A seminar on the coordination of social security in Europe discussed the following main topics: recent developments and activities of the trESS (training and reporting on European Social Security) project, by Prof. Yves Jorens from ...

Provisional estimates indicate that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the first quarter this year, when compared to the same period last year, increased by six per cent at market prices and by 3.5 per cent in real terms. ...

In April 2007 the visible trade gap narrowed to Lm38.2 million, implying an overall improvement of Lm42.7 million in the trade gap for the first four months of the year....

A twinning project between Malta and The Netherlands which has helped develop a national drugs policy and strategy has been concluded and the final report has been presented to Family and Social Solidarity ...

The reconstruction of the road in Ghajnsielem, which connects the port at Mgarr with Xewkija and which is the main thoroughfare to the island’s capital, Victoria, is at an advanced stage, Roads Minister Jesmond Mugliett said yesterday. ...

The Malta Labour Party yesterday lashed out at the EU on the issue of irregular migration, saying it should start putting into practice what it has been talking about for a long time....

A baker was yesterday denied bail after pleading not guilty to assaulting and threatening a police officer and loitering in the area of the Detox Centre without a specific reason, among other charges. ...

A man was yesterday jailed for two years and ordered to start and successfully complete a drug rehabilitation programme after he pleaded guilty to ransacking five residences in 2005 and 2007....

A Nigerian national who lives in Hungary and who said he is a trader, was yesterday charged with breaching money-laundering regulations and failing to declare that he was leaving Malta with nearly Lm58,000 in US dollars and euro. ...

A man was yesterday charged with trafficking ecstasy and being in possession of 20 ecstasy pills during a boat party nearly four years ago. ...