www.di-ve.com, the local internet portal has continued to strengthen its position as Malta’s most popular local website, according to the latest independent survey conducted by the Media Warehouse. ...

The Malta Transport Authority (ADT) said that Glormu Cassar Avenue in Valletta will be resurfaced during the weekend, weather permitting, since work previously carried out did not meet the standards required by the ADT. ...

The newly-appointed Italian ambassador to Malta, Paolo Andrea Trabalza, visited the archaeological site of Tas-Silg at Marsaxlokk on Wednesday. ...

The Biological Conservation Research Foundation (BICREF), on the occasion of Environment Day, said it wanted to stress the importance of conservation research and management toward safeguarding biodiversity and natural resources....

More than 40 children attended an event organised by Club Xummiemu together with Nature Trust (Malta), on the occasion of GimghAmbjent 2006, in the run-up to World Environment Day on 5 June....

Work has started on the installation of a new artificial pitch at San Lawrenz in Gozo. The project is financed by the local council in collaboration with St Laurence Spurs FC and the Dun Salv Portelli Primary School....

During the first quarter of 2006, the total meat production amounted to 3,290 tonnes, the National Statistics Office said yesterday....

Government-appointed experts and the Federation of Hunters and Trappers have started meeting to analyse the finer details of the legal notice on the conservation of wild birds....

A total of 174 songs have been submitted for this year’s Independence Song Contest 2006, 64 more than last year....

Mepa has joined forces with other environmental agencies from Italy, Spain, Greece, Israel, Algeria and Morocco to work together and share experiences on management of protected areas. ...