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PN and Democratic Party present motion to allow 16-year-olds a vote in general elections

Monday, 26 September 2016, 10:42 Last update: about 11 years ago

Independent MP (and leader of the Partit Demokratiku) Marlene Farrugia and Opposition Whip David Agius this morning presented a motion to the Speaker of the House for an amendment to the Constitution...

Vote 16 Committee to get new members as calls to extend voting right re-emerge

Monday, 26 September 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Gabriel Schembri

A request by representative of the Nationalist Party sitting on the Vote 16 Committee, to discuss the proposals put forward by the Leader of the Opposition in his eve of Independence Day speech in...

Gozitan farmers complain about lack of water resources, underutilised land

Monday, 26 September 2016, 08:37 Last update: about 11 years ago

A number of Gozitan farmers told Labour MEP Alfred Sant that a lack of water for irrigation and the underutilization of land are among the challenges they face. The Maltese MEP met the Gozitan...

Watch: Children and parents talk traffic, waking up early and heavy school bags

Monday, 26 September 2016, 08:18 Last update: about 11 years ago Helena Grech

Mixed opinions this morning as a number of children and parents spoke with The Malta Independent about whether they found much traffic and how they feel about their heavy back-packs. It is hard...

Birdlife says 23 protected birds have been shot since the start of the autumn hunting season

Sunday, 25 September 2016, 18:48 Last update: about 11 years ago

The injured Grey Heron retrieved from Żejtun being examined by BirdLife Malta Conservation Coordinator Nick Piludu (Photo by Ole Larssen) Birdlife Malta said today that three...

Air Malta Announces six new routes

Saturday, 5 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Air Malta has announced that it will be increasing its scheduled destinations to the UK and France. ...

AD Urges PN MEPs to back call for abolishing hunting in spring

Saturday, 5 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Alternattiva Demokratika is urging Nationalist MEPs Simon Busuttil and David Casa to give their full backing to their fellow European People’s Party MEP Caroline Jackson in her call to stop hunting during the spring in Malta from this year. Ms Jackson, wh...

New High security forensic unit inaugurated at Mount Carmel Hospital

Saturday, 5 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The stigma and inadequacy that used to prevail at the now infamous Ward 10 at Mount Carmel Hospital has finally been removed forever with the opening of a new state-of-the-art forensic facility that was inaugurated yesterday at the hospital. The ward was ...

Rinella Bunker catches fire

Saturday, 5 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

A bunker at the Rinella studio park caught fire at around 3.45pm yesterday. The bunker was being used as a store and it is unlikely that there was anyone inside when the fire broke out. Arson is not being excluded, as firefighters were still involved in c...

EU Ministers seek ways to relaunch fishing sector in tsunami-hit areas: The needs are enormous – EU Fisheries Commissioner Joe Borg

Tuesday, 25 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

BRUSSELS: European Union nations said yesterday that they plan to send boats and fishing experts to tsunami-devastated areas to help relaunch a fishing industry diminished by the 26 December Asian disaster. ...