August marks the best of the summer season in Malta. The weather dominates most of our thoughts. How hot will it be and how humid? MaltaWeather.com continues to help us keep in touch with the latest weather reports and forecasts, as does GozoWeather.com, which has already been online for five years now. Where does the time go?

The aboutmalta.com online calendar of events has also entered its fifth year. The calendar provides a guide to what's on in Malta and Gozo, with detailed entries about the most interesting events in the fields of entertainment, sports, the arts, and any other event worth attending.

Event organisers can submit their events directly at no charge, by simply filling out an online form telling us about their activity. The calendar is available at www.aboutmalta.com/events

Enjoy the rest of the summer!

Toni Sant
Consulting Editor, aboutmalta.com

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1. Last Month's Daily News from MaltaMedia
2. Top Picks:
     a. Lanċa Ġejja u Oħra Sejra: Malta and its migrations
     b. 2007 Festa Season in Malta & Gozo
3. This Month in Maltese History
4. What's On This Month

01 Strong showing for new political party, survey says
02 Over 80,000 visit Mater Dei in open weekend
03 Refugees in Malta to be resettled in Portugal
04 Man jailed 20 years for aunt's violent death
05 New St Paul's Bay bypass opens to traffic
06 EPP-ED conference tackles illegal immigration
07 Call for blind persons to have secret voting rights
08 PM refuses Transport Minister's resignation
09 Italian tourists brutally beaten in Paceville
10 Positive final decision for Malta's euro adoption
11 Maltese population over 405,500 in 2006
12 Minister urges for probe into MMA bribes speech
13 Three elderly people involved in accidents
14 Fireworks explosion victims laid to rest
15 Glasgow airport bomber communicated with Malta
16 Employees tied up in Baħar iċ-Cagħaq robbery
17 Agreement for educational reform signed
18 Tests confirm missing young man's remains
19 No confidence motion against Minister defeated
20 Malta's first euro coins minted in France
21 Pre-budget consultation document launched
22 British High Commission receives terror threat
23 Two illegal immigrants die, one missing at sea
24 Record electricity demand in thirty years
25 Royals' visit dubbed as 'second honeymoon'
26 Thousands of fans flock to Isle of MTV festival
27 Budget 2008 to be presented in mid-October
28 'Pharmacy of your Choice' agreement signed
29 MUMN calls for Institute of Health Care inquiry
30 Man found dead in van below Selmun cliffs
31 Customs seize 1,188 smuggled alcohol bottles

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

a. Lanċa Ġejja u Oħra Sejra: Malta and its migrations
Malta's stategic position in the Mediterranean Sea has given it a long, interesting history of migration. Emigration was a significant aspect of Maltese life in the last century, however, Malta is also a magnet for all sorts of immigrants. Most recently, the plight of irregular immigrants from various countries seeking a better life in Europe has become an almost daily topic in the news, especially because very few are actually granted refugee status. Over a thousand have reached the Maltese islands this year alone. MaltaMedia's special feature about Malta and its migrations covers all of this and more.
 

b. 2007 Festa Season in Malta & Gozo
The Maltese sky rumbles during the day and lights up at night; church bells toll for hours on end and people flock to the streets and squares of every town and village in Malta and Gozo. It's festa season! This special feature from MaltaMedia is packed with interactive information about the various aspects of the festa season in the Maltese Islands. The feature includes various audio and video webcasts in Maltese about particular celebrations, which stand out in the Maltese calendar of summertime celebrations.

30 YEARS AGO (8 August 1977)
A wartime bomb explodes in Santa Lucija killing Fr. Amatore Gambin.

20 YEARS AGO (4 August 1987)
Caravaggio's painting of St Jerome which was stolen from the St John's Co-Cathedral Museum on 29 December 1984 is recovered by police.

10 YEARS AGO (31 August 1997)
Malta mourns at the tragic death of Princess Diana, and the passing away of Mother Theresa of Calcutta.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
6 August 1916: Dom Mintoff, Politician
7 August 1935: Manni Spiteri, Media Executive
16 August 1944: Charles "City" Gatt, Musician/Artist
26 August 1964: Daphne Caruana Galizia, Opinion Writer

DEATH ANNIVERSARIES
1 August 1964: Nosi Ghirlando, Actor, dies at 56
12 August 1996: Oscar Lucas, Jazz Musician/Band Leader, 75
24 August 2005: Dominic Grech, Singer (The Tramps) dies at 55
31 August 2006: Pawlu Carachi, Journalist/Politician, dies at 80

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 - 5 August 2007
Farsons Great Beer Festival
This annual festival in Ta Qali Park presents a large variety of local and international award-winning beers coupled up with music, dance and other entertaining acts.

4 August 2007
August Moon Ball
The annual President's ball at the Verdala Palace, where all proceeds go entirely towards the Malta Community Chest Fund.

18 August 2007
Gozo Music Festival
The 6th edition of the Gozo Music Festival at Maxtura Fields, Marsalforn, features over 30 top local artists from live bands, DJs and four international artists in 3 main arenas.

18 - 30 August 2007
Wonderful Life Photographic Exhibition
Photographic exhibition at Art...e Gallery in Victoria, Gozo, with a concurrent theme that is led and composed of both traditional prints and manipulated images on paper and canvas.

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