Engineers have a very important role in society, and in the near future they should be ready to assume their position at the forefront of society in carving out a better life for people with their inventions, said the Prime Minister....

A 25-year-old was arrested yesterday after police from the Administrative Law Enforcement Unit supported eyewitness claims of illegal hunting when they found a fresh eagle stored in his freezer. It is understood that late yesterday afternoon, the ALE...

The environment NGO Nature Trust has urged caution in promoting an airstrip for fixed wing planes in Gozo, which it says would prompt excessive urbanisation and development on an island endowed with a scenic landscape....

About 1.5 million tonnes of construction waste were deposited in quarries between January and August, figures released by the National Statistics Office showed yesterday. This meant a 92 per cent increase over the previous eight months...

Alternattiva Demokratika hoped that the development of Fort Chambray would take place as soon as possible, while ensuring that the architectural heritage of this site is protected. AD said this should be a development that creates jobs in Gozo rath...

During 2003 Lm 44.3 million worth of clothing and beauty products were imported, of which Lm29.2 million were clothing alone, said Parliamentary Secretary Edwin Vassallo.Mr Vassallo was speaking at the launch of the Fashion and Beauty fair which, f...

BirdLife Malta will join the largest bird-watching event in the world by organising bird watching activities at Buskett tomorrow...

Michael Moore’s film Fahrenheit 9/11 is finally in Malta!I don’t know why it took so long to get here. To be honest, I must say that I had the wicked feeling I would not be able to see it in Malta before 2 November! I don’t know why, but perhaps I ...

Pleasantly fresh – that is how last month felt for most of us.The reason was that relative humidity, notoriously high in September, was a good six per cent drier than usual. This, combined with a mean temperature of 23.4 °C – a good one degree lowe...

The first day of October was declared International Day of Older Persons by the United Nations in 1990 and was first celebrated on a global scale in 1991. By designating the day, the UN had a twofold aim: (1) to extend recognition of the contribution...