The total number of cigarettes seized by the Customs Department was of 27.35 million, worth about Lm20 million, the department said yesterday....

Investment minister Austin Gatt yesterday expressed his surprise at the Chamber of Small and Medium Enterprises’ (GRTU) reaction to an increase in fuel prices....

The Party of European Socialists (PES) yesterday denounced an attack on the Malta Labour Party by a leading European Parliament right-winger as “stunning in its hypocrisy”....

A number of marine turtles were returned to their natural habitat yesterday in an operation carried out jointly by the Malta Centre for Fisheries Sciences (MCFS) and the Nature Protection Unit of the Malta Environment and Planning Authority....

Hertz Malta have launched the 2004/05 pre-paid programme....

Six journalists from leading Dubai newspapers and television media were in Malta on a familiarisation visit with the objective to boost Malta’s trade and tourism in Dubai. The press group is organised by Malta Enterprise and is sponsored by Emirates ...

“Since its inception a year ago, the German-Maltese Chamber of Commerce has been promoting business possibilities for members by exploiting Malta’s geographical situation for German counterparts not only to operate in Malta but also from Malta toward...

P. Cutajar & Co. Ltd has launched www.realfoto.com.mt, Malta’s first online photo printing and sharing website. At realfoto.com.mt, users will be able to sign up free of charge and order real Kodak prints of their digital images....

Italian-born Alessandro Redaelli is the new deputy general manager at the InterContinental Malta. He comes to Malta from the Park Royal Noumea in New Caledonia, a member of the InterContinental Hotels Group, where he was executive assistant manager....

The Stevedores Committee yesterday appealed for Coal Wharf to be cleaned up and used as a trailer and container parking area....