Subsidies paid for new plantings in vineyards from 2002 to date amount to about Lm200,000, or about Lm480 per tumolo, the Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture and Fisheries, Francis Agius, said yesterday....

The Malta Tourism Authority (MTA) said that it is in no way responsible for regulating any aspect of the transport sector....

Hot on the heels of several court cases involving violence in families, a new criminal section of the Family Court was officially opened yesterday....

A man pleaded not guilty to indecently and violently assaulting a woman last Thursday at 8am in Valletta....

A woman was given a year’s conditional discharge after being caught by beach patrol police stealing a bag from a Japanese tourist....

A man has denied assaulting and slightly injuring two wardens and another man in St Paul’s Bay in the early hours of Thursday morning....

Three men walked freely out of court yesterday after they were acquitted of defrauding Mid-Med Bank of Lm500,000 around 12 years ago because insufficient evidence was presented against them....

A series of thefts landed a young man with a drug problem in prison for four years after he admitted the charges pressed against him....

Two children who were on a boat of illegal immigrants were airlifted and transported to St Luke’s Hospital for urgent medical treatment, an Armed Forces of Malta statement said yesterday....

Maltese enterprises can benefit from a Malta Enterprise scheme that would see Lm1.2 million being granted to Maltese entrepreneurs to improve their businesses....