David Casa was appointed shadow rapporteur for the environment and health and food safety committee by the EPP-ED group. Mr Casa is a substitute in this committee, nevertheless he was unanimously appointed to the post and he will be the spokesman for...

Labour member of the European Parliament Joseph Muscat took an active part on behalf of the Socialist Group in the hearing of Dutch Commissioner Designate, Neelie Kroes.Joseph Muscat said that the European Union should be more social. He appealed t...

Representatives from Greenpeace yesterday met Competitiveness and Communications Minister Censu Galea to discuss the issue of ship breaking and the safeguard of its possible environmental impact....

A delegation of the Malta Labour Party has had a meeting with officials of the United Nations International Institute on Ageing that is based in Malta....

An appeals court yesterday confirmed a 25-year jail term for the man who was found guilty of murdering hairdresser Alfie Rizzo at his salon in Gzira on 5 February 1998. Aimen Said Giali El Baden, a Libyan who was only 17 years old when he killed Mr...

Two men and a woman were yesterday jailed for seven years and 10 months between them after being found guilty of mugging a 78-year-old in his own home.Martin Tabone, 51, was found guilty of aggravated theft and relapsing and was sentenced to three-...

Archbishop Joseph Mercieca yesterday celebrated the 30th anniversary of his ordination as a bishop by the then Archbishop Mikiel Gonzi....

The parliamentary secretariat for the elderly yesterday denied reports that it was taxing the main property belonging to elderly people resident in homes at 5.5 per cent.In a statement issued by the Department of Information, the secretariat said t...

In June this year, total imports reached Lm111.2 million, figures released by the National Statistics Office showed yesterday. This is Lm2.7 million more when compared to June of the previous year....

The Union Haddiema Maghqudin was never frail and never feared taking harsh decisions in the past and will continue to do so in the future....