The General Workers’ Union yesterday registered a dispute with Maltapost management regarding counter workers at Maltapost branch offices....

Two Syrian nationals travelling on Air Malta flight KM 512 (Malta-Vienna) were prevented from leaving the aircraft by Austrian immigration police when the aircraft arrived in Vienna yesterday. ...

The government is reviewing a number of options for the continuation of the Cirkewwa terminals construction, said Competitiveness and Communi-cations Minister Censu Galea in a statement yesterday....

Sources close to the Law Courts have described the situation in court as “utter havoc” as magistrates adjourn case after case because forensic reports, essential for the judicial process of any case, are never forthcoming because the Forensic Laborat...

The government has reached an agreement with the Federation of Industry to eliminate the subsidies it gives to the building industry for the disposal of construction waste in exhausted quarries, The Malta Independent has learnt....

Following the agreement signed between the government and the Public Transport Association earlier this week, yesterday the government issued details of the seven new routes which are being introduced on Monday. ...

A 29-year-old man, who was reported missing after setting out to sea in his speedboat with an extremely powerful V8 engine on Saturday evening, was spotted and rescued by a fishing vessel, which also rescued five illegal immigrants who were on the bo...

The Trade Licensing Unit has processed nearly 1,100 licences since the beginning of the year, parliamentary secretary Edwin Vassallo said. ...

Parliamentary Secretary in the Finance Ministry Tonio Fenech has attended the 2004 annual board meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group, held in Washington....

Young Enterprise Malta (YEM) has launched a new website www.youngenterprise.org.mt. The new website not only offers detailed information on the HSBC Young Enterprise Company programme, but also provides an interactive tool for participating students ...