The General Workers Union national council passed a motion yesterday to remove Josephine Attard Sultana as secretary of the union’s public sector section....

The Council for Children has called for an amendment to Maltese law, requesting that all prospective employees who will be working with children provide a full police record (fedina penali) with their job application....

More than 4,400 immigrants have died at the frontiers of Europe between 1988 and 2005, with 1,769 people alone dying in the Sicilian channel between Libya, Tunisia, Malta and Italy....

There is an ocean apart between the real world of media and the cyberspace world that children live and dream of. ...

Another two cyclists dropped out of the Travelex Life Cycle Challenge yesterday due to extreme conditions and the tough challenge facing the Life Cycle team....

The Malta Tourism Authority is presently working on a plan to address behavioural problems of language students, The Malta Independent has learnt. ...

Heritage Malta will be extending the opening hours at the Inquisitor’s Palace in Vittoriosa throughout the month of August....

Big Band Brothers in Concert will be at Freedom Square, Valletta from 9pm onwards on Monday 14 August. ...

The Malta Council for Culture and the Arts is inviting cultural and artistic event organisers to send details of cultural activities scheduled for October, November and December....

Epoka, the celebration of Maltese traditional music, arts and crafts will return to the Valletta Waterfront from 23 to 27 August. ...