local news

Authorities under pressure to explain swimming ban
The public health department’s notice banning people from swimming along the Bahar ic-Caghaq coastline has triggered speculation that the warning is connected to the ever-growing Maghtab mountain directly opposite.

Alex Sceberras Trigona could return to politics
He took the highly publicised decision not to stand at the 1998 elections and also made it clear that he disagreed with former prime minister Alfred Sant’s decision to go prematurely to the polls.

Xarabank survey shows even split on EU membership
A new survey conducted by popular television programme Xarabank reveals a sway in public opinion toward the concept of EU membership, with those who have decided on the issue being split almost equally down the middle.

Indian ‘Malta Boat Tragedy’ victims’ families to seek compensation
Nearly five years after a number of distraught South Asian illegal immigrants struggled to convince the Italian authorities that 283 of their companions had been killed in a collision in international waters between Malta and Sicily, the truth of their tale is only now emerging

Malta Freeport under threat from Sardinia facility
CMA CGM, one of the Malta Freeport’s main customers, is reportedly holding discussions with Britain's P&O Ports over taking a major stake in the Cagliari International Container Terminal in Sardinia