The 10 most read MaltaToday stories
We bring you the 10 most-read articles on maltaoday.com.mt during 2016
31 December 2016, 1:50pm
Jurgen Balzan / Paul Cocks
Jurgen Balzan / Paul Cocks
1 min read
The past year was another good one for MaltaToday, with some 50 million page views and an average session duration of over 9 minutes.
The aircraft crash just outside the Malta International Airport, the brutal murder of a 33-year-old woman and the Panama Papers revelations involving Maltese politicians and companies were among the most read stories on MaltaToday in 2016. Here is a list of the top ten most read stories:
1. [WATCH] Five French nationals on surveillance mission to Libya dead in aircraft crash outside Malta runway
Turboprop aircraft crashed outside the Malta airport runway shortly after take-off at 7:30am • Flight was believed to be French Customs operation tracing human and drug trafficking routes • Remains of all five French nationals found
2. Great white? Fish in photo 'probably a short-fin mako shark'
Environment Resources Authority assisting police investigating Facebook photo with Maltese divers posing with a shark • Marine biologist warns fines for hunting of protected sharks too low
3. Historic 2016 Olympia Weekend starts with surprising results
The ultimate weekend in bodybuilding and fitness has arrived with results already shocking the bodybuilding and fitness world
4. [WATCH] Businessman, 67, dies in Bugibba car explosion
Police confirm that John Camilleri, 67 of Naxxar, was killed in a car bomb in Triq Paderborn • Sources say bomb was placed under the driver's seat, inside the car
5. When adoration turns to nastiness
Ira was in one of those Catch-22 situations, that no matter how she reacted she would have been criticized. Screaming with excitement would have looked downright undignified and frankly uncalled for, since she was the frontrunner, while acting too blasé would have been considered almost an insult to those who wanted to win so badly
6. No conclusive evidence of homicide, police consider victim could have been carrying bomb
Man killed in bomb explosion identified as 56-year-old Martin Cachia, registered as a fisherman from Marsascala
7. Panama Papers | 714 offshore companies: prominent Maltese, hotel groups, oil scandal business partner, and Belarus bagman's wife
8. Mossack Fonseca warns customers of unauthorised ‘Panamaleaks’ data breach
9. Panama database shows Fenech firm in Mossack Fonseca company creation
10. 33-year-old mother died from blunt trauma to the head
We know we said Top 10, but we could not help including this article too:
11. Where do the Maltese come from?
Jurgen Balzan was a MaltaToday reported from 2011 to 2017.
Paul Cocks joined MaltaToday after having spent years working in newspapers with The Times...
