Rabat]<br />
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+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=38865 Prime Minister to head bus reform task force]<br />
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+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=38954 Various family-friendly measures in budget]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=38967 MEPA director resigns after car allowance abuse]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=39014 Bus drivers out on strike]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=39032 Arriva and GWU reach agreement]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=39061 Gozo Channel chairman resigns]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=39107 Maltese men fattest in the EU]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=39147 PM visits Tripoli]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=39165 152 immigrants start new life in Germany]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=39177 Mons Annetto Depasquale passes away]<br />
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+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=39228 Joseph Calleja nominated for Grammy]<br />
-[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=????? insert headline here]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=39249 More than 10,000 join President’s Fun Run]<br />
-[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=????? insert headline here]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=39323 Wanted former Kazakh official living in Malta]<br />
-etc.
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=39378 Woman jailed for 12 years for drugs trafficking in prison]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=39388 112 arrested in child sex abuse bust]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=39466 Former President Adami released from hospital]<br />
+[http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=39521 Shots fired close to Prime Minister’s residence]<br />
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