A Marsascala man yesterday pleaded not guilty to committing usury, by receiving money with interest, from people to whom he had loaned a sum of money....

A 36-year-old man yesterday pleaded not guilty to stealing a number of items, including camping equipment....

The health services section of the Union Haddiema Maghqudin believes that ambulance drivers in Gozo are not being treated well by the authorities....

The Central Bank of Malta announced the issue of a new decimal set dated 2007. The set consists of the seven current Maltese coins of the second series (Lm1, 50c, 10c, 5c, 2c, and 1c) as well as a five mils coin of the first series...

The Tourism Ministry said that 25 hotels with 4,119 beds had closed down in the last three years but 10 new hotels had been opened with a bedstock of 2,336....

Over 35 representatives from Arab and European countries are in Malta to take part in a symposium organised by the Arab Women’s Organisation entitled “Arab and Euro Mediterranean Women: Partnership and Development in a Changing World”....

By the end of January there were 64 claims for the consideration of a humanitarian exemption from the electricity surcharge, Social Solidarity Minister Dolores Cristina told Labour MP Marie Louise Coleiro Preca....

Parliament on Monday continued discussing the bill for the implementation of budget estimates according to the 2007 financial estimates....

Archbishop Emeritus Joseph Mercieca and Gozo Bishop Mario Grech will attend the Consistory of Cardinals called by Pope Benedict XVI for Friday....

The Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses has written to the parliamentary secretary for the elderly, Helen D’Amato, to complain that the health authorities had not added enough nurses and supporting staff at St Vincent de Paul home...