Austin Gatt, Minister for Investment, Industry and IT was on site yesterday, to inaugurate the embellishment works which have been carried out at the Bulebel industrial estate in Zejtun....

The General Workers Union (GWU), by means of the Professional, Financial and Services Division took note of the intensive work that employees in the financial sector, particularly bank employees, have been doing during the changeover to the euro....

The Malta Union of Teachers said it is deeply preoccupied with the continued impasse on the finalisation of the collective agreement for the academic staff at the Institute of Tourism Studies (ITS). ...

The changeover to the euro is being exploited in favour of children in Church homes through the Euro Children Trust 2008...

Retailers have described the euro changeover as a smooth one, with 44 per cent of respondents saying that they had very little problems, according to a survey carried out by the The Malta Chamber of Small and Medium Enterprises (GRTU)....

Over euro 115 million have been drawn in Malta since the changeover to the European single currency on January 1, the National Euro Changeover Committee said yesterday. On Saturday 73 per cent of consumers paid for their purchases in euros only....

Retailers are satisfied with the Christmas trade, with half of respondents saying that sales during the festive season was better than in 2006...

A construction worker was seriously injured and another slightly hurt when a crane arm snapped off and hit them in Swieqi yesterday. Another worker was treated for shock....

The Green Party described the new year as one in which real political change can come about if the people of Malta and Gozo decide to vote to bring in the third party into parliament and evermore so if AD is part of the next government....

I came back to Rome following my return to Malta for the Christmas holidays and the New Year. With only a month left till the end of my Roman adventure...