A court yesterday heard how a man sitting at a table at a bar in Sliema had his mobile stolen by a Tunisian who grabbed it and ran off. ...

A man was jailed for three years and fined Lm400 after pleading guilty to possessing ecstasy pills, cannabis and cocaine, which were found in circumstances denoting it was not for his personal use, and to trafficking cocaine....

An owner and an employee of a place of entertainment in Marsascala were yesterday fined Lm1,100 each after they pleaded guilty to allowing nine minors, under the age of 16, enter the club. ...

The General Workers’ Union Youths yesterday expressed its concern about the socio-economic situation of young Maltese and Gozitan families and requested the government to provide incentives to help ease their burden. ...

BirdLife Malta has welcomed the unanimous decision taken by the EU’s chief vets to ban the trade of wild birds because of fears for human and animal health. ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Michael Frendo was recently on a short visit to Italy where he was invited to give a speech at the University of Malta Link Campus in Rome...

The Court of Appeal has converted the suspended sentences of two convicted men in two separate cases to an effective jail term after the court ruled that they could not be given a suspended jail term because they are relapsers. ...

A delegation from the government of the Republic of Uganda arrived in Malta on Sunday afternoon for a two-day visit for meetings with a number of Maltese technical experts responsible for ICT ...

The Housing Authority and the Department of Social Housing have set up a joint customer care section that is running smoothly, the authority’s chairperson Marisa Micallef said yesterday....

A British national was jailed for two years suspended for two after he was found guilty of, through negligence and carelessness, causing the death of a diver while riding a hired jet ski in October 2001. ...