The following is the fifth case summary included in the 17th edition of the Ombudsman Case Notes. The notes illustrate the wide range of issues that are handled by the ombudsman, not only in terms of subject matter, but also by the type of outcome re...

In the Cohesion Report, the European Commission underlined that in order to achieve the Lisbon objectives, the European Union must successfully address three major challenges:• enlargement, which is doubling the EU’s regional and social disparities...

A fault that developed on Monday around 2.30pm in underground cables and overhead distribution lines caused the electricity service to be temporarily disrupted in Hal-Far and its environs....

Education, Youth and Employment Minister Louis Galea yesterday launched a publication entitled Knowing our School....

A 66-year-old yesterday pleaded not guilty to damaging cars, believed to number between 20 and 30 according to the prosecution....

A Fgura man yesterday appeared in court to answer charges of heroin trafficking....

A Valletta man was yesterday jailed for two years and four months after being found guilty of theft, fraud and drug possession, with the court noting his “alarming” criminal record....

A Gzira man was yesterday jailed for two years after being found guilty of permanently scarring another man’s face....

The Ghaqda Poeti Maltin has expressed its sorrow at the passing away of its founder, Monsignor Amante Buontempo, JUD, on Monday. He was 83 years old....

The Customs Department must be on its toes and beware of people buying sugar that has been subsidised and exporting it back into the European Union, which is despicable, said small business and the self-employed parliamentary secretary Edwin Vassallo...