Sannat mayor Carmel Camilleri has stepped down from his post with immediate effect, and has also resigned from the local council, citing health reasons as grounds for his resignation....

The Malta Labour Party expressed satisfaction yesterday at the government’s agreement to an MLP proposal to issue ...

Tourist arrivals are 12,000 down on the January to June figures last year, and the money spent in Malta was Lm2 million less than last year, the Malta Labour Party said yesterday....

The Malta Environment and Planning Authority (Mepa) has expressed concern that current legislation enables the owners of illegally developed properties to delay the removal of structures for as long as possible....

At an average of 31.5 °C, daytime temperatures last month were only slightly warmer than usual for the time of year, according to statistics published by the Meteorological Office at Malta International Airport. ...

The appointment of Malta’s new Archbishop is expected to be made after the Vatican returns from its summer recess at the beginning of September, The Malta Independent can confirm....

General Workers’ Union public sector section secretary Josephine Attard Sultana yesterday filed for a prohibitory injunction against union secretary-general Tony Zarb in connection with the convening of an extraordinary general conference....

Work to demolish Manwel Dimech Bridge, better known as the Regional Road Bridge, in St Julian’s, will start on 1 September, sources told The Malta Independent yesterday. ...

With Pete Doherty clearly out of the picture and most probably also his head, the arrival of Dirty Pretty Things’ debut album pretty much declares The Libertines’ reign well and truly over....

The Travelex Lifecycle team arrived at the local school in Honefoss – Norway at 7am yesterday, after having travelled for an hour by coach from Oslo airport, and after an almost two-hour delay in Malta....