Two vessels will be scuttled off ix-Xatt l-Ahmar in Gozo, on Saturday, as part of the EU co-funded Gozo Ministry project Niche Tourism for the Island of Gozo, which involves the investment of around e1.2 million to boost diving tourism for Gozo. ...

Following the decision by the European Central Bank (ECB) to increase its rate by 0.25 per cent, HSBC Bank Malta plc has announced an increase in it euro base rate to 3.1 per cent. ...

A set of five stamps depicting various periods in Malta’s colourful maritime history over a 450-year span, from sail to steam, and from bronze guns to guided missiles, is being issued by the Philatelic Bureau of Maltapost on 18 August....

Icarus Performance Project (Malta) is presenting La Reina: A Vocal Structure, as part of The Malta Arts Festival – Summer 2006 and SUPA 2006 (Summer University of Performing Arts). ...

Kilimanjaro Challenge 3 is the third in a series of similar challenges. Previous editions of the Kilimanjaro Challenge have helped build a school and accompanying convent in the Bulbula province of Ethiopia. ...

The Nafra Ensemble directed by Ruben Zahra is presenting contemporary Maltese folk music in Seven Suns Seven Moons as part of the Malta Arts Festival – Summer 2006....

An elderly couple yesterday told a court how they were assaulted by three men during an argument over a truck blocking the driveway of their house in Iklin....

A man was yesterday charged with involuntarily causing the death of his friend following a traffic accident on the Coast Road nearly a year ago. ...

A Libyan man was yesterday charged with burgling a house in Ta’ Xbiex last December after the police matched his fingerprints with those lifted off an Arab newspaper found on the floor of the burgled house....

Two Libyan men yesterday pleaded not guilty to assaulting and slightly injuring two police constables in San Gwann on Tuesday night. ...