The thing I love about publishing online is that readers talk back immediately, and often quite loudly. We try to give you as many opportunities to do so as we can. One of my favorites is the aboutmalta.com visitors' book, which was started 10 years ago as one of the very first features of Grazio's Malta Virtwali.

I don't often use this newsletter to share personal information about myself, however, this month I'd like to announce that this will be the last time I'll be editing this newsletter from New York. By the end of August I will be moving to England to take up a lectureship in performance and creative technologies at the University of Hull's Scarborough School of Arts.

Our next newsletter may be edited by one of my colleagues at the MaltaMedia Online Network, but I should be able to return to my regular routine on aboutmalta.com by September.

Enjoy the rest of the summer!

Toni Sant
Consulting Editor, aboutmalta.com

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01 PM celebrates birthday on his 100th day in office
02 Air Malta Group Lm26 million in the red
03 John Dalli resigns, Michael Frendo takes over Foreign Affairs Ministry
04 Temporary workers in EU states to share tax benefits of nationals
05 Malta's Convergence Programme approved
06 GWU calls for an urgent MCESD meeting
07 Mother gets three years for prostituting her daughter
08 Government rebuts foreign media claims on Cap Anamur
09 Maltese population annual growth rate at 0.7 per cent
10 President Fenech Adami attends Klestil’s funeral
11 Diver killed, two injured at Malta Freeport
12 Court Marshall critical, Magistrate hall and office destroyed
13 Fort Chambray development granted to Gozitan company
14 MCESD discusses Malta's Convergence Plan
15 PN appoints commission to analyse defeat
16 Two workers injured as school roof caves in
17 Four illegal immigrants still on the run
18 Foreign Affairs Minister on first bilateral visit in Libya
19 Croatian Prime Minister in Malta
20 Maltese MEPs witness Josep Borrell become President of EP
21 Government and social partners discuss Eco Contribution Tax
22 New IT strategy aims to tackle digital divide
23 Mother wanted by Police turns up voluntarily in court
24 Organizations and unions criticize government’s lack of consultation
25 Twenty-five illegal immigrants rescued at sea
26 Murder victim Liz Cauchi buried
27 Time to restructure MTA, says Tourism Minister
28 Parliament approves Eco-Contribution Bill
29 Man loses life after metal splinter pierces his chest
30 Structural deficit stands at Lm97.4 million
31 AD calls on PN and MLP for start of electoral reforms

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30 YEARS AGO (28 August 1974)
The Duty Free Shop opens at Luqa Airport.

20 YEARS AGO (10 August 1984)
An application by Archbishop Mercieca in the Civil Court First Hall as Ecclesiastical Authority responsible for all church schools in Malta asks the Court to take the necessary measures to remedy "a breach of constitutional rights perpertrated by means of Act IX of 1984 amending the the 1974 Education Act". That evening, the Federation of School Parent Teacher Associations hold a rally in Sliema in support of church schools with the theme "Free Schools - A Free Country"; a message by Archbishop Mercieca is read out to the large crowd of parents, teachers, and students.

10 YEARS AGO (25 August 1994)
The Sovereign Military Order of Malta receives United Nations recognition and status.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
4 August 1963: Laura Falzon, Flutist
6 August 1916: Dom Mintoff, Politician
16 August 1944: Charles "City" Gatt, Musician/Artist
31 August 1923: Guido Saliba, Lawyer/Actor

DEATH ANNIVERSARIES
4 August 1927: Guze' Muscat Azzopardi, Writer, dies at 74 4 August 1990: Toni Pellegrini, Politician/Media Executive, dies at 72 12 August 1996: Oscar Lucas, Jazz Musician/Band Leader, 75 24 August 2001: Victor Apap, Actor/Writer, dies at 88

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2-5 August 2004
Festival San Lawrenz
Various cultural events organised by the San Lawrenz Local Council in Gozo.

6-8 August 2004
7th HSBC 50-hour football marathon
Organized by the Centru Rekrazzjoni Zghazagh in Zurrieq, where it is held at the primary school.

21-22 August 2004
Vintage Vehicles Show
The exhibition of vintage motorcycles, cars and military equipment is organised annually at Nadur’s pjazzetta by the Military Vehicles Club Gozo in collaboration with Nadur's Local Council.

27-29 August 2004
Etnikafe 04 - The Giant Island
This spectacle at St. John's Ditch, Valletta, by Malta's fabulous folk band, Etnika, takes the audience on a mystical journey to the island's most secret abodes, where fantasy meets folk tales.

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