The traditional celebrations for Holy Week and Easter overshadow anything else that goes on in the country during this period.

As expected, aboutmalta.com will continue to bring you the online features we've created over the past years to help online users experience these traditions as they go virtual. These online presentations are most interesting for Internet users outside Malta, but many people in Malta visit them too, particularly 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. Holy Week and Easter in Malta and Gozo
     b. Send a free Easter ecard from Malta
3. This Month in Maltese History
4. What's On This Month

01 Valletta vehicle access scheme delayed again
02 30% say women face professional limitations
03 'Perfume wall' to be created at Maghtab
04 Corpse might have been laid in quarry
05 Three robbers target elderly couples' residence
06 New Commissioner for Children appointed
07 MUSEUM commemorates 100th anniversary
08 Journalists assaulted during FKNK protest
09 No finch trapping, duck shooting seasons
10 68% turnout by the closing of polling booths
11 PM cancels out rumours of early general election
12 Five assist investigations on woman's murder
13 Former Judge jailed two years for bribery
14 Maltese man allegedly molests Philippines girl
15 Survey confirms drop in tourism in 2006
16 Gozo Channel registers Lm282,000 in profit
17 SmartCity's first client to be announced soon
18 Missing Libyan has criminal track record
19 700+ for Dun Ġorġ canonisation from MUSEUM
20 Parliament approves SmartCity land transfer
21 Four African men charged with raping woman
22 Hunting in Malta is "in line", says government
23 Walls near Ħaġar Qim targeted by vandals
24 Valletta in celebrations for 50th EU anniversary
25 Sunday marred by two fatalities
26 First female Operations Officer for AFM
27 Germanwings starts flights to and from Malta
28 Morrow of canonization holiday for schools
29 Crime declines, says Commissioner of Police
30 Maltese scientists make international headlines
31 Malta commemorates Freedom Day

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a. Holy Week and 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.
 

b. Via Crucis - The Way of the Cross

Known in Malta mostly as the Via Sagra, the Way of the Cross is a staple Christian ritual within the Catholic church. aboutmalta.com now brings you the first virtual Way of the Cross from Malta; to be more precise, from the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Burmarrad. The text and photography are by Daniel Bartolo, and graphics and programming are by Janis Henderson. To view this online feature you need to have the Macromedia Flash Player installed on your computer

30 YEARS AGO (8 April 1977)
Former Prime Minister George Borg Olivier announces that he will resign as leader of the Nationalist Party and as leader of the parliamentary opposition from April 11, 1977.

20 YEARS AGO (5 April 1987)
Shots are fired during incidents in Żebbuġ (Malta) between rival supporters of the Malta Labour Party and the Nationalist Party; further incidents take place in Rabat (Malta) between riot police and party supporters following end of Nationalist Party meeting.

10 YEARS AGO (8 April 1997)
Prime Minister Alfred Sant announces that VAT will be terminated by July.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

6 April 1942 - Godfrey Grima, Journalist
7 April 1929 - Gabriel Caruana, Artist
30 April 1960 - May Incorvaja, Singer
30 April 1960 - Josephine Incorvaja, Singer

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

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.

1 - 6 April 2007
Holy Week exhibition
Għaqda Filantropika Talent Mosti hold the ninth edition of the society's traditional exhibition associated with the Holy Week at Razzett tal-Markiż Mallia Tabone.

11 - 13 April 2007
Alfred Chircop Exhibition
An Art Exhibition of watercolours by Alfred Chircop is held at Middle Sea House, Floriana.

19 - 22 April 2007
Frankenstein
Lemonhead Productions stages an adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at the MITP theatre, Valletta.

27 - 29 April 2007
Shadows & Gods
Play Shadows & Gods by Tyrone Grima investigates the true story of the life of the serial killer Henri Pranzini and Saint Theresa of Lisieux at St. James Cavalier, Valletta.

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