Chile’s President on Friday signed a new law giving his citizens the right to divorce. The law replaces the 1884 marriage code and will take effect in six months. President Ricardo Lagos made the move despite strong opposition from the Roman Catholic...

A 19-year-old from Zurrieq who was skateboarding in a Zejtun road around midnight was hit by a car....

A corpse was sighted and recovered from the sea some 200 nautical miles east of Malta by an American ship, MV Cape Wrath....

In a courageous move to break a deadlock at legislative level, Gavin Gulia, writing officially as the Labour Patty’s main spokesman on justice and home affairs, yesterday suggested the holding of a “sincere dialogue and exchange of views” between MPs...

The Maltese government joins the international community in condemning acts of unjustified violence or maltreatment of prisoners or victims of war, Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said yesterday....

People included in the April 2004 electoral register will be receiving voting documents for the European Parliament and local council elections between 11 and 22 May. The documents will be delivered by police officers between 8am and 11am and 3pm and...

Instead of being objective, the government has opted for cheap propaganda which is past its sell-by date, said Malta Labour Party Leader Alfred Sant in a statement yesterday....

Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna is holding a large-scale military historical display at Fort Rinella, Kalkara, tomorrow between 10am and 7pm....

The Malta Standards Authority (MSA) has met all 300 requirements to be certified ISO 9001:2000, which is an international standard that provides strict guidelines for good quality management, said MSA chairman Francis Farrugia yesterday....

Alternattiva Demokratika has deplored the de-scheduling by the Malta Environment and Planning Authority of a Grade 3 property adjacent to Villa Cassar Torregiani at Balluta, St Julian’s....