A delightful set of five stamps showing a selection of children’s toys from a bygone era is being issued by the Philatelic Bureau of Maltapost plc on Wednesday....

Clear summer skies, a soft breeze blowing in the majestic surroundings of Couvre Porte, Vittoriosa...

The decompression chamber in Gozo was not being used at present because the medical officer who was to manage the section has retired, the Gozo Ministry said. Preparations were in hand for the vacancy to be filled, it added....

The Parliamentary Secreta-riat for the Elderly and Community Care denied that between 25 and 30 June there had been any deaths at St Vincent de Paul home for the elderly that could be attributed to the warm weather....

The new EU funding programme LIFE+, that will allocate over EUR2 million a year for green projects in Malta, was launched yesterday by Rural Affairs and Environment Minister George Pullicino. ...

The 10 EU Foreign Affairs Ministers of Southern Europe, including Malta’s Michael Frendo, have called for an international force that will have the power to ensure order and respect of “a necessary cease-fire” between Israel and the Palestinians. ...

Six men, including the secretary of one of the band clubs and a father and son, were conditionally discharged for two years after admitting causing trouble at the Marsa feast on 3 June....

A Criminal Court ruled yesterday that the Attorney General had filed an application too late according to law, and therefore declared the application null and void. ...

A Libyan man was jailed for 10 months, suspended for two years, yesterday after pleading guilty to assaulting three police officers last month. ...

A Bollywood film chronicling Malta’s worst migrant tragedy, and the Mediterranean’s single largest loss of human life since WWII, is set for release later this month....