Britain's Royal Navy says it's looking into claims by an Italian diver that he located the long-lost wreck of the HMS P311 submarine, which was downed off Sardinia during World War II. Diver...

Two Libyans who confronted Paceville bouncers with Samurai swords on Saturday night were arraigned on a long list of charges this afternoon. The two men had been involved in an argument inside a...

Earlier today the European Parliament’s plenary approved, with overwhelming majority, the Parliament Report on the Single Market Strategy, for which labour MEP Marlene Mizzi was the S&D...

Deputy Prime Minister Louis Grech is recovering well at home, after a medical intervention, and is expected to resume his duties in the next few days, a spokesman for the minister said. During...

A former editor of the GWU daily newspaper has been ordered to pay Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil €3,000 in damages after a court found that a front page report entitled ‘Dhul mhux...

The alleged murder of a Tunisian asylum seeker by another asylum seeker – also from Tunisia – last Monday has again put the spotlight on the issue of asylum seekers in Malta. What are conditions like inside the detention centres? How are the authorit...

The Malta Independent on Sunday spoke to a young refugee of Kurdish origins who, together with his family, spent 10 months in the detention centre at Hal Safi before receiving temporary refugee status. For the purposes of this article, we will refer ...

A seminar entitled Refugees in Malta: Forward Together, which brought together various organisations currently working with asylum seekers and refugees, was held last week by Appogg....

9 June 1999Riot by asylum seekers being held at Ta’ Kandja was quashed by the Special Assignment Unit (SAG) with the use of tear gas. An SAG member had tried to calm the situation but was pelted by asylum seekers....

Following the recent document by the Vatican’s Congregation of Faith on women in society (TMIS 8 August) The Malta Independent on Sunday asked three female personalities to react...