A Libyan man has been cleared of stealing $2,000 and Lm80 from an Arab man in Sliema three years ago, because there was a conflict between the accused’s version of events and that of the alleged victim. ...

The small retailers’ association, the GRTU, yesterday again called on the Prime Minister to withdraw a call for tenders for computers for the public service and requested an urgent meeting between him and its representative committee of small traders....

AFM soldiers from 1st Regiment’s Gozo Troop, of Qortin Base, Nadur detained a number of individuals on Sunday night in connection with drugs found on their person and driving without a valid licence....

Two 17-year-old youths are being held by the police after being caught stealing from several cars in Mensija Road, St Julian’s on Sunday night....

The Nationalist Party’s general council meeting at the weekend was described by the Labour Party as a “pathetic exercise by an outdated party”....

Ryanair will be operating four new routes by the last quarter of the year, linking Malta International Airport with Girona, Bari, Bremen and Stockholm, the government announced yesterday....

Malta is not responsible for the two irregular migration incidents taking place south of the islands this weekend, Justice and Home Affairs Minister Tonio Borg said yesterday while giving the government’s “correct” version of events....

With the long-awaited canonisation of Dun Gorg Preca as Malta’s first saint just around the corner, Lombard Bank, Maltapost and MUSEUM yesterday issued individual sets of commemorative coins, medals, stamps and replica silver stamps....

A nationwide search has been mounted for a Syrian national, 32-year-old Hachem Ali, who failed to appear in court yesterday morning to stand trial for the attempted murder of a man in 2001. ...

People with a disability have the opportunity to obtain Windows Vista and Office 2007 free of charge...