The eco-tax is nothing but a tax and sneers on the ‘polluter pays’ principle, as effectively adopted in many European countries, said Opposition MPs Joe Brincat and Roderick Galdes yesterday....

The Water Services Corporation is working towards eliminating problems regarding raw sewage discharged in the south of Malta, particularly at Wied Ghammieq, the corporation said in a statement....

A grief stricken family mourning the loss of their 20-year-old son, a British Army soldier shot dead in Iraq, had holidayed in Malta at the end of April as a send-off, UK daily The Mirror reported yesterday....

Local councils in various localities are now responsible for the administration of hawker markets and, without the approval of the council, no hawker can set up shop in any market. This new arrangement was revealed by the Parliamentary Secretary for ...

Maltese PES and EPP heads of delegation Simon Busuttil and John Attard Montalto yesterday issued another rallying call to all Maltese representatives in Brussels to get the best out of the EU for Malta....

Illegal immigrants are costing the government nearly Lm1 million a year, a spokesman for the Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs said. The government spends around Lm2,700 every year – or Lm7.40c a day – on each one of the 358 immigrants currently ...

An article published in the UK paper The Guardian yesterday placed Malta’s drubbing against Spain as the third in their list of Most dodgy football games in history....

A number of airlines have grumbled about what they described as a “very chaotic situation” at the airport on Tuesday, which is considered to be one of the busiest days of the week for the airport....

A boat with some 25 persons on board was expected to be brought to shore last night by an AFM patrol boat....

A fisherman who was suffering from chest pains while on a boat 60 miles off the shore was yesterday rescued by an Armed Forces of Malta helicopter and transported to St Luke’s Hospital....