A fire deep inside a tunnel beneath the Kappara distribution centre damaged one of the inter-connector cables, cutting power supplies.
Enemalta said that although power was quickly restored to most of the affected areas, smoke in the tunnel meant that engineers together with Civil Protection personnel had to take extreme care while carrying out repairs.
Minister Konrad Mizzi who visited the...
A cargo plane made an emergency landing at Malta International Airport on Wednesday morning.
MIA sources said the ASL- 737 cargo plane, which was being operated by carrier TNT, was on route from Tunis to Malta had a problem with its undercarriage.
Airport emergency services were on standby as the plane completed a safe landing.
File photo of type involved in incident
The Youth Guarantee Revision Classes is now in its third year and 3,526 have made use of these classes to improve their SEC results during the September examination session. A total of 1,105 have applied for this year’s classes.
The EU-funded revision classes are aimed at secondary school students who obtained SEC results ranging from 6, 7 or unclassified in...
The Deputy Prime Minister, Louis Grech, today received a Communication from the College of Commissioners of the European Union that it has approved the setting up of Malta’s Development Bank and found it to be in line with EU state aid rules.
In welcoming the decision as a “fundamental step in extending Malta’s financial structure”, Mr Grech said that “the...
The earthquake that struck central Italy has killed 38 people with 150 still missing according to authorities.
The quake struck in the early hours of the morning when most people were asleep, razing homes and buckling roads in a cluster of towns and villages some 170 km (105 miles) east of Rome.
Celtic survived a second-leg onslaught to reach the Champions League group stage with a narrow aggregate play-off win over Hapoel Beer Sheva.
Beaten 2-0 in Israel, Brendan Rodgers' side went through on the strength of their 5-2 win in Glasgow last week.
Roma had two players sent off as they were dumped out of the competition in a 3-0 defeat by...
An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale has hit central Italy near the city of Perugia with shock waves felt in Rome.
Authorities say six people have died with many more buried under rubble.
The mayor Amatrice told Italian radio that "half the town had gone."
More to follow.
Air Malta's cabin crew have reached agreement with the government over pay and conditions according to a statement released on Tuesday evening.
The cabin crew salaries will be tied to productivity, something the union had been demanding.
The Cabin Crew Union president Noel Mercieca said that talks with Tourism Minister Edward Zammit Lewis had been successful with the promise that the...
Europe's most powerful leaders outlined their vision of the EU without the UK as Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande on the island of Ventotene off the coast of Naples.
Defence, security and economic growth and employment were the main topics discussed during the meeting.
Monday's meeting came ahead of an informal European Union...
Minister of Health Chris Fearne said that agreement had been reached between the Health Ministry and the General Workers Union over the pay and conditions of Health Workers.
The agreement guarantees the conditions of Health Workers at St Lukes, Karen Grech and Gozo Hospitals.
The MUMN also recently signed the agreement which guarantees workers will remain as Government employees enjoying the...
