'Friday’s EuroMillions jackpot saw no takers, but you know what that means? A bigger cash prize for you in tonight’s rollover draw!'

'Through a mix of public relations, marketing, digital marketing and advertising services, the AVIAREPS teams will be responsible for raising the profile of Malta as a year-round leisure and business destination whether it be for meetings, incentive travel, conferences and exhibitions, or for couples, honeymooners, families, groups and even solo travellers seeking unique experiences based on authenticity. '

'Officials began investigating after receiving a complaint about a stolen check deposited in the Town of Malta. Investigators determined Malandrino stole it, wrote it out to herself and signed the account holder's name, deputies said.'

'The African island nation was one of the very few countries Malta had no official diplomatic relations with, but that changed on Tuesday when a protocol agreement was signed between Foreign Affairs Minister Carmelo Abela and his counterpart from São Tomé and Príncipe, Urbino Botelho.   '

'The Lifeguard post at Fond Għadir in Sliema was carried out to sea on Tuesday as heavy waves pounded the North-East coast of Malta.'

'Migrants aboard the charity rescue ship Aquarius will be transferred to a patrol boat in international waters and taken to Malta, which will then send them to four other European Union states, the Maltese government said on Tuesday.'

'Leaders from an increasingly divided European Union this week came together in Austria to discuss policies to make it more difficult for one group of people, would-be asylum seekers, to gain entry to the 28-nation bloc, while negotiating the path for another, the United Kingdom, to leave.'

'The country’s coalition government is at loggerheads with the European Union over a greater financial contribution to its upcoming budget, but markets have become concerned of its worsening financial position due to its £2trillion debt - equivalent to 132 percent of GDP and the second highest in the Eurozone behind Greece.'

'Italy's prime ministerial spokesman has warned that the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement in the coalition government will sack Treasury officials in a "mega-vendetta" unless they find the resources needed for welfare spending.'

'Judges in Palermo have ordered the immediate release of six Tunisian fishermen who were arrested by the Italian police on suspicion of enabling the smuggling of migrants.'

'Italian parents have more time before having to produce proof to schools that their children have received 10 mandatory vaccinations.'

'Fr Joseph Saliba, O.Carm., was recently elected and confirmed as prior provincial of the Maltese Carmelite Province of St Elijah for the next three years. Fr Mark Attard, O.Carm., Fr Charlò Camilleri O.Carm., Fr Jürgen Cucciardi O.Carm., and Fr Anthony Cilia, O.Carm., were also elected and confirmed as provincial councillors.'

'An exclusive exhibition featuring original documents related to sixty eventful years of Maltese history between 1919 and 1979 will be inaugurated at the National Library of Malta on Friday 28 September at 7pm. '

'Malta’s independence is under not by any foreign power, but internally through a gradual but persistent erosion of all those democratic mechanisms which our forefathers had put in place to protect that independence and the general good of our people, Partit Demokratiku said.'

'Malta has topped the eurozone’s economic growth charts during the first half of the year, data released by rating agency DBRS shows. With a growth rate of over 5%, Malta ranked first, followed by Latvia and Slovenia.'

'The documents sealed Malta's sovereignty 54 years ago. A little nation at the centre of the Mediterranean Sea had finally become a nation State.'

'Malta has denied the disembarkation of 11 "traumatised" people who were rescued by the MV Aquarius for a third time.'

'Forget Instagram trawling for a second - we've got ourselves a tonne of super talented artists living here who are dead-set on showing all of us just how beautiful the Maltese islands are.'

'Ghost tours have become all the rage lately, so why not spend your evening learning about the local spirit world? Mdina will be hosting a candle-lit ghost hunt where you will be taken around the city and scared out of your wits.'

'Three protected birds were killed and a rare black stork which roosted at the Għadira Nature Reserve on Friday night was spotted with an injury to one of its legs, possibly as a result of a gunshot wound, BirdLife Malta said. '

'The Bureau of Land Management and other fire agencies are currently on scene fighting a large wildfire Southeast of Malta.

The Conner Fire is now more than 500 acres and growing very quickly, with structures now in danger because of a bad wind shift.'

'The Transport Ministry will have to await a decision by the Court of Appeal over the validity of a choice made by Gozo Channel.

The issue, which has been ongoing for the past year, was put in front of the country’s highest court, after the Civil Court this week shed doubts on the way the State company has carried out its exercise.'

'The Ministry for Finance said it welcomed the latest credit rating report by Standard and Poor’s which affirms Malta’s A-/A-2' ratings with a positive outlook.'

'Gaia was born in Malta in 2003, making her 15 years of age.

Despite her young age, Gaia had previously had a life-changing chance at stardom after taking to the Eurovision stage in 2013.'

'Despite the Malta Tourism Authority’s efforts to move away from promotion of the islands as a sand, sun and sea destination, in order to focus more on cultural tourism, much remains to be done. This was one of the key points to come out of a symposium on walled towns, organised recently by the European Walled Towns international association (EWT) and the University of Malta’s Institute for Tourism, Travel and Culture. '