While the number of deaths on Maltese roads is the lowest in Europe, the average of traffic fatalities is two to three times higher when one considers the distance travelled by vehicles in Malta, Roads and Urban Development Minister Jesmond Mugliett ...

The 20th Malta Book Fair was opened yesterday at the Naxxar Fair Grounds.Thousands of books ranging from those especially for children to fiction and non-fiction publications are on sale at the fair, which remains open till Sunday....

Malta is still way-off from the Lisbon Agenda which aims to achieve the target of 85 per cent of 22-year-olds in all European Union countries who would have completed their higher secondary education....

Parliament yesterday started discussing the Employment and Training Corporation estimates for the financial year October 2004-September 2005....

Professor Richard England won three, not one, public competitions for plans on the Royal Opera House and the surrounding areas....

The budget for 2005 will be presented on Wednesday, 24 November.The decision was taken following a high level meeting yesterday afternoon, reliable sources told The Malta Independent....

A drive to collect water and electricity bills that have been pending for over a year and in amounts of over Lm100 is set to kick off today – if the bills are not paid, bad debtors can expect their water and electricity supplies to be cut off.The mea...

The number of self-employed and people working in retailing and wholesale increased over last year’s figures, parliamentary secretary Edwin Vassallo said yesterday.Speaking during a meeting to discuss the implementation of the European Charter for ...

The statement made by Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi about the Mater Dei hospital in Parliament on Monday was yesterday described by opposition leader Alfred Sant as being a moral defeat for the governments of Dr Gonzi and his predecessor Eddie Fenech...

Outgoing Bank of Valletta chairman Joseph F X Zahra, in a farewell letter sent to all employees yesterday, said the bank “has a great future because it has been built by people who have an inspiring vision, but who have always been unpretentious, rea...