If the government wants to renege on the guarantees it gave self-employed customs and transport agents (burdnara) during the EU membership negotiations....

A three-year-old boy was reported to be in a critical condition after he fell off a merry-go-round in a playground in San Gwann on Tuesday evening....

In spite of rising temperatures, the high surcharge on energy bills is forcing domestic consumers to think twice about purchasing air-conditioning units, The Malta Independent has learnt. ...

Malta has the highest “maximum allowed hours for a working week” among European Union countries, at 48 hours, while it comes second, with 12.5 hours, on the list for a “maximum working day”....

Young Maltese people are known to be very generous and altruistic; testifying to this is the very encouraging number of them who offer a lot of their time to do voluntary work, both in Malta and abroad. ...

It is not usually known, but the Office of the Prime Minister pays Lm857 a month for the lease of the Auberge de Castille....

The government is committed to move forward with the necessary changes to the educational system that will enable us to face today's challenges, Education, Youth and Employment Minister Louis Galea said yesterday....

Malta is expected to receive an allocation of e8 million from the European Fisheries Fund for the period 2007-2013, it was announced yesterday....

Malta Shipyards Ltd has secured a contract for the conversion of the second heavy lift barge for the existing client, Fairmount Heavy Transport. ...

Labour is proposing to cut waiting lists for operations at hospital by 15 per cent every year, party leader Dr Alfred Sant said yesterday....