The General Workers’ Union yesterday threatened industrial action at Maltapost to protect its members’ interests, especially their health, after differences arose with the management about work practices for postmen in the south....

The European Commission has awarded the Don Bosco Voluntary Service (DBVS) for “best practice” in work with marginalised youth in Malta, children who are “poor, abandoned and in danger,” as Don Bosco used to say. ...

As the Ecofin Council yesterday gave its final approval to Malta’s application to join the eurozone and irrevocably fixed the conversion rate at EUR1 = Lm0.4293...

The Association of Lyceum Past Students (ALPS – Ghaqda Ex-Studenti Liceo) will on Saturday be celebrating the annual feast of St Anne at the Pwales valley chapel that the association has been caring for over the past several years....

Children bounce around in the HSBC Kids Zone, during the “Climate Change Malta” weekend event held at the Qawra Point Green Village. ...

In May, the visible trade gap narrowed to Lm28.5 million, implying an overall improvement of Lm60 million in the trade gap for the first five months of the year, the National Statistics Office said yesterday....

The deficit for the first quarter of 2007 amounted to Lm36.7 million, compared to a deficit of Lm37.7 million recorded for the first quarter of 2006, the National Statistics Office reported yesterday. ...

Blues and wine go together, and Classic Rock Promotions is holding Malta’s first International Blues and Wines Festival between 16-18 July at the Valletta Waterfront....

The Family and Social Solidarity Ministry yesterday denied there were any delays in the issue of children’s allowances for anyone who had applied by the end of April, as claimed by the Labour Party’s spokesperson on the sector....

The government will in the next few weeks issue a code of ethics that will provide guidelines on how to fulfil their social responsibility to all those engaged in commercial activities...