Nationalist MP Jason Azzopardi will be attending an international conference aimed at identifying the misconceptions and misunderstandings as well as the similarities between Europe and the Middle East....

The Malta Labour Party is prepared to take over leadership of Malta and govern by telling the truth and by providing concrete solutions to problems of the country, said opposition leader Alfred Sant....

The Nationalist Party yesterday claimed the Malta Labour Party tried to put Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi in bad light again during Super One’s 18 September news broadcast. ...

The actual final outcome for the consolidated fund balance for 2003 was Lm105.4 million. This compares well with the figure of Lm105.3 million at which it had been estimated last March for the purpose of the Notification....

In 2003 general government net borrowing, as measured on the Maastricht Treaty basis, was Lm177.1 million, figures released by the National Statistics Office showed yesterday. This compares with a net borrowing of Lm102.8 million in 2002. ...

The MLP must give a sign of good will, Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said yesterday, referring to a call for consensus he had made to the Opposition during an interview with The Malta Independent on Sunday editor Noel Grima last Thursday....

A group of 12 people who have recently graduated as radiographers have complained, through the General Workers’ Union, that they have still not received a reply from the Health Department about their employment....

Alternattiva Demokratika chairman Harry Vassallo criticised the government’s distorted sense of priorities, expressing disappointment that it has shelved the Connections Project. He also called for more transparency and accountability on government e...

Italy has said it will send the 94 illegal immigrants which landed in Pozzallo on Saturday back to Malta in accordance with European law, Canale Cinque reported yesterday....

A flotilla from the Russian Black Sea Fleet is presently in Malta as part of a visit to the central Mediterranean. The group consists of the cruiser Moskva, the destroyer Smetlivy and the assault ship Azov. These ships, which left Sevastopol on 31 Au...