The nearly woman of Eurosvision is back. Chiara (with a previous 3rd and a 2nd to her name) is once again booking two seats and flying to literally represent the island of Malta with "What if we". I like it, and I want her to win here.
Malta are rapidly losing their minds. After giving UK douze last year, they've gone for a pumping disco number called "Vodka" spattered as it is with various Russian stereotypes. Read about Morena and her chances in Semi 2 here.
The Maltese Final flew by on Feb the 3rd. Clocking in at just over two and a half hours, Olivia Lewis triumphed easily on her 11th attempt with the song "Vertigo". The result was well worth sitting through Ruslana's 45minute intermission performance of the same song. Read more here
Fabrizio Faniello will give it another go in 2006, with his boyish looks and average dance-lite ditty. Read more here
   

The Tourist Guide says

"In Malta, you'll explore 7000 years of history yet live passionately in the present. You'll span the millennia with an astonishing array of things to discover. And wherever you go, the Islands' scenery and architecture provide a spectacular backdrop. The colours are striking. Honey-coloured stone against the deepest of Mediterranean blues".

 

Valletta

"The Fortress City, Citta' Umilissima, "a city built by gentlemen for gentlemen". Valletta has many titles, all recalling its rich historical past. It is the "modern" city built by the Knights of St John; a masterpiece of the baroque; a European Art City; and a World Heritage City. But these are just some of its faces and fortunes.
Valletta is also Malta's capital city: a living, working city, the administrative and commercial heart of the Islands. Nowhere in Malta is the life of the Islands reflected more than here. The city is busy by day, yet retains a timeless atmosphere. The grid of narrow streets house some of Europe's finest art works, churches and palaces.

The Shortest Kilometre in the World

Punches were thrown and there were some moments of panic for revellers at a Paceville outlet soon after the new year had begun after many revellers missed their coats.
The venue in question is a big one where thousands of revellers had welcomed the new year in.
Soon after the new year had been rung in, as people made a move to go home or somewhere else, there were far to many people for the cloakroom attendants to cope with. As a result, it seems that many made off with coats and jackets which did not belong to them.
It was when the whole cloakroom looked bare of coats and there were people still asking for their outer garments that people realised their coats had been taken by someone else. This was when tempers quite understandably flared up and some people, some the worse for their drinking, became quite aggressive, in the words of people who were present.

to come

A man employed as a road marker for Valletta council was reprimanded today for shirking his duties. It is reported that after a heavy lunch, Stelios Ingredios "cut some corners" during his afternoon shift.

Tony Drago

 

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Death Penalty laws provide for the death penalty only for exceptional crimes such as crimes under military law or crimes committed in exceptional circumstances such as wartime (last execution 1943)