The VAT department will be increasing its inspections of various establishments in Malta and Gozo....

The Public Health Department said that samples of sea water taken from St George’s Bay in St Julian’s this summer never indicated that there was a level of contamination that was dangerous to persons swimming in the bay....

The government is in favour of setting up an animal hospital for the care and cure of abandoned animals....

Tourism and Culture Minister Francis Zammit Dimech said that the doors of the 15 member states of the European Union which were ajar before Malta’s accession to the EU are today wide open for Maltese young people to further their studies, to work and...

After the encouraging response to last Saturday’s Sunset Tour, Heritage Malta will be organising other special guided tours to Hagar Qim, Mnajdra and Ggantija Temples in the late afternoon. These three temples, which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, ...

An article that appeared in the British Times online said that even though famous actors such as Brad Pitt spent their holiday in Malta last year while shooting the film Troy, Malta is still being regarded as a “cheap bucket-and-spade holiday island”...

The Malta EU Information Centre (MIC) said that it is no way connected to the paid adverts – of unknown origin – that refer to the effects of Malta’s EU accession on the dairy sector....

Alternattiva Demokratika – The Green Party noted that the Prime Minister’s environmental credentials have been nullified by his declaration in favour of the development of two new golf courses in Malta and Gozo, on the eve of the Mepa board’s decisio...

Mepa’s Development Control Commission yesterday turned down the proposed development of an inorganic waste separation plant at Wied Garnaw, limits of Gudja. ...

ROME: Italy’s Premier Silvio Berlusconi planned to meet Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi this week to discuss illegal immigration, as Rome looks for ways to stop floods of people from unlawfully making their way to Italian shores every year. ...