Jason Azzopardi, MP, chairman of the standing committee on foreign and European affairs...

The parliamentary secretary for the elderly, Helen D’Amato, and Health Minister Louis Deguara, yesterday inaugurated a computer training course for elderly people who visit the day centres....

The Policy Development and Programme Implementation Directorate within the Ministry for the Family and Social Solidarity in conjunction with the EU Commission hosted a peer review in Malta on Tuesday and yesterday. ...

A 13-year-old boy was yesterday seriously injured after he fell around a storey-and-a- half, police said. ...

The Tourism Ministry said yesterday that tourism income between last November and last April had gone up by Lm8.5 million, or 6.8 per cent, to Lm133.2 million, when compared to the same period in the previous 12 months....

Opposition Leader Alfred Sant yesterday kept up the pressure on Competitiveness Minister Censu Galea, arguing that the minister had no place at the ministerial Cabinet of Lawrence Gonzi’s government....

The Forum Malta fl-Ewropa and the Institute of Financial Services, Malta have teamed up to organise a Business Breakfast Workshop on the theme Retail Financial Services – Working with a single market mindset in a post-euro context. ...

The National Euro Changeover Committee (NECC) together with the Drama Unit within the Education Ministry are putting together a number of plays to educate and inform children about the euro changeover that will take place on 1 January. ...

A man was yesterday charged with hitting a man in the face with a glass, seriously injuring him in the process. ...

Two teenagers whose names cannot be mentioned since they are still minors were yesterday charged with handling stolen property in November 2005 and before. ...