Nature Trust, the environmental NGO, applauds the unanimous decision taken by the Malta Environment and Planning Authority (Mepa) Board to refuse the application to develop a golf course at Rabat....

Another 26 illegal immigrants, declaring themselves as coming from Congo, were rescued and brought to shore by the Armed Forces of Malta yesterday....

Postal services returned to normal yesterday when the Union Haddiema Maghqudin lifted the directives it had issued on Friday for Maltapost employees, following a dispute it had with the company. ...

Carmelo ‘Charles’ Butler, who was extradited from the United Kingdom to Italy as he is wanted by the Italian authorities in connection with the tragic landings of illegal immigrants on the coast of Ragusa in July 2001, was yesterday interrogated in R...

Representatives of the Muscular Dystrophy Group recently gathered at Vikings Sailing Club in Haywharf to receive a cheque of over Lm1,300....

A woman from St Paul’s Bay yesterday admitted stealing a pouch from St George’s Bay at around 5pm last Sunday. ...

A Libyan man will spend the next 13 months in prison for being in possession of four photocopied Lm10 notes....

Seven men, charged with involvement in the fight during the Zabbar feast last Friday, were told to “count their lucky stars” as an irate magistrate granted them bail under house arrest instead of remanding them in custody....

According to the World Health Organisation mental health will be among the top 10 diseases challenging the world’s population by 2020, Richmond Foundation CEO Doris Gauci told The Malta Independent....

In less than three weeks, Malta will get its first taste of smoke-free environments when the revised non-smoking regulations kick in on 5 October....