22 die in road accidents in 2016, 1,853 injured - NSO
Tuesday, 31 January 2017, 11:23
Last update: about 11 years ago
During the fourth quarter of 2016 there were five traffic fatalities, the NSO said. The number of reported traffic accidents in the fourth quarter reached 3,392, down by 9.0 per cent over the...
Average asylum seeker earns just €4,823 per year - report
Tuesday, 31 January 2017, 11:18
Last update: about 11 years ago
Julian Bonnici
The average asylum seeker earns €4,823 per year, falling well below Malta’s 2014 at-risk-of-poverty threshold of €7,672, and even further when comparing it to the €24,730 Maltese...
Jailed For three years for failed hold-up
Tuesday, 10 May 2005, 00:00
Last update: about 23 years ago
Malta Independent
A young man from Qormi was sentenced to three years in prison yesterday after he admitted trying to hold-up an Qormi lotto booth last year while wielding a harpoon and trying to rob two elderly men....
Car-jacking At Ta’ Qali
Friday, 6 May 2005, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
A woman had her car stolen in car-jacking style last Wednesday afternoon as she stopped to help a dog which had been abandoned....
Applications For Beijing post being received
Thursday, 5 May 2005, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
An internal circular within the Foreign Ministry has informed ministry officials that there will be a vacancy within the Beijing embassy “in the near future”....
One Year in EU
Saturday, 30 April 2005, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Tomorrow, Malta will have been a European Union member for a full year and The Malta Independent contacted the three party leaders and MEPs for their comments about it....