The former managing director and vice chairman of a Swiss bank pleaded guilty on Wednesday for his role in a billion-dollar international scheme to launder funds embezzled from Venezuelan state-owned...

For.U.M.has notes that pressure from employers association and the subsequent withdrawal of the legal notice brought to light what trade unions need to endure to achieve even the most basic of...

An application to change a Grade 2 scheduled property into a boutique hotel has angered residents and NGOs alike. The site, 'Villino Zammit', is scheduled as a Grade 2 property and is located...

The government has filed a planning application to extend the Salina Nature Park and plant some 3,000 trees and small plants. Speaking with The Malta Independent, Environment Minister Jose...

The holistic policy regarding single-use plastics that the Environment and Resources Authority is currently preparing will deal with plastic used in feasts and festivities, Environment Minister Jose...

Over 90 turtle eggs have hatched at Gnejna Bay, Nature Trust said on Wednesday evening. A Loggerhead turtle had laid her eggs in the sand at Gnejna on 25 June. Despite initial worries that...

ALS sufferer Bjorn Formosa will undergo an operation that will leave him unable to speak, and which could also leave him completely paralysed.  Formosa, who inspired the nation with his courage...

Both northbound lanes on Regional Road have been reopened after the busy arterial road was blocked off when a bus skidded, becoming wedged between a wall and the central crash barrier.  The...

Pilatus Bank is mere months away from losing its banking licence after the courts refused to order the MFSA-appointed caretaker to stop drawing his wages from the bank's capital...

The General Workers Union has registered an industrial dispute at Mt Carmel Hospital. The GWU said that weeks of discussions regarding contracted workers in posts such as cleaners and clerks have...