Opposition Leader Alfred Sant yesterday announced he would be stepping down as Labour leader with immediate effect and “irrevocably”....

Thousands of Nationalist Party supporters thronged to the party headquarters in Blata l-Bajda yesterday to celebrate the victory of one of the most hotly contested general elections this country has seen....

Moments after Nationalist Party secretary general Joe Saliba announced the PN’s win ensuring Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi another five years in government, cars jammed the streets with waving flags...

A Polish woman died some time after she found herself in difficulty while diving with a group of people in Dwejra, Gozo, at around 1pm yesterday, police said. ...

Labour market data for October 2007 indicate that the full-time gainfully occupied population increased by 2,787 persons while unemployment decreased by 512 persons when compared to October 2006....

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During the counting of votes held in the Naxxar Counting Hall yesterday afternoon, Azzjoni Nazzjonali’s deputy leader Anglu Xuereb said: “It looks like we don’t stand a chance of electing a candidate. ...

“The new government does not have political legitimacy, as none of the parties got an absolute majority. It is clear that the population does not want to be ruled by any of these parties,” ...

In one of the lowest turnouts for a general election since 1971, 93 per cent of registered voters yesterday cast their votes for one of the four political parties contesting the 2008 general elections. ...

Even though counting of first preference votes did not start before about 8.30pm, the stacks of voting documents in the pigeon holes after they were sorted out, gave a good indication of how some candidates fared in terms of first-count votes....