Luxembourg prime minister's party wins most votes
Sunday, 20 October 2013, 22:46
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The Christian Democrat party of long-serving Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker easily remained the biggest party and the first choice to form a new coalition government following Sunday's...
Germany's 2 biggest party to start coalition talks
Sunday, 20 October 2013, 18:07
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Germany's Social Democrats have approved formal coalition talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives in order to form a new government. The negotiations between the...
Israeli leader: Step up pressure on Iran
Sunday, 20 October 2013, 15:59
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Israel's prime minister on Sunday urged the international community to step up the pressure on Iran, despite some optimism following the latest round of nuclear talks with the Islamic...
Death toll in India from toxic liquor rises to 42
Sunday, 20 October 2013, 12:19
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Another 10 people have died in hospitals after drinking toxic bootleg liquor in northern India, police said Sunday, raising the death toll to 42 in the past three days. Some 40 people are...
Australian authorities fear worsening wildfires
Sunday, 20 October 2013, 07:39
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Firefighters battling some of the most destructive wildfires to ever strike Australia's most populous state were bracing Sunday for worsening conditions, with higher temperatures and winds...
Italy: protesters throw eggs at finance ministry
Saturday, 19 October 2013, 20:05
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Anti-austerity protesters in Rome threw eggs and firecrackers at the Finance Ministry during a march Saturday to oppose cuts to welfare programs and a shortage in low-income housing. Police said 11...
Milan court sets 2-year Berlusconi political ban
Saturday, 19 October 2013, 15:34
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
A Milan appeals court on Saturday set Silvio Berlusconi's political ban in his tax fraud conviction at two years, setting the stage for more wrangling over the future of the embattled politician...
Autopsy inconclusive for foetus found in NYC bag
Saturday, 19 October 2013, 07:28
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
An autopsy of a foetus found in a teenage girl's shopping bag at a New York City lingerie store was inconclusive, and more tests will be needed to determine how the foetus died, the city medical...
Raging Australian wildfires destroy homes, kill 1
Friday, 18 October 2013, 14:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Nearly 100 wildfires raged across Australia's most populous state on Friday, killing one person, destroying dozens of houses and forcing hundreds of evacuations as the nation's annual fire...
India digs for treasure on tip from Hindu holy man
Friday, 18 October 2013, 11:08
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Archaeologists began digging for treasure beneath a 19th century fort in northern India on Friday, after a popular Hindu holy man said a former king appeared to him in a dream and told him of a nearly...