The Criminal Court yesterday heard a man give an account of how he was kicked and beaten and lost 12 teeth during a fight that ensued between two groups of men, apparently because of a car that was blocking the street....

A man has been charged with abducting his nine-year-old son from an institute in Sliema and attempting to seriously injure two police officials by driving his vehicle towards them....

Malta got a mention in the USA Today on Thursday in a rather weird connection – where 45 bottles of soft drink Pony Malta were found to be laced with cocaine.The report was in connection with a drug bust in Miami where 100 cartons of soft drinks we...

Bank of Valletta chairman Joseph F.X. Zahra yesterday presented a sponsorship cheque of Lm28,000 to Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti president Maurice de Giorgio to completely finance the restoration work due to begin on the façade of Palazzo Falson in M...

The Environment Ministry will shortly be publishing a legal notice that will eventually see the removal of air-conditioning units from Valletta’s façades, sources told The Malta Independent.The new law is the result of months of consultation both int...

Certainly Piavi Rasanen, recently elected leader of the Finnish Christian Democratic Party, does not fit the usual English language student profile. However, it is precisely the recent turn in her career that brought her to Malta to study English....

Children in England were made to pray for Malta during the second-world-war, a tradition that was kept alive well after the conflict ended. “Malta was considered by children as such a heroic place,” actress Amanda Barrie told a group of journalists a...

The Malta Chamber of Commerce and Enterprise is particularly concerned by the section of the law – being debated in Parliament – stipulating that a worker injured at the workplace would not be eligible for an invalidity pension if the accident was a ...

Nature Trust Malta is disappointed to hear of the latest hurdle faced by farmers who are producing organic vegetables. The farmers of organic products have been asked for a fee of Lm600 to cover their certification from the Malta Standards Authority....

Alternattiva Demokratika – The Green Party expressed its support to the Save Wied Garnaw Action Group in its appeal to the Malta Environment and Planning Authority to turn down the application to develop an inorganic waste separation plant and illega...