The Ministry for Investment, Industry and Information Technology, yesterday wrote to Bank of Valletta requesting it to carry out an investigation into what Minister Austin Gatt described as a probable divulging of confidential information to the Lead...

The second and final phase of the rehabilitation of St George’s Bay is to be completed by June next year, Tourism Minister Francis Zammit Dimech said yesterday....

Malta’s future depends on an increasing investment in research and development, Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said yesterday....

A number of frustrated civil servants complained with The Malta Independent yesterday that just under Lm50 had been deducted out of their October wages without notice, because, they were told, during 2003 they had been given a monthly increment by mi...

Opposition leader Alfred Sant and Investments, IT and Industry Minister Austin Gatt yesterday traded sparring blows with the former calling for Dr Gatt’s resignation and the latter saying that Dr Sant would be the last person he would take any notice...

The government will be publishing a set of policy guidelines on the illegal immigration issue in the coming weeks, Justice and Home Affairs Minister Tonio Borg announced yesterday in parliament....

The Malta Independent photographer Rene Rossignaud won the photography category in the Malta Journalism Awards announced yesterday....

A political storm of substantial dimensions was whipped up yesterday following a sharp exchange of views between leader of the opposition Alfred Sant and Investments Minister Austin Gatt....

A total of 16.3 million kilogrammes of fruit and vegetables was registered in the third quarter of this year, an increase of 2.2 million kg over the same period last year. When compared to last year’s total of 14.1 million kg, this represented an inc...

The Malta Tourism Authority is once again holding the Malta International Choir Festival at the Mediterranean Conference Centre from 8-12 November....