As part of the ongoing transition programme a number of visits have taken place at the Dun Manwel Attard School in Wardija over the past couple of months. These are organised by the school staff for their students, all with special needs. These visit...

For the first time ever, the NSO is publishing its Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP). This is worked out in accordance with the rules specified in a series of European Union Regulations developed by Eurostat in conjunction with the EU Member...

A new category was introduced for the first time this year in the San Anton Horticultural Fair, which was held last weekend. The Organic Farming Unit, of the Ministry for Rural Affairs and the Environment, set up a stand dedicated solely to organic p...

Alternattiva Demokratika European Parliament election candidate Arnold Cassola yesterday said that government needed to upgrade product Malta and sort out the mess the country was in if the tourism industry is to flourish....

One day before today’s decisive meeting of the European Commission will decide whether or not to lift the de-facto moratorium on GMOs, a delegation of Green politicians met the Commission President, Romano Prodi....

Alternattiva Demokratika accused Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi of having a “selective memory” when he said that the party had not helped government with its efforts to achieve an extra seat for Malta at the European Parliament....

“On 13 February, Josef Grech approached me at my father’s bakery, offered me a job, and said ‘there is someone we must eliminate’,” said Manwel Caruana in court yesterday. He was testifying against the man accused of killing Patricia Attard, who was ...

Inspector Carmelo Magri yesterday said he had been informed a police warder was caught leaving the prison grounds with a bag full of packets of cigarettes....

A man from Marsascala has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison after being found guilty of cocaine possession, theft, attaching false number plates to a stolen car and relapsing in view of previous convictions....

At the end of 2003, the Maltese population stood at 388,867 and consisted of 192,934 males and 195,933 females....