Many were those who complained about the excessive heat last month and the Meteorological Office confirmed yesterday that the month of June was one of the hottest since 1922, when the Met. Office started keeping records for climatological purposes. ...

Labour leader Alfred Sant has, for the second time, changed his policy on the fuel surcharge, the Investment, Industry and Information Technology Ministry said in a statement yesterday....

A 26-year-old man from Mosta is in critical condition after he was involved in a fight in Mosta on the night between Saturday and Sunday....

Heritage Malta hosted Claire Baluci for a spectacular concert at Bighi, that formed part of the agency’s series of events to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Caravaggio’s stay on the island....

No less than 55,000 people visited the newly-opened Mater Dei Hospital during the two-day open weekend and health festival, a spokesperson for the new hospital said yesterday....

Four of the five men who died after the St Helena fireworks factory blew up on Wednesday evening, have not yet been identified and DNA tests will have to be carried out before a funeral ceremony is held, sources close to this newspaper said....

With some 750 migrants having landed in Malta so far this year, the vast majority of which were in May and June...

The completion during this year of the new Soft Drinks Packaging Hall and the Logistics Centre in Mriehel will signify the realisation of the first two phases of the Farsons investment programme which is on track and within budget. ...

Internet users trying to book flights to Bologna with low cost airline Meridiana are finding they cannot book flights beyond 9 September....

Tariffs paid by importers to port operators will be reduced, some quite substantially, following an agreement signed yesterday between the Malta Dockers Union, which represents licensed port workers, and the government....