The PN today presented the principles of their proposals on  Air Malta in light of upcoming discussions with government over the issue, however chose not to publish he intricate details until...

A Gozitan hunter has been fined €2,000 and had his licence suspended after he was caught with some 100 rounds of shotgun ammunition in his car almost two hours after the hunting session had...

The U.N. refugee agency says survivors' accounts indicate that shipwrecks and capsized boats have claimed at least 880 lives over the last week in the Mediterranean. UNHCR spokesman William...

In 2003 general government net borrowing, as measured on the Maastricht Treaty basis, was Lm177.1 million, figures released by the National Statistics Office showed yesterday. This compares with a net borrowing of Lm102.8 million in 2002. ...

The police yesterday made an urgent request to open the courts to file charges against two Libyans accused of importing 750 grams of cannabis into Malta on Friday night....

A flotilla from the Russian Black Sea Fleet is presently in Malta as part of a visit to the central Mediterranean. The group consists of the cruiser Moskva, the destroyer Smetlivy and the assault ship Azov. These ships, which left Sevastopol on 31 Au...

Italy has said it will send the 94 illegal immigrants which landed in Pozzallo on Saturday back to Malta in accordance with European law, Canale Cinque reported yesterday....

Alternattiva Demokratika chairman Harry Vassallo criticised the government’s distorted sense of priorities, expressing disappointment that it has shelved the Connections Project. He also called for more transparency and accountability on government e...

A group of 12 people who have recently graduated as radiographers have complained, through the General Workers’ Union, that they have still not received a reply from the Health Department about their employment....

The MLP must give a sign of good will, Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said yesterday, referring to a call for consensus he had made to the Opposition during an interview with The Malta Independent on Sunday editor Noel Grima last Thursday....