The National Commission for the Family said it is pleased with the amendments presented in parliament by Family and Social Solidarity Minister Dolores Cristina regarding the sale of alcohol to teenagers under the age of 16....

President Edward Fenech Adami met a number of voluntary organisations during a visit to Santa Lucija on Thursday evening....

The Gozo Business Chamber was unanimously accepted as an ordinary member of the Network of the Insular Chambers of Commerce and Industry of the European Union (Insuleur), during the network’s general assembly on 22 September. ...

A concert by Czech soprano Marta Hanfova and pianist maestro Radimir Melmuka will be held at the Manoel Theatre on Tuesday, 24 October ...

The Mozartfest Malta 2006, presented by the Renaissance Cultural Foundation, will reach its climax on Friday and Saturday with the Milan Sladek Mime Theatre innovative production of Le Nozze di Figaro ...

The total cost of food consumed in Malta in 2005 amounted to Lm213.8m, accounting for 14.4 per cent of total private final expenditure, the National Statistics Office said yesterday....

Parliamentary secretary for Fisheries and Farming Francis Agius yesterday defended the government’s decision to subsidise the poultry sector, arguing that the subsidy had improved the quality of the farms...

The Maltese like vegetables but the majority of them never consume sugared drinks. They eat fish, rabbit and chicken once or twice a week but do not like much sugar with their coffee....

Alleanza Nazzjonali Repubblikana (ANR – National Republican Alliance) frontman Martin Degiorgio yesterday filed a libel suit over articles published on the Viva Malta website....

A 23-year-old Yugoslav English language student was conditionally discharged for two years after he pleaded guilty to knowingly receiving or purchasing a stolen mobile phone on and before Wednesday....