Malta marked its entry into Europe’s borderless Schengen zone yesterday with a governmental delegation departing by sea for Pozzallo, Sicily as dawn broke over the Grand Harbour....

A Sunshine International Aquarium staff member dressed in a Santa Claus costume waves at visitors as he swims with fish inside the aquarium in Tokyo yesterday. ...

Christmas is only three days away and business owners are keeping their fingers crossed that the mad rush of last-minute Christmas shopping will again prevail, ...

President Eddie Fenech Adami yesterday referred to the various heads of state or government who visited Malta during the year, in a message to Maltese living abroad in many countries....

Edwin Vassallo, Parliamentary Secretary for Small Businesses and the Self Employed, visited the Plaza Shopping Centre in Sliema yesterday, to meet with shop owners and gauge how business is going this Christmas season....

It is unlikely to be white, but Meteorological Office predictions indicate that this Christmas will be relatively cold, with the possibility of isolated showers, especially on Christmas Day itself....

The First Hall of Civil Courts refused a request for a prohibitory injunction filed by a company against the Malta Industrial Parks Limited on the grounds that it was asked to stop an eviction which had already been carried out....

The GRTU, Chamber of Small and Medium Enterprises, has written to the Prime Minister urging him to decide in favour of retailers and consumers on charges imposed by the banks on the use of debit and credit cards....

After being fined Lm25 and having an arrest warrant issued against him, Imperium Europa leader Norman Lowell filed a “very urgent” judicial application yesterday asking the court to investigate the case....

Everyone hopes the euro notes will last longer than the euro carpets – physically, and, especially, in purchasing power, of course....