“While a distinction should be made between deliberate intimidation and acts of gratuitous vandalism, these must be vigorously suppressed,” Alternattiva Demokratika chairman Harry Vassallo said. ...

Rural Affairs and Environment Minister George Pullicino has appointed Louis Cilia as chairman of the ORNIS Committee after the resignation of Dr Tonio Azzopardi....

Four men aged between 24 and 30 years were arrested yesterday afternoon after police found three cannabis plants and several pieces of cannabis resin in an apartment in Pieta....

The European Commission’s Green Paper Modernising Labour Law to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century was under the spotlight yesterday during an information and consultation seminar organised by Forum Malta fl-Ewropa. ...

While 42 per cent of EU27 enterprises are actively engaged in innovation, only 21 per cent of Maltese enterprises can say the same of their operations, according to the Fourth Community Innov-ation Survey released by the European Commission yesterday....

Good potential exists for a third, alternative submarine communications link from Europe to Malta, which could, in turn, service the North African rim and sub-Saharan markets, Investments...

The team of investigators looking into the discovery of human bones found in a quarry in Naxxar has, for the time being, ruled out foul play, police sources told The Malta Independent. ...

The second phase of the Ta’ Qali National Park extension plan which will extend the area by 30 per cent, will cost a total of Lm250,000 and be completed by the end of this year, Rural Affairs and Environment Minister George Pullicino said yesterday. ...

Now that we are in the middle of winter and the weather has turned cold especially in the evenings, one of the common illnesses that we hear about at this time of year is influenza or as is more commonly called the flu. ...

KRS Film Distributors have pleasure in announcing the first Children’s Cinema Day of 2007, now in its eighth year, next Saturday 3 March....