Malta remains the country with the second highest rate of opioid (heroin) use, according to the European Drug Report 2016. With 5.3-6.2 people out of every thousand (around 1,600 people) being...

The first five of 91 foreigners whose voting rights are being challenged in court by the Nationalist Party failed to turn up in court this morning.  Prof Ian Refalo, who was representing the...

Tourism Minister Edward Zammit Lewis yesterday presided over a ceremony which awarded the Blue Flag status to nine different beaches which are managed by Malta. Blue Flag is a certificate of...

The European Parliament Conference of Presidents, uniting the EP president and political group leaders, agreed on a mandate for an inquiry committee to look into the so-called Panama Papers, which...

Customs sources yesterday confirmed that a multi-million fraud of contraband petrol and diesel has been uncovered....

Two hooded and armed men held up a hotel in Qawra early yesterday and made off with an unspecified amount of cash....

More details are emerging on what took place in Victoria, Gozo, on Santa Marija when the Leone Band, which was playing in St George’s Square was hampered by the ringing of the St George’s Basilica bells....

A leading l-orizzont columnist and chairman of the MAlta Agricultural Lobby has been charged with defrauding the Maltese government of Lm20,000. ...

Malta is in agreement with the Italian government’s stand regarding ending the embargo on Libya as a means to stop the constant flow of asylum seekers leaving the Libyan coast on their way to Malta and Italy, Maltese government sources told this pape...

There are currently 677 illegal immigrants detained at closed centers under police supervision and Malta’s resources are stretched to breaking point, Home Affairs Minister, Dr Tonio Borg announced at a press conference to present a report on the repa...