The Floriana local council yesterday announced the first national festival of mechanised fireworks (locally known as Nar ta’ l-Art) which will be held at the Granaries on Saturday, 21 April, on the eve of the feast of St Publius, Floriana’s patron saint....

A weekend-long festival of cultural events is being held mainly at Gharb in March, in a bid to promote cultural tourism to Gozo in the leaner season....

The Rocky Horror Show, the cult musical by Richard O’Brien, will be produced in Malta for the first time by local theatre company Masquerade at the Malta Fairs and Conventions Centre at Ta’ Qali next month....

The government has invested around Lm3 million in improving the infrastructure of the industrial zones of Handaq, Zebbug, Mriehel and Mosta, parliamentary secretary Edwin Vassallo said....

Malta Labour Party MEP Joseph Muscat brought up the case of the planned development of the Sant’ Antnin waste recycling plant in the European Parliament and told Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas that the Maltese authorities...

The Malta National Labora-tory has received the prestigious ISO 17025 quality certification from the Malta Standards Authority. ...

The programmed activities for the Nadur Carnival kicked off on Friday with Zoo Comes to Nadur, in St Peter and St Paul Square where, for the first time, a large tent has been set up to host the main events....

Parliamentary Secretary Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici said there was nothing in the law that prohibited him from seeing a sample of official letters filed at the court registry....

Home Affairs Minister Tonio Borg announced in parliament a number of amendments to the Citizenship Act....

On Sunday in order to celebrate the Year of the Pig, the China Cultural Centre and the Teatru Manoel will be joining forces to produce a concert of traditional Chinese Music. ...