The General Workers’ Union was failing to address the problem of low productivity at Malta Shipyards but replacing that culture was the only way that the workers could ensure a better future for themselves, the shipyards’ management said yesterday...

The Directorate General – Social Security, said children’s allowance payments were made regularly at 13-week intervals and 7 July was the first payment for the 2007/2008 benefit year....

Social workers working in government departments started following a go-slow directive issued by the Union Haddiema Maghqudin yesterday....

An employee yesterday was taken to hospital for treatment after he inhaled chemical fumes when a tank containing a mixture that included chlorine exploded. ...

World Population Day, marked yesterday, is an annual event that has been observed for the past 17 years, serving as an opportunity to raise awareness on important population issues. ...

When BOV Streets Alive was launched last year, it was the first initiative of its kind that sought to create a series of evening events in Valletta with the objective of promoting the capital for evening leisure and commercial activity....

The expansion project of Lufthansa Technik in Malta will inject EUR367 million (Lm157.553 million) into the economy during its 30-year life span, the Industry, Investments and IT Ministry said yesterday. ...

Some three years of hard work and sacrifices paid off on Tuesday, when Malta was given the final go-ahead to join the eurozone, Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said yesterday while launching Malta’s final master plan for the euro changeover....

GMT Communications Partners (GMT), the leading European independent private equity group focused exclusively on the communications sector, has signed an agreement to acquire Melita Cable plc (Melita)...

The long-awaited air link between Malta and Gozo is to be re-established on 23 July, when the seaplane operated by Harbourair Malta is expected to begin its own inter-island hop following the dismantling of the former helicopter service last November....