The Maltese lira is the only legal tender currency in Malta and will remain so until Malta adopts the euro, the Central Bank of Malta said yesterday....

Maltacom’s results for 2005 are probably the “best ever” and the company is well placed to face a challenging but exciting future with confidence, company chairman Sonny Portelli told shareholders yesterday....

The maxim in the service industry is the quality of service and if this is good, then people really don’t care about technology, Tecom’s chief marketing officer Michael Foley told The Malta Independent yesterday....

The Church’s Environment Commission yesterday said it had serious doubts whether the idea of developing two golf courses would solve Malta’s problems in the tourism sector....

The changeover to the euro currency will not be an easy task and the matter has become quite a hot potato for civil society and political parties. ...

A man was yesterday charged with stealing three watches from a jewellery shop in Valletta....

The Maltese Association of Social Workers has condemned the recent spate of violent attacks directed at the Jesuits, individuals working with this agency, Saviour Balzan and Daphne Caruana Galizia. ...

Visitors to Valletta Waterfront have until this coming Sunday to enjoy “History in Scale”, the annual exhibition of the Malta Society For Scale Modelers. ...

Two men were yesterday jailed for a total of six years between them after they admitted to stealing cash and other items in hold-ups at a total of four establishments over five months....

President Edward Fenech Adami yesterday paid an official visit to the offices of Agenzija Appogg on the occasion of its 12th anniversary....