As of 20 November, the Government of Japan will be requiring – in principle – all foreign nationals entering Japan, to provide fingerprints and a ID photograph at the immigration control procedures for landing permission....

The sustainable management of beach resources in Sicily and Malta is being addressed by Project MaSpi, and a training seminar has been held to discuss the application of the Bathing Area Registration and Evaluation (BARE) technique....

The Hagar Qim and Mnajdra temples, as well as the National War Museum, will be closed to the public for a period of six months from yesterday, for works to be carried out. ...

Richard Vella Laurenti presented his credentials as Malta’s Ambassador to Greece to Karolos Papoulias, President of the Hellenic Republic, at a ceremony held at the Presidential Palace in Athens on 31 October....

Finance Parliamentary Secretary Tonio Fenech (photo), told students at Stella Maris primary school in Balzan that students in Malta were living a historic moment which they would remember for a long time....

A former St Edward’s College teacher was awarded Lm2,500 after an industrial tribunal found that the college terminated her job in an irregular way and did not consider her for filling another teaching post she was competent to fill....

The victim of an attempted murder, Gordon Calleja, yesterday testified in court that he was stabbed “for no reason whatsoever”....

Carmelo Abela, Labour Party spokesperson on education, culture and youth, said the Education Minister was not replying to questions made by the opposition and by other bodies, such as the Malta Union of Teachers...

During a protest held in Valletta, General Workers Union (GWU) secretary general Tony Zarb warned the government yesterday against holding a meeting or signing any agreements with any other union ...

A total of 23 per cent of the Maltese adult population smokes and some 17 per cent of under 15 year olds also indulge in the habit, according to information given at a news conference organised by Help – For a Life Without Tobacco....