SNC Lavalin Nexacor of Canada, which is a shareholder at Malta International Airport, won a EUR400-million bid to build an airport in Benghazi, the official news agency JANA said on Wednesday....

The Nationalist Party and the Labour Party are broadly in agreement on helping the Maltese cope with the high property prices....

The organisers of the Malta Music Festival announced yesterday that the tickets for the highly anticipated match between past football legends from England and Italy, followed by a concert by Simply Red are now available. ...

Alternattiva Demokratika (AD) chairman Harry Vassallo yesterday called for a radical change of policy that overlooks the rights of ordinary citizens in favour of business operations. ...

Victor Refalo, Labour councillor of Zebbug Gozo, told The Malta Independent on Sunday that the van shown in a photo in this newspaper last week with his family nickname, Tal-Exka, ...

Fra Andrew Bertie, the Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, was slightly injured last Wednesday when he was returning from a yacht trip to the magisterial villa in San Michele di Pagana...

Malta’s ambassador to Denmark proves diplomacy can be spontaneous and off-the-cuff, The Copenhagen Post reported....

Last week a new group called Freedom’s Watch launched a $15 million, five-week campaign of TV, radio and Web ads featuring military veterans aimed at retaining support in Congress for President Bush’s “surge” policy on Iraq. ...

The EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme is under increasing pressure as eight of the bloc’s 27 member states are threatening the Commission with legal action, following its decision to slash the amount of carbon allowances allocated to companies.:...

The life of an alcoholic is not easy but not many people realise what a traumatic experience it is for the family *ALISON FARRUGIA tells Juan Ameen...