Inbound tourists in June are estimated to have increased by 7.7 per cent when compared to the same month in 2006. Year on year, total nights spent decreased by 8.7 per cent, the National Statistics Office reported yesterday....

The GRTU has insisted with the government that Palace Square, Freedom Square and the streets in close proximity to the centre of Valletta should remain open for parking and available on charge without any privileges whatsoever....

The GRTU has told the government that in the next budget the government had to continue curbing public expenditure and continue reforming the tax system so that people would have more money to spend....

The world-renowned Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja and his wife, soprano Tatiana Lisnic, yesterday filed a judicial protest in court over the DVD recording of the concert the two gave in Mdina on 7 July. ...

The Prime Minister is currently on a two-week visit to Australia, where he is expected to meet Australian Prime Minister John Howard, Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer and Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd. ...

The Union Haddiema Maghqudin (UHM) has expressed irritation at the Prime Minister’s attitude with regard to the recently-announced Pharmacy of your Choice (POYC) scheme....

The Labour Party yesterday published what is being referred to as a “Plan for a new start” (Pjan ghal Bidu Gdid), which is the fruit of an extensive four-year consultation process with more than 300 entities ...

With an enhanced management structure, a studied cost-cutting exercise, improved efficiency and a better utilisation of its resources, the national airline has managed to halve its operating loss in one year. ...

HSBC Malta and its subsidiaries registered a profit of Lm25.3 million/EUR58.9 million during the first six months of this year – an increase of 23.1 per cent over the Lm20.6million/EUR47.99 million ...

The government yesterday announced the total privatisation of Maltapost plc by the transfer to Lombard Bank Malta plc of a 25 per cent shareholding in the company, ...