Lawrence Gonzi News

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.

Comment about "STAND UP TO THE RACIST SCUM" Phone Name Comment 0 I quote, from this site a couple of days ago: "the level of "racism, intolerance and animosity" in comments on immigration was more than frightening and shocked Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi." Finally, an honest man of integrity at the zenith of this country's system of governance has ...

Red carpet for yacht owners Maltese and foreign Azimut and Atlantis yacht owners and clients of Esprit Yachting gathered at Portomaso last Monday for a red carpet... San Pier opening Lauro Abela, Shakyra Dalli and Joe Dimech at the recent opening of San Pier, a wine bar and caf in Mdina.

Seminar on Encyclical "Caritas in veritate" Posted on November 21st, 2009 A Seminar organized on Friday by the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation on the relevance of "Caritas in Veritate", the most recent encyclical penned by Pope Benedict XVI, to today's socio-economic reality of Malta, had as speakers the Prime Minister, Dr Lawrence Gonzi ...

Comment about "EU leaders agree on top jobs" Phone Name Comment 0 EU leaders agree on top jobs Prime Minister says decision on Maltese commissioner not yet finalised Ivan Camilleri, Brussels EU leaders yesterday unanimously elected Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as the first full-time President of the EU Council and British Trade European ...

Malta has still not announced who will be replacing Joe Borg as Maltese Commissioner for the European Union.

Comment about "Belgian Van Rompuy becomes EU president " Phone Name Comment 0 Thursday, 19th November 2009 - 21:20CET Belgian Van Rompuy becomes EU president Ashton is new foreign affairs chief European Union leaders named Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as the bloc's first president this evening and appointed Briton Catherine Ashton as ...