“The accused said he intended to kill his girlfriend when he pushed her off a balcony three storeys high. When he saw she was still alive he went down and tried to strangle her. When he did not succeed, he told her to cover for him with the police,” ...

A man and a 16-year-old boy from Cospicua have been accused of stealing more than Lm1,000 worth of antiques....

A British man was jailed for 15 years and fined Lm25,000 yesterday, after he pleaded guilty to importing cocaine. ...

Romanian President Ion Iliescu presented Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi with a book, Globalizazione: la visione Rumena (Globalisation: the Romanian vision) written by himself, at the San Anton Presidential palace yesterday....

As from today, establishments with a floor area of more than 60 square metres must have a separate room for smokers, with the rest of the premises being strictly no smoking. ...

EU Commission President-Designate Jose Manuel Durao Barroso will be paying a visit to Malta tomorrow....

The Daniel Delicata Memorial Association will be organising its yearly gala dinner at the SAS Radisson on the occasion of Daniel’s birthday on 5 November. ...

The Maltese Embassy in Brussels is half the size of that of Austria and five times smaller that of Germany. ...

The Emigrants Commission and the Friends of Australia Association are organising a reception in honour of Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney, who is coming to Malta to take part in the International Priests’ Congress....

What the workers have achieved over the years is little by little being taken away because of economic problems, General Workers Union president Salv Sammut said in a message marking the 61st anniversary of the founding of the union, which falls toda...