2 bodies found amid search for 5 French off Malta
Authorities recovered two bodies Tuesday during a search for five French yachters who went missing off the Mediterranean island, the Maltese ...
4 Maltese players banned for life for match-fixing
Four Maltese league footballers have been banned for life for match-fixing by the country's Football Association. They are Gaetan Spiteri of Hamrun ...
Cyprus sends rumbles through shaky banking system
This week's deal to rescue Cyprus and its banks from financial collapse has renewed fears about Europe's shaky financial system and where trouble ...

Malta election returning Labor party to power
An election victory is returning Malta's Labor party to power after 15 years in the opposition. Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi of the Nationalist Party ...
Maltese hold national elections
Maltese head to the polls Saturday to decide whether to grant the center-right Nationalist Party a fourth straight term or give the opposition a shot ...

Vatican's new bank chief has military ship links
The Vatican was drawn into a new controversy Friday after acknowledging that its bank's new president is also chairman of a shipbuilder making ...

Vatican celebrates Knights of Malta's 900 years
The Knights of Malta, one of the most peculiar organizations in the world, marked its 900th birthday Saturday with a colorful procession through St.

At 900 years, Knights of Malta confronts modernity
Matthew Festing — aka His Most Eminent Highness The Prince and Grand Master of the Knights of Malta — bounds into the sitting room of his magnificent ...
Facts and figures about the Order of Malta
WHAT IS THE ORDER OF MALTA? The Sovereign Military Order of Malta is at once a Roman Catholic lay religious order, a humanitarian organization, and ...

Match-fixing probe: 680 suspicious games worldwide
Organized crime gangs have fixed or tried to fix hundreds of soccer matches around the world in recent years, including World Cup and European ...
Air Malta cancels Benghazi flights after warning
Air Malta says that flights between the Mediterranean island and the Libyan city of Benghazi have been canceled following what the British government ...
Malta's president dissolves Parliament
Malta's president has dissolved Parliament and set national elections for March 9. The election decree Monday had been expected since the government ...
March 9 elections in Malta
Malta's Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi, whose government was defeated on a budget vote, says a national election will be held in March. Gonzi said ...
Malta faces elections after PM loses majority
Maltese Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi has lost his one-seat majority in Parliament, paving the way for new elections. Monday night's crucial vote on ...
UEFA gives Malta player life ban for match-fixing
UEFA banned Malta international Kevin Sammut from football for life on Monday after finding him guilty of helping fix a European Championship ...
Pope's ex-sex crimes prosecutor to advise Vatican
The Vatican's former sex crimes prosecutor, who was recently named a bishop in Malta, is keeping a foot in his old office. The pope on Saturday named ...

AP Exclusive: Arafat's widow calls death a mystery
Yasser Arafat's widow sees a spiritual significance in the timing of her late husband's exhumation, which came just two days before a U.N. vote on ...
Malta names new foreign minister
Francis Zammit Dimech, who has held various Cabinet post, is Malta's new foreign minister. He was appointed Wednesday to succeed Tonio Borg, who ...