A group of 20 officials from the European Commission have spent a week in Malta on a familiarisation visit.The Commission officials attended presentations by senior government officials, scholars and representatives from constituted bodies on Malta...

Opposition Foreign Affairs spokesman Leo Brincat yesterday claimed that European Commission officials had indicated that there were “not many prospects of setting up the European Border Agency in Malta”....

In September 2004, there were 8,140 unemployed persons registering for work, 6,505 were men and 1,635 were women, the National Statistics office said yesterday. Accordingly, the number of registered unemployed increased by 187 over the preceding mont...

Agreement has not yet been reached between the government and Skanska for the completion of the Mater Dei Hospital, with the Prime Minister saying that the ball was now in their court....

A fight broke out yesterday between two groups of asylum seekers currently held at the detention centre in Safi Barracks....

Six more ministers yesterday gave details of what EU funds have been applied for and obtained by their respective ministries.They were all replying to identical questions by Jason Azzopardi....

Contrary to prevalent impressions that hedging on oil prices is not being done any more, hedging is being done but it is guesswork and a risky game, Investments Minister Austin Gatt told parliament last night....

The European Constitution is full of inconsistencies and includes a number of articles that are a serious threat to Malta’s independence and its Constitution.This was the main thrust of the argument put forward by Dr Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici at a pre...

HELEN ASCIAK needs no introduction. She is probably one of the best known sportswomen on this island, having had an outstanding tennis career between 1972 and 2001 – almost 30 years. In that time she won several honours, among them 11 Malta titles, a...

Alternattiva Demokratika reacted to the government’s intention to raise energy prices because of escalating international oil prices yesterday by calling for a reduction in Malta’s damaging and dangerous over-dependence on oil. Chairman Harry Vassa...