HSBC Bank Malta plc launched a new Start-up Business Package yesterday that is tailored to meet the needs of prospective business owners and offers significant discounts and benefits in the first year of operation....

A fire broke out in the laundry room of a hotel in Gzira in the early hours of yesterday morning but no one was injured....

A new project called Equal, which totals e1.065 million and is being partly funded by the European Social Fund, was launched yesterday by Family and Social Solidarity Minister Dolores Cristina....

For the second consecutive day temperature records were broken – but yesterday’s beat them all, said the Meteorological Office....

A man has been jailed for three years after he was found guilty of stealing stereos from eight cars, parked in St Julian’s, Paceville and St Andrew’s, on the night of 5 to 6 June 2004....

The Malta Resources Authority said yesterday that the calculation on the water and electricity surcharge is correct and is not skewed against the consumer....

The government yesterday published the Euro Adoption Bill, which will pave the way for the introduction of the single currency in Malta. ...

Howard Gardens, which lie just outside the Mdina bastions, are being embellished in an Lm315,000 project which is being co-financed by the European Union....

Hundreds of jellyfish were seen close to the shore at Bahar ic-Caghaq yesterday, as many swimmers fear that a new wave of the purple menace will spoil their summer....

The Malta Racing Club and St James Hospital yesterday launched the flat racing derby which is being sponsored by the Hospital....