Kidnappers have demanded €5 million as ransom for the release of Pierre Baldacchino, St James Hospital Tripoli general manager, Libyan news agencies are reporting. Baldacchino, 36, of...

Legal Notice 361, which allows members of foreign security teams to bear arms in Malta, will remain in effect indefinitely, The Malta Independent can confirm. The notice was published in the...

The National Audit Office has queried the excessive use of overtime at Mount Carmel Hospital (MCH), with costs for overtime payments having risen by 54 per cent over the last five years to €1.7...

It is in Malta’s interests that Europe finds solutions for the various problems it is facing. This wasn’t a very good year for Europe which faced a series of crises that have not been...

Banco Internacional do Funchal, S.A. said it has reached an agreement to sell its 78.6 per cent shareholding in Banif Bank Malta for €18.4 million. The execution of the sale is dependent...

The police have managed to solve the recent spate of thefts from the Pieta` primary school after the burglar was recognized from CCTV footage.  The Police Force confirmed this afternoon that...

A convicted rapist today was jailed for six months after being found guilty of breaching bail conditions. Mumen Traore, 30, from the Ivory Coast, was spotted by a police patrol crouching behind a...

José Herrera visited two private companies this morning, Oiltanking Malta Ltd and Medserv plc, and the Government regulatory arm, the Malta Freeport Corporation. The Parliamentary...

Malta Public Transport will be implementing new routes and changing others on Sunday.  After Sunday, the service will include localities that were not served before and buses will now be...

Creative agency BRND WGN has announced the appointment of Chris Sykes, Chief Executive of Volume Global, as chairman.  Mr Sykes joins BRND WGN as the agency’s first chairman in...