The 1st day of June is a very special day for us at the MaltaMedia Online Network. This is because it was on this day in 1999 that the MaltaMedia Online News Service started appearing regularly. Yes, it's been exactly 10 years of continuous news and information updates at MaltaMedia.com.

10 years ago the amount of Malta-related content online was not as abundant as it is now. In 1999, MaltaMedia provided the first and only regular Maltese online news service. Over the years, MaltaMedia News has also won six awards from the Institute of Maltese Journalists.

MMON's Editorial Director Martin Debattista should be congratulated publicly for leading various teams that have brought you the MaltaMedia Online News Service for 10 years, without ever missing a day of updates. The fact that our output is never biased in the tradition of most Maltese conventional news sources is one of the main reasons for the longevity and success of our news service.

Toni Sant
Consulting Editor, aboutmalta.com

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1. Last Month's Daily News from MaltaMedia
2. Top Picks:
     a. Festa Weather Forecast
     b. Blogosfera: Focus on Elections 2009
3. This Month in Maltese History

01 Parliament approves changes to electoral law
02 Somali pirates seize Maltese flagged ship
03 Malta is third cheapest Euro zone holiday destination
04 Chiara hopeful after Eurovision Song Contest rehearsal
05 Dockyard privatisation will result in liquidation
06 Policeman dies in traffic accident
07 Maltese police help foil 28 million pound fraud in UK
08 61-year-old woman stabbed to death
09 Palace Square to be embellished and pedestrianised
10 Malta to propose immigrants checkpoint in Libya
11 Malta refuses permission to land more migrants
12 Maltese companies implicated in German investigation
13 33 illegal immigrants land in Gozo
14 Increase of over 9 per cent in social benefits for families
15 Record haul of contraband cigarettes
16 Public Policy Institute proposes divorce legislation
17 Eurovision final disappointment for superb Chiara
18 Liberalisation of unscheduled bus service announced
19 Ryanair requests Malta base
20 Maltese-flagged ship released by pirates
21 PL files court case on car registration VAT issue
22 Two AFM officials charged with soldier's death
23 Government-MAM reach agreement on doctors' issue
24 VAT fraud investigation nets 25 persons so far
25 Man loses foot in diving accident
26 Malta's sixth MEP to have paid observer status
27 Incoming tourism figures down by 13%
28 First Bollywood film to shoot in Malta
29 Discipline Board to investigate MCAST Exam allegations
30 Union of Cabin Crew reduces inflight services
31 PL leading in MEP elections survey

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

a. Festa Weather Forecast

MaltaWeather.com has just introduced a new service for the summer months giving updated weekend forecasts for the festa season around the Maltese Islands. Building on its popular 5-day forecast, the Festa Weather Forecast also offers specific recommendations for the best way to enjoy the spectacular fireworks displays from the respective towns and villages.
 

b. Blogosfera: Focus on Elections 2009

Blogosfera provides an easy-to-access regular update for anyone looking to explore or keep up with the Maltese blogosphere. This service was originally introduced about this time last year. Now, as Malta prepares to go to the polls for European Parliament and Local Council elections, MaltaMedia focuses the Blogosfera service on a number of independent blogs. As ever, this is the closest you can get to what people are thinking and saying on the Internet.

30 YEARS AGO (14 June 1979)
An explosion during the night totally destroys the Malta Labour Party Club at Kirkop.

20 YEARS AGO (1 June 1989)
Importation of colour television sets is liberalised as a further step in the liberalisation of the Maltese economy.

10 YEARS AGO (1 June 1999)
The MaltaMedia Daily Online News Service is officially launched. This is the first Internet-only news service from and about Malta.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
10 June 1957: Vicki Ann Cremona, Lecturer and Diplomat
21 June 1945: Tanya Bayona, Choreographer
30 June 1934: Mary Rose Bonello, Actress
30 June 1978: Miriam Christine Borg, Pop Singer

DEATH ANNIVERSARIES
10 June 1993: Francis Ebejer, Educator/Playwright/Writer, dies at 68
22 June 1983: Francis "Cikku" Saliba, Superior General MUSEUM, dies at 73
23 June 1976: Albert Cassola, Writer, dies at 59
25 June 2002: Lady Margaret Mamo, former First Lady

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.