The Civil Society Network, along with a number of NGOs, has called for the suspension of high-rise development projects until a national master plan is drawn up. The network, echoing what...

In a culture where drinking alcohol is deeply ingrained, and in view of the high levels of sugar found in such beverages, one must question why nutritional content is still not displayed on bottles....

An international scientific paper released on Friday has found that Malta suffers so heavily from light pollution that the glowing band of our own galaxy, the Milky Way, is no longer perceptible from...

A British consultancy firm has been commissioned to help with the review of the Paceville Local Plan, Planning Authority CEO Johan Buttigieg told The Malta Independent. The name of the firm was...

Italian lawyer Domenico Pagano, 39 years old, closed up his lawyer’s office in Bari and relocated to Malta. In Italy, he told Il Fatto Quotidiano, he used to work even in the weekends, his...

A 14-year-old boy and a 45-year-old market hawker were accused of copying cds and selling them and breaching copyright laws on 20 June, when the police chased the boy as he ran towards City Gate carrying a bag containing 468 copied cds.Martin Cachi...

Architect Martin Xuereb has received the prestigious Concorso Metra Sistema D’Autore award for outstanding achievement in the building industry. Mr Xuereb received the award for his design work on the Corinthia Bab Africa ‘two tower’ hotel and busi...

A set of four stamps and a miniature sheet featuring works of art is being issued by the Philatelic Bureau of Maltapost plc today. Designed by Joseph Casha, the stamps have been offset printed by Printex Limited in sheets of 10 on watermarked paper w...

The Malta Tourism Authority will be presenting an evening at Senglea today from 7pm onwards. The activity forms part of the Historic Cities Festival....

While reading a report analysing the amount of births in Malta for the term April to June 2004, I couldn’t help but stop and think about a particular figure; that of 38 babies born to girls aged between 15 and 19. This made me remember a girl, in s...