Widespread power cuts hit islands again
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Large parts of Malta and Gozo spent Thursday morning in the dark. State energy provider Enemalta eventually identified the cause of the outages, which left numerous localities waiting for the lights to return.
At the MED9 summit, Prime Minister Robert Abela argued that the next European budget must account for the specific disadvantages of being an island. He remains opposed to any new EU-level taxes to fund it. Meanwhile, divers discovered a World War II bomb on the seabed directly beneath the ferry route connecting the two islands.
The body of a murder victim killed in Paceville was returned to Morocco following a farewell ceremony. Separately, new data shows disposable income has risen by at least 50% even after inflation is taken into account.