Contrary to popular perception, not all homes for the elderly have long waiting lists, The Malta Independent has learnt. Speaking to this newspaper, Fr Victor Zammit McKeon, who manages the homes for the elderly run by the Church, confirmed that tw...

Josanne Cassar meets Dr Carmel Vassallo, an academic, an author, but above all, a free spirit. They had lunch at The Big Blue at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Sliema...

The National Youth Council (KNZ) launched the Local Youth Council project (LYCP) in collaboration with 11 local councils – San Gwann, Balzan, Zejtun, Zurrieq, St Paul’s Bay, St Julian’s, Pietà, Paola, Birkirkara, Fgura and Xghajra. ...

Two veteran members of the Malta Photographic Society, Anthony Blackman and Carmel Psaila have been made honourary fellows of the society....

Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna welcomes the recent spate of works undertaken by government at Lower Fort St Elmo to improve the sorry state of this important part of our national heritage....

Opposition spokesman Gavin Gulia said he was pleased to note that the government accepted his request for the drug legislation to be discussed in the parliament’s social affairs committee....

A total of Lm40,200 has been presented to 17 philanthropic organisations and 156 individuals by President Edward Fenech Adami on behalf of the Malta Community Chest Fund....

Magistrate Silvio Meli returned from Paris after attending the third annual conference of the Association of European Competition Law Judges....

A Somali refugee was remanded in custody yesterday after he pleaded not guilty to attacking a fellow Somali and a police officer last Tuesday....

A man avoided being jailed for fraud after he paid back the company he had defrauded and cooperated with police. Instead, he was sentenced to two years’ probation....