Malta Labour Party Leader Alfred Sant yesterday said that once Malta formally joins the European Union, the duty of the party will be to do as it always has done, to defend the interests of workers....

Members of the European Parliament elected on behalf of the Nationalist Party will make Malta’s voice heard in Europe, Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said yesterday....

Till last year, Robert Micallef was an unknown on the Maltese political scene but was very much aware of what was happening. His job as an economist with the European Commission and his work for the EU delegation in Malta gave him a privileged posit...

Malta is still full of churches, with a church-going population that beats all other countries, as evidenced by the recent Good Friday celebrations....

A music lover’s dream – to have both Brian Schembri and Joseph Calleja together with the National Orchestra at the Manoel Theatre – will take place in some days’ time. They will join forces in a concert of vocal and symphonic works....

It was billed as being ‘impossible’ to stage but the Caravaggio exhibition at the renovated Caraffa Stores in Vittoriosa (1 May to 30 June) is definitely one of the finest artistic projects to be held in Malta. It is the brainchild of the Italian Sta...

Amendments to the Refugee Act are currently being discussed and will shortly be presented in Parliament, sources in the Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs told The Malta Independent on Sunday....

Maltacom has started distributing the 2004 edition of the Telephone Directory. A directive by the Malta Communications Authority establishes that each and every subscriber is entitled to one free copy....

Maltese commissioner-designate Dr Joe Borg, told the European Parliament (EP) that he agreed with the position the European Union (EU) had taken on abortion and family planning at the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo 10...

Dr James Appleyard, the president of the World Medical Association, called on the government and researchers in the private sector to protect patient’s health database information....