Launching a new website on the MaltaMedia Online Network is always a great joy. After several months of preparation we can finally give the readers of this newsletter a sneak peek at our newest offering: ImagineGozo.com - photo albums of Gozo and Comino by Joe Zammit. The official launch of the website happens later this spring.

Meanwhile, aboutmalta.com continues to bring you the online features we've created over the past years to help online users experience Maltese traditions as they go virtual. These online presentations are most interesting for Internet users outside Malta, but many people in Malta visit them too; this time of the year it's mostly to send free Easter e-cards.

On behalf of the aboutmalta.com web team I'd like to wish you and all those close to you a very happy Easter!

Toni Sant
Consulting Editor, aboutmalta.com

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1. Last Month's Daily News from MaltaMedia
2. Top Picks:
     a. ImagineGozo.com
     b. Holy Week & Easter in Malta + Gozo
3. This Month in Maltese History
4. What's On This Month

01 13 million contraband cigarettes seized
02 Bus strike called off
03 Police officer jailed over theft
04 Archbishop says Lent should motivate self-renewal
05 Maltese Parliament requests to examine EU divorce document
06 John Bencini resigns from CMTU President
07 Cooperation agreement between Malta and Croatia
08 Fuel surcharge calculations to be audited
09 AFM soldiers result positive for TB mute
10 Malta requests information on CIA flights
11 Local Council Elections final turnout is 66%
12 MLP wins Local Council Elections
13 Seven cars set on fire at night
14 BA announces decision on World Cup matches transmissions
15 EU satisfied with Malta's convergence programme
16 Theft of electricity cost Enemalta Lm9 million per year
17 Ħaġar Qim threatened by climate change
18 Malta Shipyards secures significant contract
19 Maltese doubtful of need for pension reforms
20 Government not to suspend spring hunting
21 Two men arrested for human trafficking
22 Juanito Camilleri appointed university rector
23 Schools open an hour late after teachers' industrial action
24 GRTU against pension's age to be increased to 65
25 MEPs appalled by immigrants' living conditions
26 MEP to advise transfer of illegal immigrants
27 Heads of Agreement of SmartCity@Malta signed
28 EU countries to have a common driving license
29 Malta experiences solar eclipse
30 Commission on Domestic Violence launched
31 Foreigner vandalizes cross in Ta' Gieżu Church

Read and/or listen to the latest daily news from MaltaMedia.com.

a. ImagineGozo.com

The newest site from the MaltaMedia Online Network brings you images of Gozo and Comino in 19 albums offering a spectacular virtual tour of the northern Maltese Islands from the perspective of a photographer who has lived there long enough to appreciate all the traditions as well as the contemporary elements that make these islands so unique. The photos are by Joe Zammit.
 

b. Holy Week & Easter in Malta + Gozo

MaltaMedia's seasonal feature for Holy Week and Easter in Malta highlights traditional, religious, astronomical, and gastronomical aspects of the greatest celebration in the Christian calendar. Whether you're after an understanding of why the date for Easter Sunday changes each year, a virtual via crucis, free Easter e-cards, or the recipe for figolli, you'll find it all in this feature.

50 YEARS AGO (15 April 1956)
Mass resignation of Medical Health Officers in Government Service.

30 YEARS AGO (1 April 1976)
The equal pay for equal work principle between male and female workers comes into force.

10 YEARS AGO (2 April 1996)
The Government and Malta Drydocks disagree over the removal of dock 1.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
4 April 1931 - Patri Dionisju Mintoff, Peace Lab Founder
6 April 1951 - John Suda, Actor
23 April 1959 - Georgina [Sammut] Abela, Singer
28 April 1941 - Norman Hamilton, Broadcaster

DEATH ANNIVERSARIES
5 April 1976 - Giuseppi Mallia "Il-Futru", Character Film Actor, dies
5 April 1979 - Herbert Ganado, Journalist/Politician, dies at 73
16 April 1990 - Pierre Muscat, Politician, dies at 38
23 April 1956 - Arthur Vassallo, BBC Announcer, dies after an explosion in London

See aboutmalta.com's daily full list of birthdays, deaths, and events in Maltese history.

Today in Maltese History is produced exclusively for aboutmalta.com by Mario Axiaq.

8 April - 7 May 2006
The Secret
Lisa Falzon's exhibition at St James Cavalier in Valletta showcases forty new pieces.

10 - 16 April 2006
Holy Week
All towns and villages in the Maltese islands celebrate the Catholic Church's holiest feasts.

21-23 + 28-30 April 2006
Seussical the Musical
Masquerade closes its season at the Manoel Theatre with a great treat for all the family.

29 April 2006
The Rifffs Reunion Concert
Malta's top 80's band The Rifffs reunite for this gig at Tattingers in Rabat.

View aboutmalta.com's full calendar for this month's events in Malta and Gozo, or to submit a future event to our calendar.