Lawrence Gonzi News

Comment about "President's charity run attracts record crowd" Phone Name Comment 0 President's charity run attracts record crowd Fiona Galea Debono Charity, health, unity and a sunny sky lured a record 6,000 joggers and walkers - way more than anticipated - to join President George Abela on a fun run from San Anton Palace to Valletta yesterday to ...

Comment about "'The past with a modern inspiration'" Phone Name Comment 0 St George's Square revamp 'The past with a modern inspiration' Fiona Galea Debono St George's Square, in Valletta has re-acquired its true function as the heart of the capital, six months after the last car parked in the "stolen" area that has now been returned to the public.

Comment about "Palace Square starts a new lease of life" Phone Name Comment 0 Sunday, 6th December 2009 - 21:33CET Palace Square starts a new lease of life St George's Square in Valletta, for centuries the silent witness of Malta's history in the making, was the focus of its own milestone in history this evening when it was re-inaugurated at the ...

Comment about "'The risk is just too great'" Phone Name Comment 0 'The risk is just too great' Caroline Muscat "As an island state, Malta is at the forefront of the negative impacts of climate change" - David Attard.

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The - new way of doing politics' ushered in by Lawrence Gonzi in 2003 seems to include a strange way of handling appointments and dismissals of senior public figures.

The questions pervading the Maltese political scene in the last few months have been finally answered, with the nomination of John Dalli to the post of EU Commissioner.

Comment about "PM discusses illegal immigration in Helsinki" Phone Name Comment 0 Tuesday, 1st December 2009 - 19:07CET PM discusses illegal immigration in Helsinki Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi today had a 90-minute meeting in Helsinki with the Prime Minister of Finland, Matti Vanhanen on bilateral relations and illegal immigration.

Some three or four years ago in court, an angry Dom Mintoff walked up to me and placed his fist to my face and grunted, "Who is behind you? Who is behind you? I will kill you!" Like most people who have a big problem buffering what their mind is thinking from coming out of their mouth, Mintoff was probably trying to say he could not understand who ...

Comment about "Commonwealth seeks binding climate deal" Phone Name Comment 0 Commonwealth seeks binding climate deal Leaders propose special fund for small islands Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi at the fourth session of the Commonwealth Heads of Government's meeting in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

Comment about "Joe Borg slams PM's handling of Commissioner nomination" Phone Name Comment 0 Joe Borg slams PM's handling of Commissioner nomination Learns from TV that he is not to be reappointed Herman Grech Joe Borg: "Everybody can form a judgment about this decision for themselves." Joe Borg has criticised the Prime Minister's handling of the ...

Opposition Leader Joseph Muscat insisted that both the Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi and Minister Austin Gatt knew about the bribery cases of the Danish company BWSC who was awarded the Delimara power station extension contract however they decided to keep mum.

John Dalli has relinquished his self proclaimed role as "father confessor" to disgruntled Nationalist backbenchers, to accept Lawrence Gonzi's irresistible bait: a prestigious and highly paid post in the European Commission.

Comment about "'Black dust report: Marsa power station remains suspect'" Phone Name Comment 0 'Black dust report: Marsa power station remains suspect' Full-time Mepa board members were being selected and there would be no more allegations of clientelism and conflicts of interest - PM.

What's good for the Gonz... Out of curiosity: was Lawrence Gonzi born with two faces, or did he buy his second one from a Gift of Life charity shop? Reason I ask is that on Friday, I chanced upon the tail end of a political debate between the Prime Minister and Opposition leader on the Church radio station RTK .

Comment about "Moving on or moving out?" Phone Name Comment 0 Moving on or moving out? The luggage at Palazzo Ferreria in Valletta will not be packed until January when Social Policy Minister John Dalli leaves for the Berlaymont Building in Brussels.

Comment about "Gonzi explains decision to nominate Dalli to EU post - No major Cabinet changes expected" Phone Name Comment 0 Tuesday, 24th November 2009 - 11:00CET Gonzi explains decision to nominate Dalli to EU post - No major Cabinet changes expected John Dalli.

On Monday evening an official statement confirmed that the Maltese Government has nominated Minister John Dalli for the job of European Commissioner from Malta.

Comment about "'Christians must commit themselves to society'" Phone Name Comment 0 'Christians must commit themselves to society' The feast of Christ the King was celebrated yesterday in Swatar, where a congregation gathered outside the parish church on a mild enough evening to allow for an outdoors activity.

Comment about "Progress Press investing in 26m factory" Phone Name Comment 0 Progress Press investing in 26m factory Prime Minister visits Progress Press Claudia Calleja Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi being shown around Progress Press by chief operations officer Noel Galea, directors and other staff.